Why beer??
 

Must we always be put in the beer corner? Expected to wait in lines, feet sticking to the floor?? I always prefer to have rum, vodka and mixers... or better yet...a little jungle juice. ANy recipies??

Why beer? because it's cheap.

I'm going to make the assumption that you are a girl, based on your preferences. But I have to believe that as long as guys are providing the alcohol and girls get to drink for free, that beer will remain the drink of choice for parties put on by college students. I mean if given the choice of a keg for $70 bucks with enough for over 150 drinks, or a handle of hard liquor at $30 with only about 50 shots. Throw in money for mixers and having hard alcohol at parties becomes very expensive.

Further, and more importantly, most inter/national fraternities ban the prescence of hard alcohol at chapter sponosored events as part of their risk management policies. For even the most Animal House of Greek chapters, this is an easy thing to get rid of and to help manage their risk.

As for Jungle Juice recipes:

This is kind of a general one that I've had and made.

Get a large new (ie clean) garbage can: one of the ones you would use to take the garbage out in or put grass clippings in...like 25 gallons or something.

2 handles of everclear
2 handles of fruit flavored schnapps
enough kool aid (any flavor) to fill up the garbage can about 3/4 full, or to taste. Once your about 1/2 full, start tasting to make sure you get the taste you want, then add another pitcher
2-5 pounds of dry ice

Mix all the liquids together and then put in the dry ice. The dry ice will cool it down pretty quick and while it sublimates it will carbonate the jungle juice. The more ice you add the more fizzy it will get.

$30 for a handle of hard alcohol??? maybe if you want the name brand but i've gone to TONS of parties put on by frats where there's jungle juice... which they usually use $10-$12 cheap vodka or some other type of alcohol... that's usually the norm. :cool:

it's not 10-12 for a handle. You're probably talking about stuff like skol or dimitry.

And anything more than 50 for a keg is ridiculous boys. Check out costco if you don't have any places near you having kegs. I think can are better though personally because they add a huge convenience factor.

-Rudey

i did say cheap... did not say it was always good ;)

Well theres a big difference between alcohol you'd use for jungle juice and what you would have for shots...pretty pointless to buy horrible liquor for shots if no one is going to take any b/c it's so bad.

I don't know what kind of weak ass jungle juice you all drink, but you have to do it right and use everclear...and that's not something youre going to find for 10-12 bucks, unless your grandfather has his own still, or you want to go blind.

As for keg prices...no costco here, and sam's doesn't carry kegs here in Lincoln. About the cheapest we can do keg wise is 58 bucks for a keg of PBR, and all the girls just complain when we do that...nevermind taht they're drinking for free, so I don't know what they are complaining about.

Natural Light is usually the cheap beer of choice here in the kegs! Of course Bud Light is very common too. It would be nice to have a party with mixed drinks and stuff. kinda stray away from the norm.


Nichole

heaven.....hill..

why beer when you can drink vodka?
 

Exactly: Why beer? And why not vodka? And not just any old bootleg. I think the clear liquors are much better. And you do not have aweful beer breath. Has anyone tried that new vodka in the aluminum bottle? It looks so cool at parties, and you do not have to worry about gettin rowdy. It doesn't break...

Generally speaking, most college parties will have beer b/c it is the most affordable. If hard liquor is purchased, it is usually for a punch/jungle juice and is usually the cheap stuff. If you just cannot do beer, as silly as this may sound, perhaps you should carry a flask. It'll have enough alcohol to make you a few good drinks.

I'm a beer drinker, and I'm a girl. I can do hard liquor, but for the sole reason of affordability, beer is the way to go. Coors Light is my beer of choice. :) Being the proud Texan I am, can't forget to mention the good ol' Shiner.

Re: why beer when you can drink vodka?
 

Again I'll mention the fact that many organization have prohibited the presence of hard alcohol at any chapter event without a third party vendor, as part of their risk management policy...It's not a matter of solely being rowdy, but rather more likely a stipulation of insurance policies. Same thing with most common containers...in that case the chapter is likely to get beer b/c it comes in cans.

The girls get to drink for free at your mixers??!!!:eek:
damn, we're getting ripped!!!!!!!!!

That's how it worked when I was an active at FSU. All 16 of the NPC sororities made it clear that they were prohibited from buying alcohol.

Does anyone know a beer to try for a person who doesn't really like beer? I feel like an idiot whenever I'm out and I'm the only one drinking mixed drinks.

You need to try a variety of different types of beer. I used to think that I hated beer, because I was drinking the same low quality American beer as everyone else. Then I started to experiment, and I realized that I love dark beer. You should try ales, lagers, wheat beers, etc. Eventually, you'll find something that you like.

The only beer I've ever come close to liking is Amber Bock...it's tolerable. I like Guinness, too, but that's not beer. Do you have any favorites?

We have similar tastes, and Guiness is considered beer; it is a stout ale.
I love Sam Smith's Nut Brown Ale.
Also, Heinekin Dark Special is very, very good.

Your tastes are for darker beers, which means that will probably not like pilsners or wheat beers. Stick with ales, lagers and porters, perferably darker varieties.

If you like dark beers, try Spaten Optimator.

Great stuff.

My favorite.

That is a great beer, if you can find it. Strong too.
The Ginger Man has it on tap.

Some "different" beers that you might want to try, these all taste more like other things, and so maybe the different tastes will appeal to you.

Pete's Strawberry Blonde: has a pleasent Strawberry initial taste, and pretty sweet.

Mocha Java Stout: strong black coffee and choclate taste

Mocha Porter: more choclatety than the the Stout.

Sam Adams Cherry Wheat: tastes like what I imagine dropping a ludens wild cherry cough drop into a normal beer would taste like. Very nice, mellow cherry taste.


ETA: Yes, all girls drink for free at any parties thrown by fraternities or fraternity members here at Nebraska. In fact I'm willing to bet that most parties in general allow chicks to drink for free here in Lincoln, no matter who is throwing them. The chapters do it since all the other chapters do it, and any party that charges girls, is likely to have significantly fewer girls than might otherwise be there, even if the charge is only a couple of bucks. The GDI parties have to make it free, because the girls can go drink for free at the fraternity parties, and there are likely to be far more boys at a fraternity party. I guess the money the girls save in their first 2 years, they use at the bars during their last 2 or so years.

I don't know how large a distribution area it has...but if you can find Yuengling, try Lord Chesterfield Ale. Lord Chesterfield is my new boyfriend. :D

A tradition that goes to the time when Rome beat and killed students, Athens said they would send no more educators, Rome said get bent, but in a short time Rome account where so screwed up, the beg Athens to reconsider. No. yes, fight then Rome state that by the law of Rome that all faculty, and student would be unharmed by the police in those what ever they where called, would be brought to trail by the law of Rome, Greece the designed a special vase call the peoria. Were the two handle on opposite side that the hand of the roman. Reaching across to the far side and the Athenian like wise, drank the first hazing on campus. It that tradition, between the person reaching the legal age of self independent, with mentality. The brings the bourbon. Gin, and other such goodies, to one life. The morning after. yo

and dear sweet old period, came forth.

Wow, it's been a long time...I'm not a beer drinker unless I'm really desperate, and most of the time it's beer at the parties, unless you know the right guys ;)...The fraternities at Vanderbilt usually have liquor for their big parties, however. Oh, and Beta even had an ice sculpture for their Playboy party that they poured vodka down and then you put mouth at the bottom and let it drip in...However, when it's going to be a beer night it's not a big deal b/c that's why you go to dorm parties, for the punch and shots!!
From my experience, dark beers with more bite are better if you're not a big beer drinker...Frambozen, which is imported, is an excellent raspberry flavored beer. It actually tastes more like raspberries than beer. I would also advise to never drink St. Pauli Girl if you don't like typical beer because I think it has a nasty aftertaste. It's like drinking Natty Light to me. Oh, and Dixie Blackened Voodoo is a good dark(really dark) beer. Another thing is that any lighter beer can taste better with some lime in it, at least in my opinion.

here at Arizona, we have a Gamma policy that doesnt allow us to serve anything in an open cup. Of course not all the houses follow the rules as strictly as they are written... but we just adopted a change allowing us to serve wine coolers in plastic bottles at our registered events. Of course now.. Since we're poor college students beer and wine coolers is gonna be the best we can supply with the restictions in play.

You must understand, beer is a good thing here,but if I didn't get some to help drik it up, it might go to waste. and would be not nice.

the one sneakers would surely stick to the floor.

just to chime in...
 

Over here in Jersey, we usually have Miller Lite as our main generic all-you-can-have for one low price deal. We then offer Mike's Hard and Coronas as an alternative for those taht want to spend a little more and get a little more. Test tube shots are also a great crowd pleaser because a) they're cheap, and when you sell them for a dollar each you're basicially doubling what you paid for them, b) they taste good to chicks, and if the chicks are happy the boys are happy and everyone's happy, and 3) they're weak as hell, but most beer zombies are dumb, and will think they're getting a shot and you don't have to worry about them getting too drunk because I haven't heard of anyone being put over their limit by them. You'll never hear "oooooo man.... I shouldn't have had that last test tube last night!" from anyone the next morning. Ever.

And as a side note about the mixed drink things. We used to do that a few years ago at parties. We had a dollar-drink bar w/ things like screwdrives, mudslides, gingertini (and invention of our own), "Rowan Iced Tea," etc. The people LOVED it but we usually ended up losing money on the deal (even though the shit was way watered down we had our tricks so they couldn't tell). But line is that it's too much of a hassle, too risky, and not profitable enough unless you overcharge, which sort've breaks down the whole system. Best of luck to any who are thinking of trying this, I could offer some practical advise if you want.

Okay this is not meant to sound rude but I had no idea we had a Sigam Pi at UA. I asked my boyfriend about it (he's a Phi Psi here) and he said that they did well in rush so congrats SigmaPi@UA. And he's right about GAMMA rules though I have never been to a party that followed the rules (and here I am a senior, I've been to a lot of parties). Most parties have just beer but I've been to a number, usually the larger, annual ones, that serve mixed drinks and shots.

thanks AXWhoah.. actually.. this is Sigma Pi's first semester at U of A, we've done so well that we have already been granted full membership to IFC, and received our recognition from the school. I hope i dont sound like im stepping on your boyfriends toes cuz by all means i dont mean to, but maybe we'll do a mixer with AX next semester and i'll get a chance to put a face with your handle.

Take it easy and good luck on your finals

James

attention
 

the bad side to jungle juice is that now adays stupid people are everywhere. you never know when someone might slip some sort of drug in there trying to be a moron. if that happens the fraternity could get blamed so unless you trust everyone in your party its a big risk. its harder to "spike" a keg. but you still have to watch your cups. but on the other hand, if you want a good recipe. try everclear punch, its a bottle or two of everclear and a whole lot of coolade and then try some hawiian punch instead of water. put tropical punch and cherry and if you would like put a little fruit in there. the fruit soaks up the alcohol and then you eat it.

That sounds like one badass robot.

You have no idea...

Trash Can Punch

2 handles of everclear
3 big cans of Fruit Punch
1 Liter of Apple Juice
2 cans of Pears with pear juice
slices of apples, pineapple, etc.

As for beer: corona and lime everyone likes, but also Strongbow cider ale, best in the business if ya ask me.

Yup.. we have a place called "Tapwerks" here in Oklahoma City. Over 105 beers on tap. Optimator is one of these.

http://www.bricktown.com/webs/k04/merch01/

Re: just to chime in...
 

I have got to start going to Rowan to party....
We get stuck with Keystone.

Re: Re: just to chime in...
 

Its Natty Ice at Rutgers... haha. Or Miller High Life...

but fraternity parties dont cost anything to go to, so I guess you pay for what you get...

recipe
 

the name of this is hop, skip and get naked- and its sooo good

take a case of bud light (or beast whatever) ( i believe 24 pack)
a handle of vodka
2 bottles of 7 up
4 frozen juice concentrate- 2 of lemonade and 2 of limade....
throw together- mix in a big tub- and have fun!

it appeals to guys and girls b/c it tastes just like lemonade and is a lot of fun- also my friends do a Gin bucket

where you mix ... 2 bottles of gin together with.... citra or that new 7up type soda (2/3 bottles) in a big bucket- its really good

Try lambics if you like fruity drinks. Lambic is classified as a beer, but tasts like a wine. It is double brewed (the second brewing is with the fruit). My favorite is a raspberry flavored on Lindermann's Framboise. They also come in Cherry, Peach, and more.

I went to a school that was a dry campus so alcohol at are parties were moot.

Here at WVU we have a reputation for partying.. its usally Natty light and Bud light at the frat partys... anthing cheep..but like most people have said... its free for girls, so we dont complain... a good idea the frats here do is Jello shots in dixie cups.. there really good and girls love them, you can see them for a dollar and make tons of money back...

I dont' know if anybody's mentioned it, but I really like cider, it's beer like and respectable (not girly if you mind getting teased about that, i don't, but it does get OLD) and in most cases stronger than beer so you don't have to buy as much! I just turned 21 so i dont' know about all the different kinds yet or i'd reccomend something, sry :)