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So I've been working at a bar the last two days and it's been real great. I've bartended many times over my years, and I always like having it as a side gig. This bar seems to be unique in that we don't get a lot of liquor drinkers. Almost none, as a matter of fact. So where as I've been thinking I'm going to get some practice in and have my old drinks down in a couple of days, it looks like I'm going to actually have to do some work here and start memorizing drinks again.

So what do you like to drink? Give me a beer, wine, and a mixed drink you enjoy. I'd like to put some alcohol to the personalities around here.

Damn, there's a lot of different combinations I could mention. I guess I'll just go with my basic drink: Jack and coke. I know there are better drinks out there, but it's a simple and effective choice.

Jack and coke does seem to be a popular choice around these parts. My bar manager drinks it heavier than I do: Jack and coke, hold the coke. Make it a double. The manager has been known to down six or seven of these and not even blink. Sad part? She's a 24 year old girl who MIGHT weigh 130lbs soaking wet.

She makes my testicles retract.

TotalFusionOne said:

Jack and coke does seem to be a popular choice around these parts. My bar manager drinks it heavier than I do: Jack and coke, hold the coke. Make it a double. The manager has been known to down six or seven of these and not even blink. Sad part? She's a 24 year old girl who MIGHT weigh 130lbs soaking wet.

She makes my testicles retract.

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WOW. I drink Jack straight as well, but never anything close to that heavy. I'm impressed/scared.

Corbel and Coke is my preferred drink.

Boddington's has been a staple of my beer-ing lately.

As for mixes, Crown and Coke or Captain and Coke. Not big on heavy mixers.

Straight I'll take a smooth Scotch or whisky on the rocks.

Boddingtons is pretty damn tasty, especially if you have something to compliment it with. I'd love to find a bar around here that stocked that faire. We have Guiness Surge which I'm curious about, but haven't tried.

I miss my Spatan Optimator though :\

TotalFusionOne said:

Boddingtons is pretty damn tasty, especially if you have something to compliment it with. I'd love to find a bar around here that stocked that faire. We have Guiness Surge which I'm curious about, but haven't tried.

I miss my Spatan Optimator though :\

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I found a place not far from my apartment that has Boddington's on tap, it's wonderful.

Depending on my mood, I'll have one of these:

-A glass of red wine
-An Abita Amber (local beer) or a wheat ale
-An 'not quite mojito', as my sister calls it... rum, soda, and a crap-ton of lime juice

Mmmm... Guinness (good enough and found everywhere), any spanish red wine, vodka straight.

Usually get whatever seasonal beer the micro brewery in my home town does. Not great stuff but better than the generic commercial draft beer for the same price or less.

Usually have gin and tonic as a mix drink.

I like to do drop shots as well like Dr. Peppers and Jaeger bombs.

I know I drink like a lame person.

beer: Maredsous, Grimbergen and Hoegaarden Grand Cru

Wine: i don't drink much wine because of a problem with my liver but i loved white bordeaux.

mixed drink: the legendary vodka long island ice tea.

Beer: Flensburger Pils or Astra, if its hot outside a good Weizenbier

Mixed Drink: Gin Tonic

Wine: Not much of a Wine drinker,though if I had to,I prefer Argentinian Red Wines

Depends on how I'm feeling. Burnt out and tired, just toss me a pint of Keith's.

Normal drink is Scotch, neat. Single malt preferred with water on the side if they have it.

Beer is what ever is local and heavy.

Wine is mulled.

And of course Eggnog.

Rum, coke and lime (Cuba Libre as some call it)
Whatever cheap sangria is on sale in the grocery.

That's about it.

Rum and cola, tequila and kiwi, vodka and lime, martini and cola, martini and lime, banana daikiri, and mostly everything that tastes fruity instead of alcoholy.


And hold the liquor in my glass! If I ask for more alcohol and less soda, it means I'm really drunk!

I can get drunk with two beers though (or 3 shandy), so glasses with just a bit of alcohol and a lot of the sweet stuff are good enough.

As for beer, currently on an Alt Vleteren stint (not to be confused with West-Vleteren...This one's brewn in East-Vleteren. I kid you not. It's awesome).
As for cocktail...I actually prefer cognac-coke over whiskey-coke.
As for pure strong drink, a single malt liquor, FFS HOLD THE ICE YOU BARBARIAN, preferably quite smokey. Smokehead's good, though perhaps a bit much in some circumstances.
For wines...I'm a sissy. With dinner, obviously, it strongly depends on what I'm eating.
Outside of with food, if I drink wine, it's usually a fruity young white from South-Africa. Hanepoot comes to mind.

And don't be upset about the manager...I've known cute little girls who could outdrink huge giants of men. Really weird sometimes. When I first came to uni, the then-president of my fraternity was a 24 y/o girl named Veronique, 1m60, looked about 14...And she could drink more than I've ever managed without getting drunk.

For beer, Guinness or Hertog Jan off the tap.

Whiskey usually Famous Grouse neat. Maybe a double if I feel like it. But only late in the night - I don't start off with 'em.

Bubble181 said:

I've known cute little girls who could outdrink huge giants of men.

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I'm 1m85 and I weight 102 Kg... How much alcohol can 2 regular beers have in them?

Yeah, I'm pretty un-manly.

Except for my hairy chest.

Bacardi and coke with a twist of lime. It's my family's drink! Except my cousin. She's the black sheep with her Tanqueray and tonic.

Every time I go to Chili's I order Abita Amber. That beer ruined Sam Adam's for me. I did see a special Blue Moon brew at the grocery. Would've bought it if it weren't almost $8.

Margaritas are nice, too!

Beer: Its a Polish beer called Okocim, I have found 3 different types that roughly fall into the Pilsner, Lager and Dark categories and all are tasty!

Mixed drink: I don't do this so much anymore but I remember one called a Bananas 250 which is 99 bananas, Bacardi 151, ice and if you cant handle it so far some fruit juice. (you can substitute 99 bananas for any of the other lovely 99 bottle flavors).

Wine: I don't drink wine to drink it. I like wine with food that's the only way ill drink wine. So if it tastes good with food it can be a box wine from the corner store, a table wine from some upscale restaurant in Europe or something someone recommended that they had once somewhere sometime.

Amaretto di Saronno and sour. Only thing I drink and my limit is 1 (I've had 2 in one sitting twice in my life).

Yeah, I'm a lightweight.

Beer: Variable, in order. Shiner Bock, Guinness, Ziegen Bock, Bud Light.

Liquor: Jim Beam on the rocks, Gin and Tonic (my local bar changed Tonic water, it now tastes like plain carbonated water with no syrup or quinine.)

Pretty much mix anything with Vodka and I are the happy.

If I had to choose? Sugar-Free Red Bull + Vodka

Oh and Dave has the same tastes as my gf, she loves Amaretto Sours. Though she usually drinks Long Islands (top shelf).

Jameson's on the rocks.

Bulleit is also very good.

If I'm paying, paint-thinner vodka and coke or Jack Daniels, straight.

Gin and tonic's my usual, seeing as it never gives me a hangover, but seeing as I have a choice... one whiskey sour, please.

If I'm going out I drink either beer or coke, depending on whether I drive or not. Whatever is on draft.
When drinking at home: during a nice dinner some wine and in any other situation beer. Either Grolsch or Leffe mostly.

I'm not much of a drinker really, just a social drinker.

Beer: Blue Moon, Green Flash Trippel (local brewery), or Guinness

Mixed: (not necessarily what I normally drink, but these are drinks I have liked over the years) margarita -frozen or not, frozen strawberry daiquiri with whipped cream, pina colada, Cape Cod, Bay Breeze, Lynchburg Lemonade, Lemon Drop shots, Long Island Iced Tea, Apple Jack, Fuzzy Navel, Russian Quaalude, White Russian, Irish Coffee, Nutty Irishman, Pink Squirrel (this was my mom's drink for many years)...

Wine: house red, pink zinfandel, or Sangria

Beer: Hoegaarden if I have a choice; since most bars/restaurants around here don't have it, probably Blue Moon or Sam Adams when I am 21.

Wine: Depends entirely on what I'm eating. I developed a strong affinity toward good French wine when I was living abroad, though. If I am drinking wine without food, I'll generally try to find something more on the sweet side; if I'm serving it with food, dry.

Mixed drinks: Anything with white rum is usually good; vodka is my second choice. I'll drink (and savor) whisky if it's top-shelf stuff, but no cheap swill for me. As to what drinks I like? Bacardi-and-coke, White Russians, any sort of fruity blended ice drink, Long Island Iced teas, etc.

HowDroll said:

Beer: Hoegaarden if I have a choice; since most bars/restaurants around here don't have it, probably Blue Moon or Sam Adams when I am 21.

Wine: Depends entirely on what I'm eating. I developed a strong affinity toward good French wine when I was living abroad, though. If I am drinking wine without food, I'll generally try to find something more on the sweet side; if I'm serving it with food, dry.

Mixed drinks: Anything with white rum is usually good; vodka is my second choice. I'll drink (and savor) whisky if it's top-shelf stuff, but no cheap swill for me. As to what drinks I like? Bacardi-and-coke, White Russians, any sort of fruity blended ice drink, Long Island Iced teas, etc.

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Hoegaarden is awesome. Hard to find on tap, sadly.

Jameson, straight up, no ice. Been that way for years.

Can I actually order milk at a bar or is that just something the teetotaler does in movies/shows?

Deschain said:

Can I actually order milk at a bar or is that just something the teetotaler does in movies/shows?

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MILK??? GET HIM!

Shannow said:

Jameson, straight up, no ice. Been that way for years.

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If it makes you feel any better about me, I usually drink it before the ice melts too much.

MILK??? GET HIM!

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But since I'm not drinking alcohol I get to carry a gun. *pew pew pew pew pew pew*

Deschain said:

MILK??? GET HIM!

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But since I'm not drinking alcohol I get to carry a gun. *pew pew pew pew pew pew*

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Uuuuuugh... the varmint got me!

Dry Bombay Sapphire Martini with two olives.

I'M GOING TO PEW PEW EVERYONE IN THE BAR.

But seriously, can milk actually be served?

For liquor drinks it depends on the season. Spring and summer I'm all for the lighter drinks like gin and tonic(with Bombay Sapphire gin) or a Bacardi mojito. Maybe martini if it is the evening. The colder months I'll go for Jack on the rocks, an Old fashioned, or nurse a glass of Jameson.

Beer, Guinness preferably in the cooler months, and any summer ale from Sweetwater like 420 and Georgia Brown.

I'm not too picky when it comes to wines, however, I do enjoy a good merlo or cabernet sauvignon. A good port with a tasty desert is always a fun way to end a meal.

CynicismKills;310728][quote=HowDroll said:

Beer: Hoegaarden if I have a choice; since most bars/restaurants around here don't have it, probably Blue Moon or Sam Adams when I am 21.

Wine: Depends entirely on what I'm eating. I developed a strong affinity toward good French wine when I was living abroad, though. If I am drinking wine without food, I'll generally try to find something more on the sweet side; if I'm serving it with food, dry.

Mixed drinks: Anything with white rum is usually good; vodka is my second choice. I'll drink (and savor) whisky if it's top-shelf stuff, but no cheap swill for me. As to what drinks I like? Bacardi-and-coke, White Russians, any sort of fruity blended ice drink, Long Island Iced teas, etc.

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Hoegaarden is awesome. Hard to find on tap, sadly. [/QUOTE]

Try Celis White. It's brewed in America, so easier to find and cheaper, by the original brewer of Hoegaarden, to the original recipe, while actual Hoegaarden these days is liquified cardboard in comparison (I like whites, but H isn't one of the best anymore).

Deschain said:

I'M GOING TO PEW PEW EVERYONE IN THE BAR.

But seriously, can milk actually be served?

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Silver Jelly said:

Rum and cola, tequila and kiwi, vodka and lime, martini and cola, martini and lime, banana daikiri, and mostly everything that tastes fruity instead of alcoholy.

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I'm the same way about wanting more fruity taste than alcohol taste. I almost always get a cranberry & vodka. I've been be able to enjoy the taste of beer.

Bubble181;310806][quote=CynicismKills;310728][quote=HowDroll said:

Beer: Hoegaarden if I have a choice; since most bars/restaurants around here don't have it, probably Blue Moon or Sam Adams when I am 21.

Wine: Depends entirely on what I'm eating. I developed a strong affinity toward good French wine when I was living abroad, though. If I am drinking wine without food, I'll generally try to find something more on the sweet side; if I'm serving it with food, dry.

Mixed drinks: Anything with white rum is usually good; vodka is my second choice. I'll drink (and savor) whisky if it's top-shelf stuff, but no cheap swill for me. As to what drinks I like? Bacardi-and-coke, White Russians, any sort of fruity blended ice drink, Long Island Iced teas, etc.

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Hoegaarden is awesome. Hard to find on tap, sadly. [/QUOTE]

Try Celis White. It's brewed in America, so easier to find and cheaper, by the original brewer of Hoegaarden, to the original recipe, while actual Hoegaarden these days is liquified cardboard in comparison (I like whites, but H isn't one of the best anymore).[/QUOTE]

I will see if I can find it. Thanks for the tip!

Now: Iced tea, sweetened.

Then, in Canada: Kokanee Gold, any Amber ales, Paralyzers, Peach Malibu, White Zinfandel.

Then, in Switzerland: Löwenbräu

Then, in Peru: lots of Pisco, pisco sours, oi.

I drink primarily rum, myself. I'm big on Captain Morgan and Sailor Jerry. I like it with citrus.

Otherwise, I'll do vodka or tequila...but I stay the hell away from gin and beer, not a HUGE fan of whiskey or bourbon but I'll drink 'em, liqueurs are okay, but you need a LOT of 'em to get schnockered and I'm quite poor...

So...yeah. Rum. Arrrr!

Deschain said:

I'M GOING TO PEW PEW EVERYONE IN THE BAR.

But seriously, can milk actually be served?

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The closest thing to milk that you will find in a bar, will be the half and half for the White Russians. If they serve any food, you may be able to land a milk. So you will most likely have to drink Coke, Sprite or Coors Light.

sixpackshaker;310834][quote=Deschain said:

I'M GOING TO PEW PEW EVERYONE IN THE BAR.

But seriously, can milk actually be served?

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The closest thing to milk that you will find in a bar, will be the half and half for the White Russians. If they serve any food, you may be able to land a milk. So you will most likely have to drink Coke, Sprite or Coors Light.[/QUOTE]

Bourbon and milk.

Charlie Dont Surf;310784][quote=Shannow said:

Jameson, straight up, no ice. Been that way for years.

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If it makes you feel any better about me, I usually drink it before the ice melts too much.[/QUOTE]

When it comes to booze, I just shrug and figure to each their own. If I did not feel that way, I would have gone crazy from working weekends at a bar these past years.

This is such a great thread. I've found oh so many more things to try from it.

I do have to say that if you're in Northern New York, you have to stop by a Wegmans for the beer selection. I fell to my knees and bowed my head when I saw it. Yeah, it's that epic.

I usually go for whiskey sour. Preferably with bourbon.

Deschain said:

I'M GOING TO PEW PEW EVERYONE IN THE BAR.

But seriously, can milk actually be served?

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Yes you can order milk at most bars. I have ordered it in the past.

Shakey said:

I usually go for whiskey sour. Preferably with bourbon.

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A wise choice, my good sir. My sour-manufacturing skills have made me popular indeed now I'm back at university.

Fun Size;310812][quote=Deschain said:

I'M GOING TO PEW PEW EVERYONE IN THE BAR.

But seriously, can milk actually be served?

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[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIKHwVN-lLY&feature=related[/ame][/QUOTE]

RUSTLER'S RHAPSODY!!!

GREAT movie! I thought I was the only one who knew about it.

Rum drinks are my favorite....

But now I am in the habit....Everytime I watch an episode of Dexter..I must have a rum and Passion fruit drink. It has turned into a sick little ritual. I am working on getting a goblet to truely enjoy the moment..

If we were to ever have a halforum meet, I propose we have it at a bar. Somewhere in America where it wouldn't be overly difficult for everyone to travel to.

Beer: My favorite is Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout (and other varieties), Guinness, Shiner varieties (NOT smokehaus = nasty), some Sam Adams (Boston, Cream Stout, Octoberfest), I like Blvd Lunar Ale, but I am open to trying just about any beer, especially micro/local brews.

Mixed drinks: I like white russians and mojitos. Whiskey sours are okay. I usually don't drink liquor straight. Bad things happen when I do. Terrible things. I typically don't drink hard liquor in any form. I just like beer way better.

Wine: I went on a tasting in Napa this summer, and I realized I don't really care for wine. There were some desert wines that were tasty. I guess I liked Pinot Grigio the best. I didn't like hardly any red wine.

No more Tequila ever for me...

Usually I'm into stouts and a proper scottish or irish whisky to finish a nice evening.
Or if it's not so nice an evening two more of the above mentioned to finish myself for this evening...

And to finish my post:

I have recently rediscovered my taste for a black russians, but I tend to be pretty open to trying new drinks.

When it comes to beer I usually go for something like a Harringtons Clydesdale Stout. Actually the darker stouts are pretty good in general.

TotalFusionOne said:

This is such a great thread. I've found oh so many more things to try from it.

I do have to say that if you're in Northern New York, you have to stop by a Wegmans for the beer selection. I fell to my knees and bowed my head when I saw it. Yeah, it's that epic.

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It is not really that big. Then again, I shop there every week so it is normal for me.

Jameson on the rocks.
Smithwick's.
Wines... not much of a wine drinker, but I have a bottle of Malvasia waiting for a special occasion.
I don't do mixed drinks, but when I was younger and trying to build up at least minimal level of alcohol tolerance, I drank Koskenkorva (a Finnish vodka) mixed with Coca-Cola.

Most of the time, though, I drink coke or ginger ale.

I had my first brandy old fashioned, sweet, the other day. Pretty tasty.

My 89 year old great aunt has had a Manhattan every day that I've known her with her dinner. She easily looks 20 years younger than she is.

North_Ranger said:

Jameson on the rocks.

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You are my new best friend NR. Theres nothing like a few shots of Jameson on a cold winter night to warm the old bones.

Never was a fan of it on ice. Dont know why, just never liked it as much.

Shannow said:

Never was a fan of it on ice. Dont know why, just never liked it as much.

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Not even with the glass chilled?

Whiskey, straight up

BlackCrossCrusader;311545][quote=Shannow said:

Never was a fan of it on ice. Dont know why, just never liked it as much.

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Nope. I will drink it fine, dont get me wrong, but as a preference, I would rather just have it straight up.

jagerbombs.

That's the one alcoholic beverage I refuse to drink.

CC/Morgan/Jack/Crown and coke/ginger ale. Keith's or something pale in the summer, Waterloo Dark or something else dark in the winter.

CC and Coke is my favourite though.

I'm a beer guy. I like them dark and I like them white, I like them all. I usually drink mexican beer, from the good part of the spectrum, although I really enjoy Guinness and the sort.

I've pretty much stopped drinking these days... back when I was still a fan of booze my drink of choice was Vodka Tonic, although it's hard not to have rum and coke shoved down your throat (cause there's nothing else) in most parties down here, so I also drank that. I love good whiskey if it's scotch, but bourbon I usually only drink mixed. I LOOOOVE me some Lynchburg Lemonade.

You should find out how to make that, Total Fusion, Lynchburg Lemonades... they're fucking awesome.

Anybody here like spiced rum w/vanilla coke?

BlackCrossCrusader said:

Anybody here like spiced rum w/vanilla coke?

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*Raises a drunken hand.

Mav said:

Whiskey, straight up

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Whiskey's not straight; she sleeps with chicks.

BlackCrossCrusader said:

Anybody here like spiced rum w/vanilla coke?

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Speaking as the founding member of the Vanilla Awareness Society ("We make a VAS difference!™"), I highly approve.

Sam Adams or Yeungling for beer; Irish Whiskey, neat, for everything else.

RocketGirl... when I was a kid I did not know vanilla was actually a flavour in its own right. I thought vanilla ice cream was the basic ice cream; that if you did not put chocolate or strawberry or anything in your ice cream, ice cream would taste like vanilla.

I know better now

"Vanilarians?"

I wonder if you could get a Vanillarian disease.

North_Ranger said:

RocketGirl... when I was a kid I did not know vanilla was actually a flavour in its own right. I thought vanilla ice cream was the basic ice cream; that if you did not put chocolate or strawberry or anything in your ice cream, ice cream would taste like vanilla.

I know better now

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See, and it's exactly that attitude--the notion that vanilla = plain--that the Vanilla Awareness Society exists to debunk.

Cajungal said:

"Vanilarians?"

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Heh. YOU come with with something better to call us.

I wonder if you could get a Vanillarian disease.

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That's a disease I do NOT want to get better from.

Good video, though. It's true. Vanilla is an awesomely awesome flavor. And thank you for not chastising me for going out on a very thin limb with that joke. ^_^

Cajungal said:

Good video, though. It's true. Vanilla is an awesomely awesome flavor. And thank you for not chastising me for going out on a very thin limb with that joke. ^_^

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I know I haven't been here very long, so...trust me; that would be hypocritical.

Beer: I don't stick with anything for long. I like trying new microbrews especially. As far as big name manufacturers, everything that Sam Adams makes is gold, and I love Newcastle.

Drinks: Dirty martini. I also have a big bottle of Laphroaig scotch that my MIL sent me for christmas last year. That's some heavy stuff, but good.