I also would stick to wine or beer. Cocktails are unpredictable and if you don’t usually drink the cliff can be pretty steep I’d you accidentally step off it.

I like the earlier recommendations for gin based cocktails. I will add one: Tom Collins

I only drink Prosecco now.

If I had to have a cocktail I’d get either a margarita or some type of martini.

Old fashioneds can be great but bartender has to know how to make it the right way. So many don’t.

Anonymous wrote:If you rarely drink, I’d stick with wine or champagne/Prosecco. You have no control over how much hard liquor goes into cocktails and it’s easy to overdo it.

You could also do wine spritzer which give your wine a fizz and you won’t get drunk.
I’m also a huge fan of vodka tonics. Don’t do gin unless you want a hangover.

Just do a vodka soda with a splash of any kind of juice.

Paloma. Grapefruit, fizzy water or soda and tequila. Light and refreshing. Like margarita’s cousin who has a more acerbic sense of humor.

Vodka soda, or a shot of tequila with a wedge of lime

If you rarely drink, I’d stick with wine or champagne/Prosecco. You have no control over how much hard liquor goes into cocktails and it’s easy to overdo it.

Whiskey sour

vodka soda with a splash of cranberry juice or orange juice.

I like vodka, sparkling water, splash of cran

I love a gin gimlet.

Vodka or gin with tonic. Or just tonic and lime.

I like French 75s- gin, sparkling wine, lemon juice, simple syrup. But you could also do a gin and tonic with lots of tonic. Still a cocktail but less alcohol.

I rarely drink but I'm going on a fun group vacation soon - can anyone recommend some cocktails that are not too sweet or too strong? I would like to join in and have a cocktail with everyone else but I don't know what to order.
I drank vodka & orange and rum & coke (only occassionaly) in my twenties but both seem like they would be so sweet and sickly now.
Any ideas?