Any ideas about low cal cocktails?

I am going to this social event with the partners of my firm and in the accounting world it's kind of expected that you drink.  Any cocktails that are low cal?

If you must drink, my recommendation is anything with club soda, i prefer a rasberry vodka and soda and ask the bartender not to make it very strong, it has more flavor than plain vodka...it will only run you around 50 calories that way.  Or if you can get away with it, something i have done in the past as well is just ask for a club soda with a lime... no calories there and you have a drink in your hands to be social...  

that's a really good idea, if i can get away with it

I love the fake drink (soda with a twist is so good, anyway!) I use these for "pacers" in between real drinks so I don't have too much on a long night out, or if it's a social gathering when I don't feel like drinking at all, but I want something in my hand... sometimes though they give you a different kind of glass (WHY???) and people think you're a recovering alcoholic, because I guess they use this trick too.

That's when you dont "get away with it"...

rum and diet coke. According to the commercials, it has no carbs and no calories. Good luck and have fun!

Original Post by mradmiralboom:

rum and diet coke. According to the commercials, it has no carbs and no calories. Good luck and have fun!

 It has calories, just no carbs or fat. If there is 1 shot of rum in it, it would be about 60-70 calories - not terrible. I like gin and diet tonic (hard to find in bars though) with lime. Any hard liquor with a no calorie mixer will be the least amount of calories. Stay away from beer unless it's light, like Mich Ultra. Wine is a bit more calories, but they say red wine has health benefits so if you like it, that's an option and you could always ask for a wine spritzer to strech it out some.

Don't always trust the "light" moicker.  Light beers are not created equal.  Sam Light has 125 calories and Becks Light has 64.

Also, if you are not a fan of light beers, Guiness also has 125 calories.  

A cosmo is 150 calories.

I like sugar free red bull with a splash of flavored vodka, but the club soda lime idea is a good one too!

 I like gin and diet tonic (hard to find in bars though) with lime.

 My friend once bought a bottle of diet tonic in a bar with her and requested they use that for her drinks.  I don't how many bars would actually do that, but this one allowed it.