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So come on you alcoholics, tell me what your favourite drink(s) is(are).

Mine are:

1) Blue Aftershock
2) Strongbow Cider
3) Pimms and Lemonade
4) Any wine

WHAT I LOVE
1) BEST RED: A good Spanish or Portuguese red wine
2) BEST WHITE: Any of the 7 types of white wine from Alsace (France)
3) BEST MALT: Real Scottish Scotch (Glenmorangie rules!!!)
4) BEST SPIRIT: Strong wine spirits: grappa, pisco, palinka
5) BEST CANADIAN: Fine Seve and Sortilege (maple spirits)

Lol, well I've never heard of any of them drinks!

I have them categorised by genre! :D

BEER:1. Old Speckled Hen
2. London Pride
3. Guinness
4. Abbot
6. Grolsch

WINE:
1. Barolo
2. Dolcetta
3. Merlot
4. Champers ;)

SPIRITS:
1. Tequila
2. Aftershock Red
3. Absinthe
4. Gin (only with mixer though..)

2. Aftershock Red

That's my second favourite of the aftershocks.

1) Blue
2) Red
3) Black
4) Green

1 Bombay saphire gin martini
2 Tequila shot no salt or lemon
3 Most beers

2 Tequila shot no salt or lemon

Hardman lol!

Call me impressionable, but this thread makes me want to drink..

Oh well, one more day 'til Friday..

Root beer :D

Call me impressionable, but this thread makes me want to drink..

Oh well, one more day 'til Friday..

Lol, same here. I'm getting withdrawal syptoms lol!

:(

My overall favorite alcoholic beverage is red wine. Right now I'm on a run with this one:
Menage a trois by www.folieadeux.com

It's a blend of Zinfandel, Cabernet and Merlot. So, it's not too dry, not too sweet, very juicy. It's easy to drink and actually suits a hot summer day when everyone else is drinking overchilled whites.


My favorite that I've had so far is Stag's Leap Cabernet.

Another favorite is Schug Pinot Noir.

Then, if we're not drinking wine, I'd have to say a porn-star dirty Ketel One Martini straight up with blue cheese stuffed olives. (Yes, I know that officially this is a Vodkatini, not a martini which is always made with gin. Very few others seem to know this, though)

If we have to drink beer, I'll gladly have a Murphy's or a Beamish. (This is notable as I'm a distant descendant of a very large German beermaker.)

I personally prefer white wine to red, it gets me drunk quicker lol!

Screw drives-Vodka and orange juice
sex on the beach-Vodka and cranberry juice
Crown and Coke
Jack attack-Jack daniels straight up

Beer sucks

Liquors quicker, beer's for queers.

Lol, well I've never heard of any of them drinks!
OK, then I'll have to explain a bit.

Spanish and Portuguese red wines:
They strike the perfect balance between heavy, sweet wines of the south (Australia, South Africa, Argentine) and the northern wines, more acidic and fruity. So a good Portuguese wine can be matched with about any food (especially red meat or anything with cooked tomato). Italian wines are good as well... but they're usually wayyy too expensive if you want to get the same quality level. So go Portuguese or Spanish.

Alsace white wine:
This if France's BEST KEPT secret. Forget the expensive Bordeaux, the boring Beaujolais, the overrated Bourgogne or Chinon. You WANT to drink Alsace wine, because EACH ONE of these is a gem. They're all white wine. Each is made with one of 6 raisin types, having their own personalities:
Riesling - the best known; slightly acidic, greenish, good with seafood
Gewustraminer - tastes like pear, good with appetizers
Tokay Pinot gris - soft like velvet, oily texture, delicate taste; good with cheese
Pinot blanc - just like little white flowers, fresh and happy
Muscat - very sensual, sweet, a wine for two
Sylvaner - (I haven't tried this one yet)
NOTE: these wines are a bit more expensive than the other white wines, but it's well worth the prices. At 15$-20$ a bottle, it's a good wine for that "special meal with that girl".

Spirits:
Grappa: It's a 40% strong italian alcohol, which looks like water. It's made from distilled wine... usually good quality Toscan wine. It's very strong, but with a pleasant aftertaste. In Spain they add it to coffee sometimes.
Pisco: The Chilian version.
Palinka: Same thing, but made with any fruit alcohol (usually prunes), distilled. Made everywhere from Hungary to Albania.

Canadian Alcohols:
Fine Seve: Pure maple alcohol, distilled. Tastes a lot like a good scotch. 40%.
Sortilege: Same thing, but mixed with brandy.

Beer sucks

Liquors quicker, beer's for queers.

Lol, totally agree with you. I never drink beer.

Anything I didnt pay for :)

After that anything but Lager......

Guiness serves many purposes and turns ye poop black too.
i like to drink guiness cos it makes me attraktive and horny

i like to drink guiness cos it makes me attraktive and horny

Beerr, getting ugly people laid since 1827 :)

Anything I didnt pay for :)

After that anything but Lager......

Lol, that's true. I will drink anything for free (within reason of course).

Guiness serves many purposes and turns ye poop black too.
And your vomit dark brown, I've seen it in action. (Not yours personally though..)

I used to be quite partial to Tesco's Value Whiskey till I broke my arm, now I drink Red Wine (at home), or cider when out and about.

Call me impressionable, but this thread makes me want to drink..

Oh well, one more day 'til Friday..

Same here... wait... tomorrow's a holiday!!!!! *passes out*

Pinot noir - the everyday white wine; good with anything.

Pinot Noir is a red wine!


Tokay Pinot gris - soft like velvet, oily texture, delicate taste; good with cheese

Same grape as Pinot Grigio; they are often very similar. Good wine for a hot summer day. Easy to drink, fruity, accessible.

I'm not as much a fan of the Alsatian wines; I find most of them to be too sweet.

And your vomit dark brown, I've seen it in action. (Not yours personally though..)


Ewwww!!!! That's disgusting.

Originally Posted by Sarkasis
Pinot noir - the everyday white wine; good with anything.
Pinot Noir is a red wine!

Sorry, typo!!!
I've corrected it in the post.
It shouldn't have been in my list in the first place anyway...

It shouldn't have been in my list in the first place anyway...

Why not?

:S

Originally Posted by Sarkasis
It shouldn't have been in my list in the first place anyway...

Why not?
Because it was a list of white wines!!! LOL
Maybe in another list, another time...

WHAT I LOVE
1) BEST RED: A good Spanish or Portuguese red wine
2) BEST WHITE: Any of the 7 types of white wine from Alsace (France)
3) BEST MALT: Real Scottish Scotch (Glenmorangie rules!!!)
4) BEST SPIRIT: Strong wine spirits: grappa, pisco, palinka
5) BEST CANADIAN: Fine Seve and Sortilege (maple spirits)

If you'll kindly follow me, I have an excellent Cask of Amontillado I'd like you to try...

Because it was a list of white wines!!! LOL
Maybe in another list, another time...

Lol, oh yeah silly me. I thought you meant that you didn't like it.

If you'll kindly follow me, I have an excellent Cask of Amontillado I'd like you to try...
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
My neighbors have just finished my bottle last week...

Malt scotch.

If I'm drunk enough: SalmiakkiKossu (a Finnish specialty of a vodka/any vodka kind of beverage with salty liquorice 'melted' in it.)

in summer my fav drink is a Dezzan Delight: tall glass, 1/4 red wine, 1/4 orange juice, 1/2 lemonade, ice cube, mix well

in winter - Baileys or Horlicks (malted drink made with hot milk) depending on whether i want alcohol or not :)

Strongbow and apple sour...mmm
Not mixed together obviously....hmm...:D

Strongbow and apple sour...mmm
Not mixed together obviously....hmm...:D

i dunno...they might go together ok if mixed in the right proportions...

...er, just what is apple sour??? hmmm???

Rye and Coke.

Tequila, if it's made from Blue Agave.

Otherwise, tequila slammers for fun; decent bitters or belgian beer for more restrained drinking. With food, good red wine like Cotes du Rhone (for variety) or Cahors (for consistency).

Guinness

*nod*

Guinness

*nod*

wot? even with fish and chips-without-vinegar?

there's a few. when i'm with friends hangin out i love a miller's genuine draft, at a party i like rum and coke and at the odd time when i'm relaxing at home or i just need a drink i like a hot whiskey or a whiskey and coke or an irish coffee.... anything whiskey based, really

For me it has to be a pint of real ale.

I was a lagerboy, but converted to the good stuff and now I can't even fathom drinking lager. Yuk. The good thing about real ale is the variety (Hobgoblin is my fave though) and the taste is great. Also, the hangovers are no way near as bad as when you've had a night on the lager.

Coca-cola!

wot? even with fish and chips-without-vinegar?
With anything as long as I get Guinness

there's a few. when i'm with friends hangin out i love a miller's genuine draft, at a party i like rum and coke and at the odd time when i'm relaxing at home or i just need a drink i like a hot whiskey or a whiskey and coke or an irish coffee.... anything whiskey based, really

uuuuuhhhhhhhhhh! Irish coffee - i'd forgotten about that

*tongue hangs out*

damn you! it's ten thirty pm and i can't get any. Ah well, horlicks it will have to be :(

Strangely, i've developed a taste for hot Ribena - even in summer

Any form of bitter or cider. Lager makes me feel sick (probably due to drinking it too much when I was younger), and it's generally too fizzy for my tastes.

Alcopops and a lot of other stuff I think are far too sweet, so I generally stay away from them (some notable exceptions though, such as Sambuka).

I generally try and stay away from spirits since I tend to, umm, "over indulge" (;)) and frequently wake up the next morning with no memory of the previous night past 10:30 :(

Though I am partial to the odd Gin and Tonic, and vodka over ice.

#1: Water
#2: Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice, with 80% pulp filtered out

No longer drink on a regular basis, but when I do its often beer. usually Warsteiner, a Black & Tan @ the local, or a shot of Grappa and a glass of homemade italian Red wine, and a nice cup of esspresso. The grappa and espresso are best consumed in this order: a half shot of Grappa followed by a few sips of espresso. repeat until finished, option 2 is to keep refilling and repeating until very drunk and very hyper. I do this every 2nd month or so when I visit my Italian ex-girlfiriends father & grandpa, ostensibly to work on one of our (italian & vintage) cars, but really to trade war stories and get happily hammered. I get along with the old boys much better now that I'm no longer a prospective son-in-law. ;)

Lol, that's true. I will drink anything for free (within reason of course).

Ever made a shit mix?

Quite fun but be careful ;)

Single Malt: Talisker
Top Shelf Mixed: Side Car
Vodka Mixed: Black Russian
Vodka: Splash Anagostura
Gin Mixed: Ceaser
Gin: Sapphire Martini/Negroni
Whiskey Mixed: Manhattan
Tequila: Patron
Rum: Spiced, Hot or Cuba Libre

Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster: In Buckets.

Almost anything from my 1936 Patrick Gavin Duffy's "Official Mixer's Manual"

Here's a *secret* recipe for a shooter that kicks some serious ass.

FERRY DISASTER
- 2 oz white rhum or vodka
- 1 red maraschino cherry
- a few drops of juice from the cherries
- 2-3 drops of red Tabasco sauce

Pour/drop it all in small a shooter glass.
Drink it in one shot, catching the cherry with your teeth.

(The name comes from the newspaper headlines I was reading when I first prepared this drink!)

Almost anything from THIS SITE (http://webmonkey.wired.com/cgi-bin/cocktail/search_bl)

Cocktail is an excellent book. Buy it.

Whatever domestic beer is on special at the local supermarket :D

Tequila shots with lime...all night long
or White Russians :p
Just don't let your buddy ***** drive after he's been drinking Schmirnoff all night...(sorry little Daihatsu...and you as well little light pole with the big concrete base...)

And I'll be 21 next week!! (in exactly a week)

I bet they stop carding me when I turn 21...

Name has been starred to protect the identity of involved parties...and that wreck hurt like hell...I was sore for weeks

Single Malts: Just about any except the basic glen fiddich and glen livet.
Got a taste for Absinthe while I was in France.
Wine of course.
Guiness.

Finally tarten ale and a shot!

shots of Everclear

If you'll kindly follow me, I have an excellent Cask of Amontillado I'd like you to try...

God...am I the only one that got that? Just don't seal me up in the wall...

Kir
Wine of every stripe
Single Malt Scotch
Tawny and Vintage Port
Anchor Steam

I like good, full bodied reds (cab sav, shiraz, etc). I enjoy a beer too, but don't really drink a great deal of spirits.

3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (http://www.pillreports.com/viewpill.php3?sub=-1&area=3&id=47975) =P



Alcohol is a dangerous, mind-altering and addictive drug. I don't like it.

Well, for beer I tend to go with what's at hand, but if given an option, I usually go with Dos Equis Amber, Samuel Adams or Flying Dog.

I love red wine, but I don't get to drink it as often as I'd like to.

The best mixed drink is a White Russian....period.

"The Dude abides..."

Ribena

Ribena
Yum!

Coca-cola!

Gosh, you haven't lived!

Without a doubt:

MARTINI BIANCO

Beer: Budvar (proper Budweiser), Waggledance, Augustina

Wine: Rose (Blossom Hill or Julio Ernst)

Spirits: Southern Comfort....as proved in a Paradise CLub thread a few months back.... :D

1) Blue Aftershock

:eek: you like aftershock?! :confused:


favourite drinks here:
1. Snakebite & Black (2/3 cider, 1/3 beer with blackcurrant cordial... for some reason its illegal to sell mixed without the blackcurrant).
gets you pissed quick;)
http://www.knockerscc.org.uk/2004/tour/img/snakebite.jpg
http://www.barmandrinks.com/beerandale-drinks/snakebiteblackuk-drink.html


2. Carling beer


i'm a simple man when it comes to booze

Water (oh, yeah!!!)
Tea (including herbal & fruit)
Beer (mostly German!)
Red Wine (not sweet though!)
Whisk(e)y (yes, both!)

Water with aspirin is your friend, too!

:eek: you like aftershock?! :confused:

You mean you don't?

It makes good throat medicine ;)

favourite drinks here:
1. Snakebite & Black (2/3 cider, 1/3 beer with blackcurrant cordial... for some reason its illegal to sell mixed without the blackcurrant).
gets you pissed quick;)
http://www.knockerscc.org.uk/2004/tour/img/snakebite.jpg
http://www.barmandrinks.com/beerandale-drinks/snakebiteblackuk-drink.html[/quote]

Yay! Snakey-B's

Takes me back :)

Sambuca. I used to drink it often enough that I earned the nickname "Crazy sambuca girl". :cool:

In non-alcoholic drinks...

Who likes Brio Chinotto? And Aranciata?

Who likes Italian and German mineral water (natural one, not that corrosive Perrier thing).

Pomegranate juice.

Cranberry juice (not punch).

Muscat green raisin juice (it's imported from South Africa)

Yay! Snakey-B's

Takes me back :)
yay a fellow fan! :)
everyone thinks i'm wierd for liking snakebite :(


and have you ever replaced blue aftershock with listerine mouthwash? if the person you do it to is drunk enough they won't notice ;) :p

he didn't at that party anyway - we let him down the whole bottle lol :D

yay a fellow fan! :)
everyone thinks i'm wierd for liking snakebite :(


You should come up north then. Fairly common up here :)

You should come up north then. Fairly common up here :)
oh you northerners sure know how to party! ;)


actually snakey Bs are pretty common in portsmouth (20 miles that way), but everyone knows that pompey are scummers.


...hmm maybe there's a link there :D

God...am I the only one that got that? Just don't seal me up in the wall...

"Let us go, nevertheless. The cold is merely nothing. Amontillado! You have been imposed upon. And as for Luchresi, he cannot distinguish Sherry from Amontillado." - Edgar Allan Poe

Good eye.

I was bar hopping with two friends. We went into a bar and I stepped into the washroom. When I got back there were three shot glasses of somekind of frothy conconction. I didn't know what it was so I was reluctant to try and waited until my friends downed their drinks before picking up the glass. I was in the process of drinking when one friend asked the other what the drink was called. I choked when he replied it's an "Orgasm" and ended up inadvertantly spraying the friend who had asked what the drink was called. After a chuckle the other friend remarked "I take it you don't swallow."

Sambuca. I used to drink it often enough that I earned the nickname "Crazy sambuca girl". :cool:
Oi! Forgot that. Sambuca Vaccari, with coffee beans, set in fire is one good shot. :)

Vodka Redbull
Three Olives Cranberry
Rum & Coke
Lynchburg Lemonade
Cider

I love wine and champange with food, but I prefer hard liquor for drinking. Let's see...

Jack Daniel's Whiskey, straight up.
Stoli or Absolut vodka. I've have tried the flavoured kind, which I'm not fond of.
Tequila, straight or mixed.
Rum
Bailey's Irish Cream
Kahlua (I think that's how it's spelled), I like mixed with coffee or ice cream.
Creme de Cacao is great with chai tea.

I despise beer with a passion. Except for meade.

Lighter fluid.

Lol, totally agree with you. I never drink beer.

In the words of lil' john

YEAH!!!!
OKAY!!!!

God...am I the only one that got that? Just don't seal me up in the wall...

Edgar allan poe. Good story.

erm... Coca cola

Miller, Budvar, and Greene King IPA. Water, too. In fact that's probably top.

:eek: you like aftershock?! :confused:

Yeah! I love it!

When I go out it is basically the only drink that I have, especially when I get into clubs because at pubs I usually don't drink shots but I don't go to pubs often, and that is it. I love blue aftershock.

erm... Coca cola
at least you didnt say pepsi :)

at least you didnt say pepsi :)

Why? What's the matter with pepsi?

Just an observation... that new CocaCola Zero diet tastes EXACTLY like regular coke. I love it. They use different sweetners. :)

I like a good New Zealand or Australian Shiraz.
Henriot Brut Melesme' Champagne 1995 :) The best!
Chateau Montelena Estate Red Zinfindel 2000

Grolsch... basically European beers.

GOOD Vodka

Jim Beam

Milk

GOOD Vodka

What do you think is a good vodka.