Cheap cocktails that you get while out on the piss in town, usually of poor standard
Customer: "I'll have a council cocktail please"
Barkeep: "Will vodka red bull be ok?"
Customer: "Definitely!"
Barkeep: "Safe"
British English: Tap water, especially that of an extremely low quality
A - “Do you fancy some water?”
B - “Sure, as long as it’s bottled. I can’t be doing with any of that council cocktail.”
A mix of cheap alcohol used to make drinking it slightly more bearable
E.g Strongbow and Blackcurrant
Person 1: What are you drinking?
Person 2: Strongbow and blackcurrant
Person 1: Aw, why are you drinking a council estate cocktail?
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