How to Pick Drinks for a Tailgate Party
When organizing a tailgate party, the three main ingredients you need other than a tailgate are friends, food and drinks. You can keep it as easy as coolers with ice and beer, a full bar with a bartender or something in between. Follow the steps below to pick drinks for a tailgate party. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Coolers
- Ice
- Beer
- Glasses
- Variety of liquors
- Bottle opener
- Corkscrew
- Hot chocolate
- Marshmallows
- Coffee
- Margarita drink bucket
- Drink scoop
Instructions
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Examine the guest list and determine what the majority of your friends like to drink. You probably will not cover everyone's needs, but you can fill a cooler with soda and bottled water for those who do not drink liquor. If your group likes nothing but beer, you can stop with this step and fill coolers with ice and beer.
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Make margaritas the easy way for a tailgate party. It is difficult to find electricity for a blender in the middle of a parking lot. Purchase a "drink bucket" at any liquor store. All you do is add tequila and freeze. Make these a couple days before the tailgate party and when it is time to go, transport them nestled in ice in a cooler. You simply scoop out the frozen concoction and enjoy.
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Host a wine tasting at your tailgate party. Assign different wines from different countries, such as a Shiraz from Chile, to each of your friends who are coming. If you are going to embrace this idea you may want to coordinate courses of food to go with certain wines.
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Think "outside the box" on drinks for a tailgate party by offering mixed drinks. Choose three or four drinks that are enjoyed by most people and try your hand at being a mixologist. Offer drinks that use different liquors such as a vodka martini, gin and tonic, and a rum mojito.
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Warm everyone up at a tailgate party with hot coffee or hot chocolate. Air pump pots are a great way to transport and keep drinks hot. Offer marshmallows for the hot chocolate or a splash of Bailey's Irish Cream for the coffee.
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Tips & Warnings
If you are serving alcohol, choose a designated driver for each car that will be attending the tailgate party. You want to be sure everyone has a safe ride home.
"Can cozies" with your team's logo would be a nice party gift for your friends who are tailgating with you.
Make sure that the parking lot you are tailgating in allows alcohol.
If you choose to serve a variety of mixed drinks, you will need a full bar setup that may require more work than you want at a tailgate party. On the other hand, it will certainly impress the group.
