Serious Drinking

Beldin · Post by **Beldin** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 4:00 am

Just because I'm bored on the job:

WHAT is your prefered beverage ? Beer, wine, shine ?

NO virtual drinks please !

I just want to see if there's a pattern of drinking habits connected with age/sex/location/RPGing....

So c'mon - amuse me by not spamming TO much...

Cheers, (Or whatever you say when you're up to serious drinking.

)

Beldin.

Beldin · Post by **Beldin** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 4:03 am

Originally posted by Beldin

So c'mon - amuse me by not spamming TO much...

Unless of course it's really REALLY necessary for your mental health.

- but in that case I'll want to know what kind of mental illness produces Spam/Comm/Slurr or whatever you choose to call it.

No worries,

Beldin

Leonardo · Post by **Leonardo** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 6:16 am

Gin Tonica, or beer

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 6:19 am

I have a large constitution for Whiskey and i like Guinness when i can find it

McBane · Post by **McBane** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 7:09 am

Beer mostly, or Vodka.

I generally drink Harp, Fosters, or Red Stripe. I really like Old Speckled Hen, but it is sooo expensive over here.

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 7:51 am

I like to drink a lot of U.K. beers. New Castle, Harp, Bass, Guiness, Boddingtons, Murphy's. I'm also a fan of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Labatt Blue.

I also enjoy top shelf vodka's: Grey Goose, Ketel One, Belvedere, Thor's Hammer; all of which of served over ice, maybe with a little club soda. Cape Codders in the summer and in Vegas.

Boodles and Beefeater tonics in the summer with big wedges of lime.

Appleton Estates Rum has been the liquor of choice this winter.

I enjoy a glass of Oban or Edradour before dinner.

I never drink during dinner. It just doesn't suit my palette, imagine that all of you.

. I tend to stay away from Appertifs as well, no B&B's, Ouzo's, etc...

Good burboun does well with pepsi, 7up, ginger all, or a manhattan. Makers Mark, Woodford Estates, and Jim Beam Black Label are all quite tasty.

Good Tequila, don't remember much after that though.

I usually find a little shine when I go to visit my parents in Kentucky.

I detest wine and champagne and will only drink them if I'm being paid (sometimes the escort service can be a real pain in the ass

I don't know if there is a pattern to be found here beldin, I like a lot of different stuff.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Thu Mar 14, 2002 7:59 am

Though I'm traditionally more of a pothead I'm quite fond of spirits, myself.

T'lainya · Post by **T'lainya** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:03 am

My personal preference is ale or stout; Murphy's or Guinness, a local microbrew that has a good oatmeal stout or old peculiar. Sometimes a Corona with lime.
I also like a glass of wine now and then with dinner. A good margarita is also a fine beverage

Very rarely a sweet alcohol like Baileys or Amaretto.

Beldin · Post by **Beldin** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:03 am

Originally posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
Though I'm traditionally more of a pothead I'm quite fond of spirits, myself.

Good attitude, mate !

No worries,

Beldin

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:07 am

Originally posted by Beldin
WHAT is your prefered beverage ? Beer, wine, shine ?

Well, first off, I'm not old enough to drink. What I do know I like is champagne(Sp?). I also tried some Italian Riesling(sp?) the other day. It was okay, but not sweet enough. I look forward to trying some German Riesling(sp?), which my dad says is much sweeter.

Now, whether I drink or not actually has no bearing on what my preferred beverage is. My preferred beverage is Dr. Pepper, and yes, I can get drunk drinking Dr. Pepper.

Dottie · Post by **Dottie** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:09 am

Ale for me. I drink other stuff rarely, but then its probably not for the taste of it.

-Edit-

And No, im not a Laphroaig lover. Despite locations.

Beldin · Post by **Beldin** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:10 am

Originally posted by Ned Flanders

I don't know if there is a pattern to be found here beldin, I like a lot of different stuff.

I just want to contradict the classic clichès of "German drink beer, Britains drink Whisky, Americans like Bourbon"....and so on ...ad infinitum...

BTW - I think y'all know this old classic, but that doesn't keep me from writing it:

"Why could you compare american beer with making love in a canoe ?"

No worries,

Beldin

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:14 am

@Ned - top answer!!!

I am a beer drinker, though I am partial to a glass of red wine, or a neat malt or ten from time to time

Beldin · Post by **Beldin** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:20 am

Re: Re: Serious Drinking

Originally posted by Sailor Saturn

Well, first off, I'm not old enough to drink.

THAT one opens another discussion here ->

What's the legal age for drinking in your respective countries and what are the pros and cons for prohibition if you're under this age ?
Post awayyyyyyyy !

Beldin

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:26 am

In the UK the age you can legally buy and drink alcohol (in public) is 18. Anyone caught selling to, (or buying for) someone under the age of 18 faces a 1000 pound fine...and could lose their licence to sell alcohol...

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:29 am

Well Beldin, here in the states, the age is 21, unless you're in wisconsin (where I lived from the ages of 15-22) and the criteria is as follows from an underage perspective

If you can see over the bar, you get served.
If you have legal tender, you get served.
If you parents are somewhere relatively nearby, you get served.
If you know someone old enough (21) to drink, you get served.
If you have a note from your parents, you get served.
If there is a Green Bay Packer fan in the bar, you get served.

Welcome to the alcohol consumption capital of the U.S.

Kentucky is a close second because BS is there. Illinois could be up there, however, they all invade Wisconsin to drink. Alas, I digress and this might not make a hell of a lot of sense to most of you, however, it wouldn't be the first time, would it.

Beldin · Post by **Beldin** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:30 am

Originally posted by Yshania
In the UK the age you can legally buy and drink alcohol (in public) is 18. Anyone caught selling to, (or buying for) someone under the age of 18 faces a 1000 pound fine...and could lose their licence to sell alcohol...

@ysh: Is this law strictly enforced ? I remember while I was in London seeing a lot of young people in the Pubs at night- and they definitely didn't look 18 in some cases.

No worries,

Beldin

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:31 am

by ode...
Though I'm traditionally more of a pothead I'm quite fond of spirits, myself.

Anyone who knows the origin of your member name, ode to a grasshopper , knows your statement to be true. And yes, I know where you got it from.

Yshania · Post by **Yshania** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:32 am

@Ned - LMAO!

@Beldin - not as strict as perhaps it ought to be...though pubs that are known haunts for underaged drinkers are regularly visited by police

VoodooDali · Post by **VoodooDali** » Thu Mar 14, 2002 8:37 am

Eat the Worm

Beer: Harp, Spaten, Budweiser (I have to admit), Pacifico, Bohemia

Tequila: El Tesoro is the best--one of the only tequila's still made the original way. They take the agave pinas and put them in an adobe or stone house. They seal the doors with mud, and inject steam for 24 hours to slowly cook them. All the large companies like Cuervo use modern distilleries, and I suspect that they use agave pinas that have not been aged enough. The agave pina should be around 15 years old. In Mexico, I'm able to get Mescal that is made the old way--they cook the agave pinas on wood coals--hence the smoky flavor of Mescal. My secret to drinking tequila without losing consciousness: never ever drink a whole shot at once. I drink about a third of it at a time, and never have more than 2 shots.

Vodka: Absolut, Wyborowa. Almost always with cranberry.