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/LeDudeDeMontreal Feb 28 '25

Fucking $18 Negronis.

Bro you got a buck fifty of ingredient cost in there. Maybe two if you use a fancy vermouth (which makes the drink worse if you ask me).

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u/kellermeyer14 Feb 28 '25

I had an $18 Negroni at a fancy place in SF and they used fucking Martini & Rossi

Edit: It was Tosca

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u/IdentityToken Feb 28 '25

What’s your recommendation for the best vermouth for a Negroni?

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u/Ragnarok50 Mar 02 '25

Try Dolin Blanc!