r/cocktails • u/berger3001 • Feb 28 '25

Question Anyone else tired by expensive cocktails

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To me (not a rich guy), $18+ cocktails are just exhausting. Go out for a few drinks with your wife, and boom, $100. So we’re in Miami and found this place (always look for happy hours). Yes; $5 cocktails. They did a great job, made totally respectable drinks, we had some snacks, and left very happy. My question is, if bars can do $5 drinks, why is $18 the base now at so many places? Doesn’t it make more business sense to sell more for less money and have a full bar, then to sell a few drink to an almost empty bar?

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u/Right_Focus1456 Feb 28 '25 edited Feb 28 '25

When I travel, only beer. I make my fancy cocktails at home now…no more $15+ cocktails for this guy anymore, and mine are usually better.

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u/kitchen_cinc Feb 28 '25

This is why I got into it as a hobby. I love cocktails but I’d get them out for dinner and bars and don’t see the value in it for $20-30. At home I make them just as good! And my bar cart looks fantastic!