The phrase "after cocktail" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to events or activities that take place following a cocktail hour or cocktail party.
Example: "We will have a discussion after cocktail to review the evening's agenda."
Alternatives: "post-cocktail" or "following cocktails".
("Is your child suddenly volunteering to clean up after cocktail parties but forgetting his other chores?" asked one list of warning signs on which the father tried to rely).
("Is your child suddenly volunteering to clean up after cocktail parties but forgetting his other chores?" asked one list of warning signs on which the father tried to rely). By the time the police appeared to take Nic away in handcuffs, the father realized how much he had managed to ignore — and how irreversible Nic's problems might be.
After cocktail hour, up-and-coming chef Nick Massie might do a dinner of Thai coconut soup with king-crab wontons followed by halibut with black-bean cakes, or lamb shanks with garlic mashed potatoes, and warm bread pudding with rum sauce or even a gourmet picnic served high atop a glacial ridge.
You've got a poolside swagger going on, knocking back cocktail after cocktail, splashing anyone who gets near you.
The cocktail elite were all there -- renowned bartenders, industry insiders, and cocktail connoisseurs, all toasted a beautiful spring evening with cocktail after cocktail.
As Black Spuma, Philip Lauer and Fabrizio Mammarella produce the kind of gloopy, globular, cosmic-infused house that makes you want to slip into something comfortable and gulp down cocktail after cocktail in the best club you've never been to.
This might explain why it remains such a personally sought-after cocktail, since I only ever have it there and long to have it anywhere else (over those rum punches made with sickly sweet fruit juice that they serve elsewhere in the Caribbean).
When Jonathan Kenyon arrived in New York from London in 2003, perches like this were ideal for contemplating the seemingly unhurried pace of life, particularly after cocktail-fueled evenings nearby in the East Village, where Mr. Kenyon rented a two-bedroom.
After cocktails, I always drank wine.
After cocktails, guests made their way to the dinner pavilion.
After cocktails, Anderson Cooper bounded onto the stage and served as the flirtatious M.C.
