Prior to lockdown a lot of my content was trips to cocktail bars in Manchester, embedded Instagram posts of some suggestively-titled overpriced concoction, and the sources of many a screaming headache. The last 12 months have largely revolved around book reviews and beermats- a contrast, I think you’ll agree.
There’s light at the end of the tunnel with nearly 25 million COVID vaccine doses now administered (covering nearly a third of the population with an initial dose). In the spirit of getting back to nightlife (in particular fancy Spinningfields and quirky Northern Quarter areas), here’s a great piece by Journalistic on the pros and cons of your favourite cocktails.
Pornstar Martinis cause the worst hangover with a 7.9 out of 10 hangover score!
Solely Rum-based cocktails are the least likely to have lingering effects, with Mojito and Strawberry Daquiri in the bottom three
· Long Island Iced Teas score the highest in headache, dehydration, and sickness factors
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Vodka drinkers are most likely to spend all day in bed!
Recent news has given us cause for celebration and for many, a good time and a cocktail are interchangeable - the hangover is just the price we pay. So, which classic cocktail leaves us feeling the most worse for wear? Interested in finding the cocktails that leave us the most defeated the next morning, experts at OnBuy Drinks created a Cocktail Hangover Index. The linear numeric scale scored each hangover element, such as headaches, sickness and time wasted in bed, on a scale from one to ten. With the results, OnBuy.com was able to discover which cocktail caused the worst hangover.
The Worst Cocktails:
The winner for the most hangover-inducing cocktail is the Pornstar Martini with a hangover factor of 7.9 out of 10. This passion fruit flavoured, vodka-based cocktail, (with a side shot of prosecco) didn’t score highly in most of the factors, however, it’s high score for time wasted in bed (11hrs) pushed it to claim the title.
Coming in at a close second, the classic vodka-based Sex On The Beach scored 6.9. This cocktail will leave you with intense cravings for greasy carbs during the hangover phase with a factor of 10. This fruity number also scored second for time wasted in bed (9hrs).
In third, Long Island Iced Tea (LIIT) has an overall hangover factor of 6.8. It scores highly across three out of five of the factors; headache (8), dehydration (8.6) and sickness (6.4). This cocktail contains equal parts vodka, tequila, light rum, and gin. It is widely known that mixing alcohols is more likely to bring you to levels of intoxication, so arguably, it is surprising that LIIT doesn’t take the top spot.
The Best Cocktails:
Of the listed cocktails, it is the Mojito that had the least after-effect, scoring 4.6 in the hangover index. A minty mix that scored amongst the lowest for time wasted in bed, at just three hours wasted. A great drink for all of the fun and almost none of the post-drinking regret. However, it does come in as one of the highest scorers for dehydration (6.7)
Followed closely by the spiced tomato staple, the Bloody Mary, scoring 4.7, and the Strawberry Daquiri scoring 4.8. The Bloody Mary is amongst the cocktails that give you the lowest cravings for greasy carbs (3.2) and time wasted in bed, again at just three hours wasted.
Strawberry Daquiris are fruity and sweet and scored relatively low for all the hangover factors!
Methodology
1. To achieve the data, OnBuy Drinks surveyed 2,892 people to find out which of the most popular cocktails (as determined by Google search) inflicted the worst hangover.
2. The 15 surveyed cocktails are: Sex On The Beach, Cosmopolitan, Bloody Mary, Pornstar Martini, Negroni, Tom Collins, Singapore Sling, Margarita, Tequila Sunrise, Whiskey Sours, Old Fashioned, Pina Colada, Strawberry Daquiri, Mojito and Long Island Iced Tea.
3. From the survey results, OnBuy.com created an Index of common factors experienced during a hangover. Each factor was ranked on a linear numeric scale from 1-10.
4. Additionally, an experiment was led whereby a selected group of individuals drank the previously listed cocktails to the point of inebriation – drinking six cocktails within four hours (mixing cocktails was not prohibited). The individuals completed the survey.
