A Tale Of Cocktails: These Are The Latest Facts

Since next week I mark my latest birthday with a cocktail party of epic proportions (note: actual proportions may be neither epic nor especially satisfying), this might be a good time to take stock of the ongoing process of drinking every mixed drink ever.

Lists

11 Best Cocktails

1. Brain Hemorrhage
2. Flying Grasshopper
3. Fuzzy Shark
4. Choc Berry
=5. Baby Guinness
=5. Dennis the Menace
=7. Malibu Pop
=7. Daiquiri
=9. Angel Delight
=9. Kir Royale
=9. After Six

5 Worst Cocktails

1. Screwdriver
2. Champagne Cocktail
3. Orange Blossom
4. Tomorrow We Sail
5. Poinsettia Holiday

8 Tastiest Cocktails  

= Flying Grasshopper
= Midori Sour
= Choc Berry
= After Six
= Baby Guinness
= Brain Hemorrhage
= Mudslide
= Malibu Pop  

Worst Tasting Cocktail

Screwdriver  

6 Prettiest Cocktails  

1. Brain Hemorrhage
=2. Metropolitan  
=2. Midori Sour
=2. Choc Berry
=2. Fuzzy Shark
=2. Baby Guinness  

Ugliest Cocktail

Snowball  

8 Cheapest Cocktails  

= Screwdriver
= Daiquiri
= Raspberry Tipple Plus
= More Sunshine
= Dribena
= Fuzzy Shark
= Fuzzy Navel
= Snowball  

Most Expensive Cocktail

  Mudslide  

7 Best Named Cocktails  

1. Brain Hemorrhage
=2. Flying Grasshopper
=2. Metropolitan
=2. Daiquiri
=2. Choc Berry
=2. Fuzzy Shark
=2. French 75

2 Worst Named Cocktails  

= Tomorrow We Sail
= Champagne Cocktail  

10 Easiest Cocktails  

=1. Elderflower Royale
=1. Kir Imperial
=3. Dribena
=3. Black Forest
=3. Ume Royale
=3. Kir Royale
=3. Blue Lagoon
=3. Baby Guinness
=3. Brain Hemorrhage
=3. Mimosa  

Most Fiddly Cocktail  

Mudslide

9 Strongest Cocktails  

1. Flying Grasshopper
2. White Lady
=3. Brain Hemorrhage
=3. Mudslide
=5. After Six
=5. Dennis The Menace
=5. Baby Guinness
=5. Malibu Pop
=5. Champagne Cocktail

Weakest Cocktail

Choc Berry

Supplies Consumed

Booze

Advocaat
Amaretto
Blue Curacao
Brandy
Chambord
Champagne
Cherry wine
Chocolate liqueur
Creme de Cacao
Creme de Cassis
Creme de Menthe
Elderflower liqueur
Gin
Irish Cream (Baileys)
Kahlua
Malibu
Midori
Peach Schnapps
Plum wine
Port
Rum (dark)
Rum (white)
Sloe gin
Tia Maria
Triple Sec
Vodka

Mixers

Bitters
Cocoa
Cranberry juice
Cream
Grenadine
Lemon juice
Lemonade
Lime cordial
Lime juice
Milk
Orange juice
Pineapple juice
Sugar
Sugar syrup
Vanilla syrup

Garnish

Blackberry
Caster sugar
Cherry
Chocolate
Cranberries
Lemon
Marshmallow
Mint Matchmaker
Orange slice
Orange peel
Whipped cream
A shark

Glasses

Champagne
Cocktail
Collins
Cordial
Highball
Shot

Estimated amount of ice used: 450 cubic centimetres.

Statistics

Mean cocktail score: 6.69

Standard deviation of cocktail score: 0.813
Range of scores: 4.2

Using the stats package R, we can show that the scores of cocktails are roughly normally distributed:

meaning that we can say approximately 95% of all cocktails lie within the range of scores [5.06, 8.32], and 99% will lie between [4.25, 9.13].