NationStates Jolt Archive

(Inspired by the "beer" thread)

Caipirinha or Sex on the Beach for me.

Poll coming.

Jack and Coke sounds nice about now

its all Oaky and you can look like a playboy ordering it

Sex on the Beach for me

"I'm not sure how my Mrs would take that"

Dirty gin martini. Gin and tonic. Jack and coke. Long Island Iced Tea. Bloody Mary.

Man drink: Gin and Tonic.

Followed shortly thereafter by a Manhattan.

I like a good and simple vodka cranberry.

My favorite drink is pretty elaborate though.

Tequilla, about 3-4 shots
Fruit Punch 2 cups
Orange Soda 1/2 cup
Ice

Toss ingrediants in blender and blend on low to keep the carbination from going insane. Add ice until you get it as liqidy or slushy as you want. Tis good stuff.

Followed shortly thereafter by a Manhattan.

Add blue food coloring and you have a Dr. Manhattan.

By a happy coincidence, my favorite mixed drink is the mudslide. :)

I'm also partial to margaritas, tequila sunrises and mojitos.

I'm a fan of Mojitos, Moscow Mules and White Russians, amongst others.

Not the biggest cocktail drinker.

I'm a fan of Mojitos, Moscow Mules and White Russians, amongst others.

Not the biggest cocktail drinker.

Moscow Mules are great indeed.

I'm a big fan of Manhattans, occassionally a Rusty Nail to switch things up.

*looks at clock, wonders if it's really too early for a Manhattan*

Add blue food coloring and you have a Dr. Manhattan.

Nah...use blue curacao. I actually like that idea....

By a happy coincidence, my favorite mixed drink is the mudslide. :)

I'm also partial to margaritas, tequila sunrises and mojitos.

No, I don't think it's a gay drink. mo-HE-to.

Screwdriver (Harvey Wallbanger if the bar has Galliano...)
Lime Shochu Highball
Tequila Sunrise
Pina Colada
B52

Do NOT ever make me a "cocktail" containing beer. Beer's beer, and pouring tomto juice, or liquor, or other crap in it does not make a happy Dais...

The Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bartending/Cocktails/Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster

Note: I don't drink.

Shit, I didnt see "other".

Just a Vodka and Cranberry for me most of the time.

Well - for me it's the Martini. Sorry for being boring, not exactly exotic, but there's a reason it's so famous.

I know most people actually don't like it, though. It's an acquired taste. Buy 6-10 different bottles of gin, 4-5 different bottles of vermouth, several cans of olives, try out the combinations. After about 50 drinks, you should find the right stuff. Comes like a flash. Repeat it a number of times, vary the ratios, and then you'll get it. In some time, you'll learn which kinds are right for you.


For me it's proper Gin Martini. I like various ratios, from perfect to 1:6, usually either perfect or 1:4. Not that I don't like "dry Martini" aka gin alone, but I lack the hypocrisy to call it "dry Martini". As for Vodka Martini, it only goes well when dirty (with olive brine). The brine can spoil the taste of gin, but gives taste to vodka.



What I utterly despise is any form of sweet cocktail. Unfortunately, that makes it hard for me to get a good gin tonic, as pretty much all tonic water today has sugar in it, killing the whole point.

Well - for me it's the Martini. Sorry for being boring, not exactly exotic, but there's a reason it's so famous.
It's famous because of Bond, James Bond. Otherwise it would still be solely the domain of cranky old people that start drinking shortly after 10 in the morning.
I know most people actually don't like it, though. It's an acquired taste. Buy 6-10 different bottles of gin, 4-5 different bottles of vermouth, several cans of olives, try out the combinations. After about 50 drinks, you should find the right stuff. Comes like a flash. Repeat it a number of times, vary the ratios, and then you'll get it. In some time, you'll learn which kinds are right for you.
I've tried this multiple times before. I always fall over after 15 or so, and the next morning I can't remember which one I liked best.

I'm partial to either mojitos (which remind me of my ex in a good way), or simple rum and cokes... I used to adore pina coladas, but I used a flavoured lube that tasted like pina coladas once upon a time and now I can't drink them. :p

My roommate adores Porn Stars (the cocktail, not the shot), which are also pretty tasty.

Nah...use blue curacao. I actually like that idea....

Blue Curacao is coloured artificially, though. It's naturally colourless; it also tastes like oranges, so it wouldn't taste like a Manhattan anymore.

If you were going to colour a Manhattan, you'd have to use a pretty light-coloured whisky. Ardbeg, maybe? I usually use rye, but it's got such a rusty colour I don't know that the blue colouring would come through properly.

It's famous because of Bond, James Bond. Otherwise it would still be solely the domain of cranky old people that start drinking shortly after 10 in the morning.


1) There's nothing wrong with drinking after 10 a.m.
2) Winston Churchill and FDR were drinking martinis long before Dr. No made Bond a pop culture icon. Ergo, martinis won WWII and anyone that disses them wanted the Nazis to win.

2) Winston Churchill and FDR were drinking martinis long before Dr. No made Bond a pop culture icon. Ergo, martinis won WWII and anyone that disses them wanted the Nazis to win.

Gold star for the greatest line of reasoning I've read in ages.

H.L. Mencken and E.B. White also drank cocktails before Dr. No.

2) Winston Churchill and FDR were drinking martinis long before Dr. No made Bond a pop culture icon. Ergo, martinis won WWII and anyone that disses them wanted the Nazis to win.
Churchill's idea of a martini was a drinking straight gin while in the same room with a bottle of vermouth (possibly there were olives in the room, too), so he doesn't count.

I love almost all "girly" cocktails. Margaritas are probably my favorite - frozen, on the rocks, plain lime, or with any of a dozen other fruits, they're all delicious.

Churchill's idea of a martini was a drinking straight gin while in the same room with a bottle of vermouth (possibly there were olives in the room, too), so he doesn't count.

That's okay. FDR was cooler, and has a better martini named after him.

Almost any cocktail with Vodka in it I enjoy.

Zombies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_cocktail) are pretty nice. Strong too. But I know only one place in Dublin that sells them, and that is its only virtue.

I've had mixed results with my own Deathmix. Mainly because I have mixed ingredients. What happens is the warm stale left overs of the night before are poured into a big bottle and left until its full, then drank. Nasty stuff, sometimes.

It's famous because of Bond, James Bond. Otherwise it would still be solely the domain of cranky old people that start drinking shortly after 10 in the morning.

Fuck you man, I'm not cranky or old.

Fuck you man, I'm not cranky or old.

The first three words of your sentence suggest otherwise. :tongue:

Long Island ICed tea because when i am drinking cocktails i want to get trashed.

Screwdriver (Harvey Wallbanger if the bar has Galliano...)
Lime Shochu Highball
Tequila Sunrise
Pina Colada
B52

Do NOT ever make me a "cocktail" containing beer. Beer's beer, and pouring tomto juice, or liquor, or other crap in it does not make a happy Dais...

wait what about an Irish Car Bomb ???

It's famous because of Bond, James Bond. Otherwise it would still be solely the domain of cranky old people that start drinking shortly after 10 in the morning.
Not really. Flemming just took an already famous drink and made it even more famous. The only people who have heard of Martini from Bond movies are those who haven't drank anything before anyway. Incidentally, most of them take exactly one taste of martini to get disappointed.

What separates a great drink from a random cocktail is three things:
- Matching ingredients. Combining the incompatible tastes can be fun for a try, but doesn't last.
- Uniqueness. A great drink will produce a third, unique taste, not just feel like one of its ingredients.
- Variability. A wide range of brands and proportions should work well, not just a single recipe.

Martini is a classic case in point. Gin and dry vermouth both have strong herbal flavors. But gin by itself has a burning mouthfeel and vermouth just doesn't taste any good on its own. Martini, however, doesn't taste like either; it's neither gin-like, nor vermouth-like, but a synergy of the best points of both with none of the drawbacks. Finally, there are hundreds of recipes, and most of them are good.

Another classic case is Gin and Tonic (I don't mean flavored ethanol solution in cans). Both have a sharp, slightly or strongly bitter taste. However, it's impossible to confuse G&T with either. And, of course, it can vary widely too.


Not such a case is virtually all fruity cocktails. They mix ingredients not for a synergetic effect, but merely to hide the alcohol behind the taste of juice. That doesn't make them bad, of course, but they'll never be the great drinks, because they're just that, alcoholized juice.

Kamikaze. If it ain't got lime, I don't have the time.

Kamikaze. If it ain't got lime, I don't have the time.

I remember those things. I thought it was some kind of fruit punch.

Black Russian, without coke.

Mojitos and cubatas. Yum!

Poor Tom Collins. :(

wait what about an Irish Car Bomb ???

Do not want.

A shot and a beer, yes. A shot in a beer, no thanks.

Do not want.

A shot and a beer, yes. A shot in a beer, no thanks.

they are so smooth though.

not nearly as harsh as a poktanju (soju + korean beer+ anything else they feel like mixing in)

Virgin pina colada. Mmmm...

7/11's pina colada slushie will work if the real deal isn't available.

they are so smooth though.

not nearly as harsh as a poktanju (soju + korean beer+ anything else they feel like mixing in)

:::shudders at the thought:::

Do not want.

A shot and a beer, yes. A shot in a beer, no thanks.

How about a raw egg stirred into a beer? Or chunks of cheese? I've seen Germans and Polish do those things, respectively.

I love white russians. I could drink those all fucking day.

Black Russian, without coke.

I've never heard of a black russian. What is in a black russian?

How about a raw egg stirred into a beer? Or chunks of cheese? I've seen Germans and Polish do those things, respectively.

Koreans have made me drink such things after i lose a drinking game.

I love white russians. I could drink those all fucking day.



I've never heard of a black russian. What is in a black russian?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Russian
never heard of them having coke put in them though...

Koreans have made me drink such things after i lose a drinking game.

Heh. Condolences. They really loved it, though. A treat, rather than a punishment. That's probably where we get the phrase "what do you want, egg in your beer?" when we tease someone who's never satisfied with what they have. I hadn't made the connection 'til just now.

Heh. Condolences. They really loved it, though. A treat, rather than a punishment. That's probably where we get the phrase "what do you want, egg in your beer?" when we tease someone who's never satisfied with what they have. I hadn't made the connection 'til just now.

it was in good fun and i tended to win more of those then i lost.

i like a vodka martini, preferably Grey Goose.

but for a subtle way to gat hammered before you realize it, try Tequila Sunrises

Skip 'N Go Naked tastes awesome, i would recommend it to everyone.

Skip 'N Go Naked tastes awesome, i would recommend it to everyone.

Not familiar with that one. What's in it?

Pinultimate:

1 shot Tequila (or 2 depending on the night/glass) and the rest of the glass filled with pineapple juice.

Really good, easy to get drunk.

How about a raw egg stirred into a beer? Or chunks of cheese? I've seen Germans and Polish do those things, respectively.

Ewww! Just another reason not to play stupid drinking games...

The Pegu Cocktail:

http://www.1001cocktails.com/recipes/cocktails/recipe_cocktail.php?recette_cocktail=106136&recipe=pegu

Named after the Pegu Club, a British outpost in Burma in the early 20th century where the drink was invented.

I am a simple creature: rum with diet cola and a generous chunk of lime.

Tonight I shall mainly drinking...the Vampire

1 measure dry vermouth
1 measure gin
1/2 measure of lime juice

a variation on the Martini really, a bit on the sour side...

The classic rum (usually Gosling's Black Seal) and Coke with a slice of lime. Rum and Pepsi or Diet Coke are both the worst form of heresy and cannot be endorsed by this drinker.

"Walk Me Down the Road, Sweet Jesus"

1 shot vodka
1 shot gin
1 shot white rum
1 shot triple sec
1 shot blue curacao
dash of sweet and sour
add Sprite and lime
Sometimes add a shot of tequila


I'm pretty much just a beer guy, though.

Irish Carbomb.

boom.

Gin & tonic, hands down.

I don't mind daquiries & margaritas either.