It's not even a real coctail ... But if you mix pineapple juice and Malibu coconut rum you sort of get a pina colada. Sort of. In a very distant way.

The other coctail I imbibed often in college was even more lame: The simple Vodka-Sprite Slammer. Now I stick with wine ... its easier.

Does putting vodka into a bottle of Sobe count? When I said I wanted to try drinking, that's what my now-fiancee concocted. He knew I wouldn't like the vodka unless he picked something strong to mix in.

Otherwise, it'd have to be a Sex on the Beach. His roommate was fond of them and when he heard about my sobe adventures, he offered me one.

Another person whose first "cocktail" was vodka-based: the greyhound.

Does only two components count as a cocktail?

Singapore Sling. Haven't had one in ages but I'll order it the next time I'm in a craft cocktail bar.

It was either a cosmo or a tequila sunrise - they were ordered one after another and I can't remember which one came first. My college roommate and I were saddened (as newly legal drinkers) that those were the only two mixed drink names we could come up with when we ordered at a bar. Because of this we spent the following year mixing and shaking up all sorts of classic and newly invented concoctions to educate ourselves.

I recall drinking a lot of sweet drinks in those early days.... mudslides, daiquiris, and White Russians come to mind. I still drink White Russians, but generally prefer my drinks less (or not) sweet these days.

My first cocktail was an amaretto sour too! The smell of beer makes me gag, and most alcohol tasted awful (I'd take a sip of friends drinks while ordering water for myself). Oh, that post-collegiate night where I ventured into the land of amaretto sours was a good one.

I ordered my first drink when I was studying abroad in Italy, slightly before I was of legal age by US standards: Bailey's on the rocks. Maybe not the most interesting, but foolproof and delicious. After that, my first mixed drink was the creamiest, dreamiest white Russian I've ever tasted.

Gin & tonic was my college staple. My other "OC" would have to be a White Russian-- we mixed up batch after batch when rewatching the Big Lebowski.

I remember ordering many G&Ts at Smokes for Sink or Swim, otherwise known as "SInk or Gin"

My first drink was an amaretto sour too! I haven't had one in ages, but I'll definitely revisit now.

The other syrupy sweet drink my friends and I all consumed in college was a Midori Sour. And I don't think I want to revisit that one. I'm laughing just remembering us ordering them from the crotchety old Irish bartender at our regular bar. He must've thought we were insane.

My first drink was with my group of my best four girl buddies. We had just turned 18 (legal age then) and decided we were ready to go out for a drink. But...we had no clue what drinks were available or what we might like. So we went to a family-owned Italian restaurant that had been around forever and asked our waitress what we might like. She determined the best things for us would be drinks that tasted like Kool-Aid or candy. She was right. We had a Singapore Sling, a Sloe Gin Fizz, a Pink Squirrel, and for the very adventurous one in the group...a Whiskey Sour (VERY light on the whiskey). I still laugh every time I remember that night. We thought we were quite sophisticated.

Thanks Maureen for a good recipe and recalling old memories. Amaretto Sour was my first OC, followed bu the sloe gin fizz!

This looks fantastic. While Amaretto Sour wasn't my first cocktail, it's one of my favorites. Fancying it up with bourbon finally gives me an excuse to make my own cocktail cherries.

Canadian club and Canada dry ginger ale! Its dangerous because you can't always taste the whiskey, depending how heavy your hand is of course!

That was my first cocktail too! I finally got him to beer when I was traveling in Japan and could not figure out how to order an amaretto sour, but the word beer is pretty universal.

Amaretto sours were my first cocktail too! (Not my first drink though, that was either beer or trashcan punch. :p) When I had my first one, I was in college and my usual drink of choice was Smirnoff Ice, so a standard amaretto sour was along those same lines. But as I grew out of that everything-must-be-sickly-sweet phase, I discovered that I still liked amaretto sours, but mostly as amaretto on the rocks with a little splash of sour mix (obviously better if homemade).

With that said, I never would have thought to add bourbon to it! And I love bourbon. I have a feeling this could become my new favorite drink.

My OC was a Sloe-gin fizz; thankfully I quickly moved onto a Stolichnaya and Cointreau kamikaze; with fresh lime, not rose's lime juice.

My first drink was an amaretto sour as well, a suggestion by mom when we stopped for a drink before seeing Blue Man Group in Chicago to celebrate my 21st birthday. Didn't realize at the time that it was one of the most popular gay bars in the city! I still think it's a pretty good 21st birthday story :-)

My first drink (besides wine) was a cosmopolitan, but I love amaretto sours! I like that they taste like candy, which lets me sip them, as alcohol and I don't get along very well (remember that article about people who get headaches and flushed after one drink? That's me). But it's so yummy and classy! So I persist with drinks I can sip rather than gulp.

Gin and tonic! My OC - age 18 after a week of camping on the cheap, foraging berries for meals because we were broke...my family went to stay a few nights with my relatives at a nearby resort they frequented. My Irish aunt took one look at us & pushed us into hot showrs followed by cold G & Ts & shuffleboard! Later at supper, my duck l'orange went flying propelled by my fork. The rest of the night is a lovely blurry memory...something about killer muskies, night swimming, cute resort staff, beer and lost memories. Still love G & Ts!

mine was a whiskey sour. our romance ended after a night of the drink being made in a much too large tumbler led to me singeing off part of my bangs and eyebrows while lighting a cigarette on a stove (cringe).

Ugh... I was underage and in Vegas for NYE with my PARENTS. I walked right up to a bar and ordered the first thing I could think of- what the 70+ woman in front of me ordered- a Piña Colada on the rocks. I was so excited that I took a big slurp through the straw... without stirring. Solid alcohol followed by a massive attack of coconut cream. It was more than a decade and 2,000 miles before I went back to one of those tropical treats.

I think my very first cocktail was a vodka and cranberry juice - I've since replaced the cranberry with red bull, but every now and then will still add a splash of cranberry

First cocktails: Jack and Coke, screwdrivers, vodka-cranberry, amaretto sours (made with those powdered sour mixes that I don't think are on the market anymore), blended margaritas. Kamikaze (ok, a shooter, but my go-to drink in college that wasn't cheap beer).

I still like me my amaretto sour, although I use real lemon juice now; and a high-end margarita with fresh lime juice. On the rocks.

Older and wiser. And, most of the time, less drunk. :-)

Booze nostalgia! I remember thinking brandy was sophisticated as a kid because the adult men in my family would drink it while playing cards. in college it was tanqaray with cranberry juice and a squeeze of lime. Once I could drink at bars- plenty of White Russians (gag!) and chartreuse. I still like the more herbacious spirits!

My O.C. was also an amaretto sour because it was the only cocktail name I knew of! BUT before that we used to mix Majorska vodka with Snapples and drink them on the way to football games! Ewwww! Gross!

Screwdrivers. Ugh. Ruined orange juice for me for years. I don't wanna talk about it.

A Black Russian, at an Irish pub, in Bangkok. Yeah. I went out for a friend's 18th (the legal age there) and we thought we were being so classy for drinking something other than beer...which, in context, is kind of hilarious.

After that, G&Ts, because my boyfriend let me have a sip of his and then I ordered them exclusively because they were a known quantity, haha.