I suppose we ought to get the cocktail making and drinking sorted out now.
Perhaps I should start a new thread in community?
What I propose is a little complicated, but should work fine and will mean that you can either bring booze or not, or drink loads or a little.
I'll keep a list of who brings booze and make a note of how much they spent eg:
Idaho: 3 bottles - £35
So-and-so - 1 bottle - £12
such-and-such 2 bottles - £20
etc
Then everyone (regardless of whether they brought a bottle) chips in £1 - £1.50 a drink.
At the end we will have lots of drunk people and empty bottles and a pile of cash.
Say the total cost of the booze was £90 and we have £80 cash, then we divvy up the money between those who brough the booze. In this case you get 85% of your money back (but have still paid for drinks). Obviously if there is still booze left then you can claim back whatever remained undrunk from what you brought.
I reckon it will be easier this way as people bringing a few bottles won't be out of pocket and if people don't/can't bring any then they can merrily drink away without poncing off anyone.
I will bring ice, cocktail shaker, mint, lime juice, salt, brown sugar, Cranberry Juice, Orange Juice, Pineapple Juice, bitters.
+ Light rum
+ Tequila
+ Triple sec
Ideally we also need:
Vodka
Dark Rum
Galliano
Gin
Coke
+ multiples of any/all of the above.
+ Any other booze we would need to make your favourite drink
Also a clean bucket (or two) and lots of 'glasses' would be useful. I'll have a look round here for any plastic cups that are a bit better than the flimsy little things.
Any ideas? Comments?