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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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maddy68 · 28/10/2021 18:45

They aren't real cocktails they're pre mixed aodt drink with a couple of shots chucked in

Abraxan · 28/10/2021 18:42

4 shots is about 4 units, so same as a couple of big glasses of wine or a couple of pints of beer I'd have thought.

The pitchers are meant to be a few drinks if I remember rightly, so long drinks, diluted and not overly strong.

Maybe have a bigger effect on someone who doesn't normally drink but for the average drinker it's unlikely to make you more than a bit tipsy.

A lot of 'proper' cocktails can have a couple of shots or more in just one glass!

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 28/10/2021 18:39

@girlmom21

Why don't you just share a pitcher?
May as well just have juice!
Soupseason · 28/10/2021 18:36

if you're celebrating take her somewhere nice for a decent cocktail.

girlmom21 · 28/10/2021 18:32

Why don't you just share a pitcher?

Sprostongreen21 · 28/10/2021 18:22

They have four shots in but are full of ice and mixers. Not strong at all not like a proper cocktail.

JorisBonson · 28/10/2021 18:05

@FangsForTheMemory

No wonder they taste of disappointment. One of my margaritas has three shots of alcohol in it. that's how a cocktail should be.
Now that's my type of marg. DH got too good at long Island ice teas during lockdown. I don't remember much.
NigelSlatersXmasTaters · 28/10/2021 17:59

"No wonder they taste of disappointment"

😂 so true

LittleGwyneth · 28/10/2021 17:00

I've never managed to get drunk on pitchers, but I do have a pretty staggering tolerance. You drink it a lot more slowly than a shot because it's more volume and you have to pee pretty quickly because it's not the most nutritious of liquid!

FangsForTheMemory · 28/10/2021 16:58

No wonder they taste of disappointment. One of my margaritas has three shots of alcohol in it. that's how a cocktail should be.

LampLighter414 · 28/10/2021 16:46

Also I recommend Purple Rain if they still do that, so tasty, and not so alcoholic because 2 of the shots are curacao which I think is ~20%

LampLighter414 · 28/10/2021 16:44

@Funkyslippers

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
Drinking 4 shots of say vodka, in a pitcher, watered down, over 30 minutes, is much the same as having 4 shots of vodka every 7.5 minutes with some drinks of water or soft drink in between. Neither is more alcoholic than the other.

Do you think you'd be drunk after 4 shots? I don't think any of us can tell you your own tolerance.

As a handy note: I believe your liver process approximately 1 unit of alcohol an hour. A 40% shot (25ml) equates to 10ml of alcohol, which is 1 unit. So if you had 2 pitchers over 3 hours, totalling 8 shots (~8 units assuming ~40% spirits), you'd probably only be feeling the effects about about 5-6 units because you would have already processed some of the alcohol out of your system.

JorisBonson · 28/10/2021 16:43

She'll get more wired from the sugar in full fat coke. Spoons pitchers are mostly ice and juice!

Pedalpushers · 28/10/2021 16:42

In the past I've managed 2 before being too full and hyped on sugar to drink anymore, and not been more than tipsy.

slashlover · 28/10/2021 16:42

If it's four measures of normal strength spirits then it's four units. The recommended units for a woman per day is 2-3 but if you're drinking it over a few hours then it should be fine. Maybe have some chips of something halfway though?

BigSandyBalls2015 · 28/10/2021 16:42

very diluted and barely taste of alcohol. My DD rarely drinks but can manage one of them without any probs.

Fetarabbit · 28/10/2021 16:40

They're really diluted, you'd have to drink a lot of the mixers along with the shots to get drunk. They're the same size as the pitchers you'd get at school for water, and 4 shots is hardly anything amongst the ice and fizzy/juice- unlikely a double with coke for example, you'd be super full up before super drunk.

AllThingsServeTheBeam · 28/10/2021 16:40

No. They don't remotely effect me.

KurtWildeWitchOfTheWoods · 28/10/2021 16:40

Very diluted and tons of ice. I'm a lightweight but I've had a full one when out for a meal and I've barely noticed it had alcohol in tbh.

peboh · 28/10/2021 16:39

Not strong at all really in my experience. Especially with the amount of ice they put into them, they become really diluted quickly.

Anothernamechange3 · 28/10/2021 16:38

I think 4 shots is the same units as 2 pints of beer? I don’t think that’s an excessive amount myself but everyone has a different tolerance

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Funkyslippers · 28/10/2021 16:38

Meredith I'm the mum lol!!! Going out with DD who's just turned 18 and wants to try her first cocktail in a pub! I guess the ABV is around the 37% mark but very diluted. We'll probably make a pitcher last a couple of hours. I usually have no more than 2 glasses of wine

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Starcaller · 28/10/2021 16:36

Yes they are nowhere near the strength of 'proper' cocktails you get in a more upmarket place. Did used to love a WooWoo fishbowl though!

MeredithGreyishblue · 28/10/2021 16:34

It depends on the ABV of the spirit and how long it takes you to drink it. Confused

Does your mum know you're in Spoons??

RightOnTheEdge · 28/10/2021 16:34

I drink very rarely and am a total lightweight but one Spoons pitcher has no effect on me.

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