Party drinks

[Angola!]

Roomie and I are hosting a party with a live band. We are getting a keg, making some jello shots and we were thinking of making some sort of jungle juice.
The only problem is, we have never made a hard alcohol punch before.
Does anyone have any ideas?

And no, no one will be getting on any roofs during this party. In fact, I may never get on another roof as long as I live.

 

[Chef]

Gin

Vodka

Rum

Hawaiian Punch

A bunch of your favorite fruit at the bottom.

 

[You're With Me Leather]

Get a watermelon. Get a bottle of Jack Daniels. Cut a small hole in the watermelon. Insert bottle of Jack and let it soak in. Cut open watermelon and eat. Enjoy.

 

[Chef]

Get a watermelon. Get a bottle of Jack Daniels. Cut a small hole in the watermelon. Insert bottle of Jack and let it soak in. Cut open watermelon and eat. Enjoy.

Holy Krap.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Good suggestions from Chef and YWML. Be sure to keep the watermelon very cold, same for the trash can punch.

Also, make sure nobody gets up on your roof.

 

[Angola!]

Get a watermelon. Get a bottle of Jack Daniels. Cut a small hole in the watermelon. Insert bottle of Jack and let it soak in. Cut open watermelon and eat. Enjoy.

This sounds like a good idea, but the watermelon around here isn't very good. We have very good canteloupe though.

 

[zeke12]

The key to good jungle juice is Everclear. I cannot stress this enough.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Mix up a bunch of punch, you know with the powder mix, not pre-made at the store. Mix in grain and rum. Add extra sugar to disguise the alcoholic taste. Or so I've been told.

 

[Angola!]

Mix up a bunch of punch, you know with the powder mix, not pre-made at the store. Mix in grain and rum. Add extra sugar to disguise the alcoholic taste. Or so I've been told.

What do you mean 'grain'?

 

[zeke12]

Grain alcohol.

Everclear.

 

[Angola!]

Grain alcohol.

Everclear.

That sounds terrible.
I will make this ****, but I am not drinking any of it.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

That's what the sugar is for, you wuss. Makes it all disappear, seemingly.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Grain alcohol.

Everclear.

Just don't have an open flame near it.

 

[Chef]

Caution: EVERCLEAR WILL **** YOU UP.

IN A HEARTBEAT.....IF YOU FEEL YOURSELF CLIMBING UP A LADDER TO DO SOME SHINGLING ON YOUR ROOF......GET THE HELL DOWN. YOU WILL WISH ALL YOU HAD WAS A BROKEN NECK!

 

[zeke12]

That's what the sugar is for, you wuss. Makes it all disappear, seemingly.

Get a ****load of Kool-Aid, and double the amount of sugar and Kool-Aid you would normally use.

A bottle of some kind of sweet, sugary liquor can help, too. Maui or Pucker or some ****.

Be sure to give the fruit plenty of time to soak.

Or so the kids tell me.

 

[Cosmo]

We drank this mix of Everclear and grape Kool-Aid one time at William & Mary and called the **** Purple Jesus. We were wandering around campus screaming "Talk to Jesus!!" and nearly puking. Good times. Maybe.

 

[cougargirl]

Black cherry vodka and lemonade, with raspberries and blackberries in the punch.

 

[Mayfly]

Near the end of the night, you could make a mixture of "naked juice", or that was what we called it. You toss every last bit of liquor you have for the party into a container and just mix it in with Kool-Aid. Tastes great while at the end of the party, you don't care what you're drinking.

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

Get a watermelon. Get a bottle of Jack Daniels. Cut a small hole in the watermelon. Insert bottle of Jack and let it soak in. Cut open watermelon and eat. Enjoy.

We always used vodka --- sometimes grain alcohol.

The end result is the same ...DAMN good.

 

[Jeremy Goodwin]

We drank this mix of Everclear and grape Kool-Aid one time at William & Mary and called the **** Purple Jesus. We were wandering around campus screaming "Talk to Jesus!!" and nearly puking. Good times. Maybe.

I've heard that called Purple Power, but it was with grape soda....

I've never made jungle juice, but all this advice seems to go with what I've heard from those who have. Everclear is usually a good choice to start with because it's strong, so should be cheaper.

I know some people add sherbet for flavor / to chill the jungle juice. A cool added touch is to use dry ice. Keeps the juice cool and looks cool with the fog / smoke.