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How strong are Wetherspoons cocktail pitchers?

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Funkyslippers · 28/10/2021 16:29

Sorry posting here for traffic. Going out for cocktails and the pitchers have 4 shots of spirit in them. If we drank 1 pitcher each we wouldn't be drunk would we? I try to avoid getting too inebriated! Thanks

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Bubblemonkey · 25/01/2025 12:36

I’ve done stronger pisses than spoons pitchers 🙈

FluffyBooBoo · 25/01/2025 12:17

Not sure that op will still be wondering this, over three years later...

Toastednuts69 · 25/01/2025 11:04

The alcohol content depends on the spirits used, and most contain 2 shots (50ml) of a 35-40% spirit and two shots of a 15-25% liqueur diluted with about 1ltr of juice/mixer. Overall you end up with up to 32ml alcohol in a pitcher, similar to a 250ml glass of wine with a 13% alcohol content or a pint of lager with 5% alcohol content. If you buy a pitcher expect to get more effect from the sugar content than the alcohol 🙄

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Funkyslippers · 29/10/2021 08:43

Update for anyone interested. We had a pitcher of Pornstar Martini and some sort of Kopperberg gin thing. Both tasted of zero alcohol. Loads of ice and lemonade. The reason we bought 2 is they're 2 for £12.75. 2 pitchers between 3 of us. After that I had a glass of wine which had far more effect! I just thought I'd start DD and her friend off on something light. The most she's ever drunk is 2 small cans of g&t ☺️

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floatyjosmum · 29/10/2021 07:59

They taste like juice and not like the cocktail they’re meant to be…. A cocktail bar for a proper cocktail would be what I’d take her for.

girlmom21 · 29/10/2021 07:21

@mumda

4 units is perhaps the same as a pint of beer or cider.
A pint of cider is generally 2 units
mrsfollowill · 28/10/2021 23:41

Their pitchers are cheap for a reason- I hadn't realised how little alcohol they contain though. Pre lockdown 2 friends and I shared one and I just ended up feeling sick with raging heartburn from too much mango juice. No alcohol effect whatsoever Grin To be fair you can get a double G&T there for £3.99 so I'd leave off their cocktails - go elsewhere for that-most 'proper' cocktails have 2-3 shots in and taste way better!

FluffyBooBoo · 28/10/2021 23:38

Does your mum know you're in Spoons??

😂😂

OrangeFluff · 28/10/2021 23:30

I wouldn’t really call Wetherspoons pitchers cocktails. Much better to take her somewhere nice and get some pornstar martinis.

mumda · 28/10/2021 22:54

4 units is perhaps the same as a pint of beer or cider.

FangsForTheMemory · 28/10/2021 21:40

Goodness, I used to get bladdered on my youthful holidays.

AbsentmindedWoman · 28/10/2021 21:12

How much are these pitchers then - surely they're not charging the same as strong 'real' cocktails?

They sound like something from youthful holidays, feeling nostalgic now.

Againstmachine · 28/10/2021 20:59

Even if it is four 25 measure it depends how much liquid and ice is on there, having had a proper strong cocktail Vs spoons they aren't that strong.

NigelSlatersXmasTaters · 28/10/2021 20:51

"I think they have toilets in wetherspoons 😅"

They do but you have to go up 3 flights of stairs, down 2, through the crystal maze and then complete a series of krypton factor challenges before you reach them

suspiria777 · 28/10/2021 19:56

@JorisBonson

She'll get more wired from the sugar in full fat coke. Spoons pitchers are mostly ice and juice!
there's no fat in coke
VividGemini · 28/10/2021 19:38

@PolkadotsAndMoonbeams

I'd be very worried about needing the loo!
As long as they can navigate the maze like staircases they'll be fine!
guiltynetter · 28/10/2021 19:38

@PolkadotsAndMoonbeams

I'd be very worried about needing the loo!
I think they have toilets in wetherspoons 😅
VividGemini · 28/10/2021 19:38

Can you not get 2 pitchers (to share) and then another 2 depending on how you feel?

Theonewiththecandles · 28/10/2021 19:35

4 shots in the equivalent of two pints full of liquid/ice (if they run out of pitcher jugs they sometimes have to serve in two pint glasses)
Most of them are not that strong as they contain spirits like Corky's/Sourz/Morgan's Tiki which are around 15-20%

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 28/10/2021 19:05

I'd be very worried about needing the loo!

DrinkFeckArseBrick · 28/10/2021 19:02

That's about one unit a glass. Wine can have 3. Even when I've not been drinking I'd struggle to get drunk on that

Shade17 · 28/10/2021 19:01

They sound terrible! I’d expect at least 4 measures in a single cocktail!

girlmom21 · 28/10/2021 18:49

@AllThingsServeTheBeam I agree - but OP seems worried Grin

Moooning · 28/10/2021 18:48

@JorisBonson lucky you Grin

I had approximately 8 or 9 'large' ones and a glass or two of wine in the space of a day last week. 20+ shots? I won't do that again in a hurry.

maddy68 · 28/10/2021 18:47

Take her for a nice cocktail somewhere. Not a spoons if it's a special occasion. Get her a porn star