Mixology Monday XXXVII: First Time

March 2, 2009 by Pink Lady

by Pink Lady

mxmologo Here ye, here ye! LUPEC Boston is proud to announce that the March edition of Mixology Monday will be hosted right here, at our virtual home.

Mixology Monday is a monthly online cocktail party that unites cocktail enthusiasts from around the globe. Drinkers come together to share cocktail recipes and related information in this friendly online environment, focusing thinking and drinking on a different theme each month. Previous MxMo’s have included Hard Drinks for Hard Times, Broaden Your Horizons, Spice, and Guilty Pleasures. Our party’s theme is “First Time”.

This event was inspired by a chance encounter I had with an almost-famous Christian rock musician who, at age 32, had never had a cocktail. “I’d like to try one sometime,” he said, “What do you think I should have?”

It’s an excellent question, and one I though best vetted by wide audience of experts: What drink do you suggest for the delicate palate of the cocktail neophyte? Something boozy and balanced, sure – but one wrong suggestion could relegate the newbie to a beer-drinker’s life. To which go-to cocktails do you turn to when faced with the challenge?

Here’s how to play:

By Monday, March 9 mix, drink, and write about a good gateway drink for the cocktail virgin.
Let us know your homework is done by sending a note to pinklady@lupecboston.com or lupec@lupecboston.com. Or leave a comment here with the link to your post.
No blog? No problem! Thanks to our good friends at eGullet’s Spirits & Cocktails Forum, every month non-bloggers are invited to chip in their post in a designated thread on the forum. You’ll need to be signed up with eGullet; head on over there for details.
Link back to LUPEC Boston as well as the Mixology Monday site, so as to help spread the gospel of MxMo. Please include the MxMo logo in your post, too, for consistency’s sake.

We’ll post a round-up as soon as possible after MxMo, so you can compare notes. The ladies of LUPEC aspire to try as many of your drinks as possible, but you may have to check back for coverage of that experiment.

We’ll also compile both a Master List and a Short List of gateway cocktails to send to the Cocktail Virgin who inspired this whole mess. You can check back for that story as it unfolds, too.

Go forth and mix! We can’t wait to taste your beautiful cocktails.

Cin-cin!

45 Responses

on March 2, 2009 at 8:55 pm | Reply stevideter

This is going to be a fun topic for Mixology Monday!
on March 4, 2009 at 6:33 am | Reply The Cocktail Chronicles » MxMo Alert: the First Time

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on March 4, 2009 at 6:34 am | Reply MxMo Alert: The First Time

[…] over to Pink Lady’s announcement post for details on how to participate, and get your drink up by midnight (or thereabouts) on March […]
on March 4, 2009 at 10:30 pm | Reply Paystyle

Hi Ladies,

Thanks for hosting. My post for MxMo is up and can be found here: http://www.umamimart.com/2009/03/happy-hour-lamant-lover.html

This is my first MxMo post, so I’m sure I got something wrong, and feel free to tell me what it is.

Thanks!
on March 8, 2009 at 6:01 pm | Reply Frederic

This is Frederic from CocktailVirgin and here is my post for the Hoop La:
http://cocktailvirgin.blogspot.com/2009/03/hoop-la.html

Thanks for hosting!
on March 8, 2009 at 9:03 pm | Reply MxMo: the first time « ednbrg

[…] MxMo: the first time Posted in Mixology, MxMo, Recipes by Jon on March 4th, 2009 For everything in life, there’s an inside and an outside. This month, LUPEC Boston asks us how we’d welcome the unsure to the cocktail party. It’s Mixology Monday, and we want to know one thing: do you remember the first time? […]
on March 8, 2009 at 9:05 pm | Reply Jon

Hi,

Thanks for hosting! I’ve posted a thing at:
http://ednbrg.wordpress.com/2009/03/04/mxmo-the-first-time/

Looking forward to the roundup.

-Jon
on March 9, 2009 at 1:51 am | Reply Stevi Deter

My post is up at Two at the Most:

http://www.twoatthemost.com/mxmo-xxxvii-first-time-the-daiquiri/
on March 9, 2009 at 5:09 am | Reply Vidiot

I’ve got the Aviation up at Cocktailians. Thanks!
on March 9, 2009 at 2:31 pm | Reply The Gin Gimlet and the Japanese Slipper

[…] and although I’ve usually answered it with one drink or another taking this moment, courtesy of Boston Lupec, to really think about it has, if anything, solidified in my mind what a perfect gateway drink […]
on March 9, 2009 at 2:33 pm | Reply wakeless

Hi Ladies, I’ve had a lot of fun with this topic, unfortunately time is a running out. Here’s my post….

http://myachinghead.net/2009/03/the-gin-gimlet-and-the-japanese-slipper/
on March 9, 2009 at 2:52 pm | Reply Doug Winship

Hey guys! Super idea this month.
Here’s my offering: http://www.killingtime.com/Pegu/2009/03/09/mixology-monday-xxxvii-the-first-time/

Thanks for hosting!
Doug
on March 9, 2009 at 6:27 pm | Reply Tiare

Hi! Here is my entry, thanks for hosting this!

http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com

Cheers!

Tiare
on March 9, 2009 at 6:34 pm | Reply Dennis

Here is my post for the party.
http://rockandrye.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/mxmo-xxxvii-first-time/

Thanks for the great topic!
on March 9, 2009 at 6:34 pm | Reply Dennis

http://rockandrye.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/mxmo-xxxvii-first-time/

Thanks for the topic.
on March 9, 2009 at 7:25 pm | Reply Matt Robold (RumDood)

Neither rain nor sleet nor mutant martian flu could stop me from doing MxMo.

http://rumdood.com/archive/2009/03/09/mixology-monday-the-first-time.aspx

Thanks for hosting!
on March 9, 2009 at 9:12 pm | Reply BonCompanion

Ladies-

Thanks for hosting. I am a Mixology Monday Virgin, so this seemed like the appropriate topic to get my feet wet with.

Thanks!
Jen
http://bonvivantevents.com/wordpress/?p=965
on March 9, 2009 at 10:39 pm | Reply Max Watman

Thanks!

http://theoceanofintemperance.blogspot.com/2009/03/mixology-monday-xxxvii-first-time-i.html
on March 9, 2009 at 10:48 pm | Reply Sonja

Hello Ladies! Thanks for hosting this month! My post is up at:
http://thinkingofdrinking.blogspot.com/2009/03/mxmo-first-time-cocktails.html

Cheers!
on March 10, 2009 at 12:47 am | Reply scomorokh

Hi!

My few words and few pics for this MxMo here:

http://www.scienceofdrink.com/2009/03/10/mxmo-first-time-supremai-tai-and-supremojito/

Thanks for host!
Sincerely yours, Pavel Y. aka scomorokh.
on March 10, 2009 at 2:06 am | Reply Mixology Monday - First Timers - Drink of the Week

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on March 10, 2009 at 2:10 am | Reply Darcy O'Neil

Hello Ladies, here’s my contribution to Mixology Monday:

The Filby Cocktail

Cheers!
on March 10, 2009 at 2:16 am | Reply Amelia Sauter aka Felicia

Hello Ladies!

Here is the link to my post. I will also email it to you with a photo. Thanks for hosting!

http://feliciaspeakeasy.blogspot.com/2009/03/mixology-monday-pomegranate.html

xo Amelia aka Felicia
on March 10, 2009 at 2:19 am | Reply Marshall

Ladies,

My MxMo post is up. Thanks for hosting!

http://scofflawsden.com/blog/2009/03/09/mixology-monday-xxxvii-first-time/

Cheers!
on March 10, 2009 at 2:22 am | Reply MxMo XXVII: The First Time « liquor is quicker

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on March 10, 2009 at 2:24 am | Reply drinksnob

Good ladies, gracious hosts:

Here’s a post!

http://drinksnob.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/mxmo-xxvii-the-first-time/

Thanks much.
on March 10, 2009 at 2:55 am | Reply MxMo: Cocktail Virgin — A Dash of Bitters

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on March 10, 2009 at 2:59 am | Reply Michael Dietsch

My name is Mike D and I’m back from the dead:

http://www.adashofbitters.com/2009/03/09/mxmo-cocktail-virgin/
on March 10, 2009 at 3:07 am | Reply Mixology Monday: The First Time « Ganymeda

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on March 10, 2009 at 3:39 am | Reply MissMeaghan

Thanks for hosting ladies! I posted here http://spiritmeaway.com/?p=875, I posted a bourbon recipe sure to keep any cocktail virgin imbibing!
on March 10, 2009 at 4:13 am | Reply Evan

Hi Ladies,

Your topic generated quite a bit of discussion and some suggested cocktails over at The Egullet Society for Culinary Arts and Letters, egullet.org. Here’s the link to the topic. Thanks for hosting!

http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=122490
on March 10, 2009 at 6:04 am | Reply The Cocktail Chronicles » MxMo First Timer: Finally, the Corpse Reviver No. 2

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on March 10, 2009 at 6:08 am | Reply Paul

Heh, it’s not midnight yet! (Here on the West Coast, anyway…)

Here’s mine: http://www.cocktailchronicles.com/2009/03/09/mxmo-corpse-reviver-no-2/

Thanks for hosting!
on March 10, 2009 at 6:58 am | Reply Cocktailiana » Blog Archive » So, It’s Your First Time?

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on March 10, 2009 at 7:01 am | Reply paulcloutier

Thanks for hosting, fine ladies of LUPEC! I have a simple version of the Margarita that should be able ease anyone into the world of cocktails.

http://cocktailiana.com/2009/03/first-time/
on March 10, 2009 at 8:19 am | Reply Mixology Monday: First Time « The Wild Drink Blog

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on March 10, 2009 at 11:33 am | Reply Mixology Monday XXXVII: The First Time | The Pegu Blog

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on March 10, 2009 at 9:53 pm | Reply MxMo: The First Time « A Jigger of Blog

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on March 10, 2009 at 9:59 pm | Reply Jay Hepburn

Unquestionably late, but it’s the thought that counts, no?

http://ohgo.sh/archive/mxmo-first-time/

Thanks for hosting!
on March 11, 2009 at 1:35 am | Reply Newsdesk: aquae vitae « ednbrg

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on March 17, 2009 at 11:56 pm | Reply tkw

too late to the party?

http://cocktailnotes.sharkfeeder.com/?p=73
on March 18, 2009 at 2:37 pm | Reply Blogger

Round up?
on February 11, 2010 at 10:36 pm | Reply Happy Hour: L’Amant (The Lover) – umamimart

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on March 10, 2011 at 7:25 pm | Reply Newsdesk: aquae vitae | The Old Town Alchemy Co.

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on March 10, 2011 at 7:26 pm | Reply MxMo: the first time | The Old Town Alchemy Co.

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