How many and which drinks should I bring?

[Anonymous]

Several (5?) pre-chilled liters of sparkling water
1 large bottle of lemonade (Simply, Matt's, Natalie's, whatever)
A container of pre-sliced lemons and limes, maybe some raspberries. Put them in a bit tote bag with a tray and set it all out. Ask the host(ess) if they have ice, if not bring a small bucket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

I just saw it was for a book club, not an actual party.

People will drink maaaybe one non-alcoholic drink each.

For a book club not a party, my revised list is:

3 large bottles of bottled water, already chilled

2 large bottles of San Pelligrino, already chilled

Lemon slices and mint sprigs to make the water fancy

A pitcher or caraffe of some kind of fresh lemonade or juice mixed with fresh berries/fruit mixed with sparkling water for a fancy non alcoholic drink, such as non alcoholic bellinis, cosmos or sangria. There are lots of fun mocktail recipes online that are quite simple to make. If you are too busy, get a selection of flavored sparkling waters or mocktails. It will be less than a 1 can per person ratio

No soda, not even Diet Coke

If the host does not plan to have glasses, then pick up some nicer plastic cups (large size) for the non alcoholic drinks

Confirm with the hostess that she will have ice available. If not, bring a container of ice.

go ahead and splurge on a $3 bag of ice. for heaven's sake

No, check with the host first

If you bring over a bag of ice to an indoor book club, and she is not prepared for you to bring ice and does not have a place to store it or keep it, you end up with an inconvenient soggy dripping back of ice.

Check with the hostess before showing up with a bag of ice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

LaCroix is interchangeable with canned seltzer.

No, it is not.

Canned seltzer is undrinkable on its own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

LaCroix is interchangeable with canned seltzer.

No, it is not.

Canned seltzer is undrinkable on its own.

LaCroix is a popular brand of canned seltzer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

LaCroix is interchangeable with canned seltzer.

No, it is not.

Canned seltzer is undrinkable on its own.

Adn yet, grocery stores are full of it. Aisles of canned seltzers, all undrinkable.

I would bring, already cold:
plain bottled waters
two flavors of Spindrift (non alcoholic kind)
a large container of lemonade
a large container of ice tea
and maybe a 6 pack of diet coke/reg coke

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

LaCroix is interchangeable with canned seltzer.

No, it is not.

Canned seltzer is undrinkable on its own.

LaCroix is a popular brand of canned seltzer.

This.

[Anonymous]

Coke, Diet Coke, ice tea, bolttled water and seltzer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

LaCroix is interchangeable with canned seltzer.

No, it is not.

Canned seltzer is undrinkable on its own.

This is one of the weirder things I’ve read on DCUM. What, in your opinion, makes canned seltzer undrinkable?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

LaCroix is interchangeable with canned seltzer.

No, it is not.

Canned seltzer is undrinkable on its own.

So indignant. And wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

I just saw it was for a book club, not an actual party.

People will drink maaaybe one non-alcoholic drink each.

For a book club not a party, my revised list is:

3 large bottles of bottled water, already chilled

2 large bottles of San Pelligrino, already chilled

Lemon slices and mint sprigs to make the water fancy

A pitcher or caraffe of some kind of fresh lemonade or juice mixed with fresh berries/fruit mixed with sparkling water for a fancy non alcoholic drink, such as non alcoholic bellinis, cosmos or sangria. There are lots of fun mocktail recipes online that are quite simple to make. If you are too busy, get a selection of flavored sparkling waters or mocktails. It will be less than a 1 can per person ratio

No soda, not even Diet Coke

If the host does not plan to have glasses, then pick up some nicer plastic cups (large size) for the non alcoholic drinks

Confirm with the hostess that she will have ice available. If not, bring a container of ice.

go ahead and splurge on a $3 bag of ice. for heaven's sake

No, check with the host first

If you bring over a bag of ice to an indoor book club, and she is not prepared for you to bring ice and does not have a place to store it or keep it, you end up with an inconvenient soggy dripping back of ice.

Check with the hostess before showing up with a bag of ice.

The ice is in your car in a cooler on the drive over. Worst case you pour out water onto your flowers when you get home. The hostess asked you to do one thing. Bring nonalcoholic beverages. Most normal people can accomplish this task - including ensuring the drinks remain chilled — without asking the host follow up questions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

Isn’t La Croix canned seltzer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

LaCroix is interchangeable with canned seltzer.

No, it is not.

Canned seltzer is undrinkable on its own.

LaCroix is a popular brand of canned seltzer.

Yep I'm laughing so hard at this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

Isn’t La Croix canned seltzer?

I think people are having trouble differentiating seltzer (which is plain) with the flavored varieties? They are all the same, just some are flavors. I personally like Spindrift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

Isn’t La Croix canned seltzer?

I think people are having trouble differentiating seltzer (which is plain) with the flavored varieties? They are all the same, just some are flavors. I personally like Spindrift.

Seltzer can be flavored, it's not necessarily plain.

Technically seltzer is water that has been artificially carbonated using CO2 while sparkling water is naturally carbonated but colloquially seltzer and sparkling water are used interchangeably, and both can be flavored or unflavored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3 cases of canned seltzer

Only if you want to bring home 3 cases of canned seltzer.

No canned seltzer

A case of regular rottled water

Some kind of flavored sparkling water, like LaCroix

A nice sparkling water like San Pelligrino

A 6 pack of diet coke and a 6 pack of Dr. Pepper. Those are the 2 sodas that disappear when we host gatherings. The other soda flavors tend to go untouched unless there are kids involved.

I just saw it was for a book club, not an actual party.

People will drink maaaybe one non-alcoholic drink each.

For a book club not a party, my revised list is:

3 large bottles of bottled water, already chilled

2 large bottles of San Pelligrino, already chilled

Lemon slices and mint sprigs to make the water fancy

A pitcher or caraffe of some kind of fresh lemonade or juice mixed with fresh berries/fruit mixed with sparkling water for a fancy non alcoholic drink, such as non alcoholic bellinis, cosmos or sangria. There are lots of fun mocktail recipes online that are quite simple to make. If you are too busy, get a selection of flavored sparkling waters or mocktails. It will be less than a 1 can per person ratio

No soda, not even Diet Coke

If the host does not plan to have glasses, then pick up some nicer plastic cups (large size) for the non alcoholic drinks

Confirm with the hostess that she will have ice available. If not, bring a container of ice.

go ahead and splurge on a $3 bag of ice. for heaven's sake

NP. I’ve only used bagged ice to chill bottles or cans. Is it clean enough to for human consumption or does it come from ice machines that rarely get cleaned?