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General Discussion => The Speakeasy: OOG/Off-topic Discussion => Topic started by: Vikarion on 17 Sep 2010, 01:20
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It's about midnight, and I'm putting off going to bed (going to bed means going to work tomorrow) and I therefore thought I'd inquire as to the drinking habits of my fellow Eve players. Well, sort of "fellow", due to my absence from the game currently...anyway, I digress.
Title is all - what is your favorite drink, and why? (Please note that I do not encourage underage drinking, drinking while driving, public intoxication or whatnot.)
For me, my preferences are as follows:
Hard liquor: Blended scotch whisky. I'm also partial to Irish whisky, but Johnnie Walker Black Label is my standard drink. Occasionally I will venture into Bourbon territory with a bit of Jack Daniels (technically Tennessee whiskey) but I still find most to be far too sweet for my palate.
Wine: I'm not a big wine drinker. That said, I do live in a county with several wineries, and I'm very partial to reds, especially Zinfandels, which are a major product of California wineries.
Beer: 1554, a product of the New Belgium brewing company, is quite possibly my favorite beer. I rather despise lighter brews, so deeper and richer drinks such as this tend to get my vote. The semi-chocolate hints just add to the experience.
Mixed drinks: I tend to avoid mixed drinks - they seem so...plebeian...to me. Nonetheless, I must profess a fondness for Bloody Marys, and, of course, for Kahlua and cream.
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Champagne. French.
Martinis, dirty and dry.
Beer, but I regard that as a foodstuff.
Mojitos in the summer.
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I'm much too innocent for alcohol. I swears.
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Hard liquor: Irish Whiskey. That is all
Wine: I love wines, especially Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon in the Reds and Semillion in the White.
Beer: Lagers and Pale Ales mostly. Coopers is my usual beer.
Mixed drinks: Gin and tonic/bitter lemon. White Russian (or Caucasian, if you prefer).
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Beer: if it's an ale, I'll try it, though I prefer brown ales over pale (too much hops sometimes). Currently, I've been sampling the wares of Saint Arnold, a microbrewery here in Texas, but I'm also partial to Newcastle when I just want something that works well with dinner at home.
I rarely drink much else, other than maybe a margarita (no salt, NO SALT!)
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Hard Liquor: It used to be Smirnoff Vodka or Southern Comfort. However, after my ulcer I lost my taste for the hard stuff. (Actually it was vomiting blood the second time, but that's what sent me to doctor's office and identified the ulcer.)
Wine: I am not a man of discerning taste, so I've never been able to get over the fact that wine tastes like spoiled grape juice.
Mixed drinks: I used to drink screwdrivers and jello shots, but they went out the same time as Vodka shooters.
Beer: Now, beer is a different story all together. I like beer. I don't drink as much as I used to, as I have a greater desire to not end my life prematurely since my kids were born. (My record was 25 beers consumed over a 12 hour period to celebrate my 24th birthday.) My favorite beer of all time is Pilsner Urquell, which I had for the first time while traveling in the Czech Republic. This is the first-ever Pilsner, made in the town of Pilsen. The bottled Urquell here in the U.S. isn't as good as what you get on-tap in Prague, but it's still better than any domestic pilsner. If I can't find Urquell (and in a lot of places you can't) I go for XX or Grolsch. When attending sporting events (where imported beer means they brought it in from Milwaukee) I opt for a Budweiser and console myself with the fact that I've got cold Urquell waiting at home.
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Budweiser?
Budweiser?
Pistols at dawn, sir.
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I don't drink, just not interested.
Not to derail the thread or anything.
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Hard liquor: Absinthe in it's many forms, currently enjoying Rodnik's Classic.
Wine: eh... if it has alochol, it'll do. What? I'm Finnish.
Beer: Klosterbräu from a small brewery near Olten, not sure what the exact name is off hand but it's a small brand in Switzerland, never had a better beer than that.
Mixed drinks: Gin Longdrink
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I am often in solidarity with black comedians, mostly because I relate to their jokes about white folk.
As such, like Katt Williams has said, I'll drink bloody anything if it's available.
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I can't drink anything but Southern Comfort without throwing up, and I prefer it in Pepsi. It's nice and smooth, which is how I like it. It's not a kick in the teeth. It can sneak up on you though, it's so smooth you don't think you're getting drunk....then you try to do something like lift your next drink, and find you've lost the strength....
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Budweiser?
Budweiser?
Pistols at dawn, sir.
I thought that I made it clear that Budweiser was one of those "When in Rome" kind of situations. Maybe I should clarify the point that I live in Missouri. The professional baseball stadium in St. Louis is Busch Stadium. As in Anheuser-Busch.
I wasn't kidding about the "imported" beer thing. I was at a bar and asked "What imported beer do you have?" Without missing a beat, the bartender said, "You mean, like, a Miller?" Granted, it was a hole in the wall place, but most of the time I'm lucky if the import list includes Corona and Heineken.
Also, traditionally, the person receiving the challenge to duel picks the weapons and engagement time. So let's make it sporks and just before lunch.
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Hard liquor: Vodka.
Wine: Grape vodka.
Beer: None.
Mixed drinks: Double vodka, neat, with vodka.
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Hard Liquor: Meade, Hard Cider, Whiskey on occasion
Wine: something sweet and weak that I can drink a lot of
Beef: bleh
Mixed Drinks: Astronaut (tang+vodka) nectar of the ogre gods (sour apple pucker+mountain dew+vodka)
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I don't drink hard liquor because I am an alcoholic.
I don't drink wine because I was born and raised in the Napa Valley.
I do however kill at least 24 cans of Miller High Life :ugh: daily, no exceptions.
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Hard liquor: Vodka.
Wine: Grape vodka.
Beer: None.
Mixed drinks: Double vodka, neat, with vodka.
We'd get along.
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Why does everyone here drink so much
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Why does everyone here drink so much
because we have problems, and alcohol is a great way of not solving them.
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Have you considered, Ben, that maybe, possibly, there might be a smidgen of sample bias at work in a thread asking people what their favorite alcohol by type is?
For example, I only drink for the social lubricant benefits, and then usually only beer, of which I have little preference other than 'Not Budweiser/Miller/other such crap'.
Though I do have a permanent soft spot in my heart for Henry Weinhard's Private Reserve. Probably because of residual branding effects from seeing the ads on TV as a youth.
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To answer your question Ben, the reasons are many, and most of them personal, ranging from people just liking to get shithoused, the social lubrication factor, to self medication.
I drink a ton because I cannot survive without it. I have worst case scenario PTSD and maintaining a buzz all day allows me to function on a level that no medication has allowed me to so far. Fuck, even my shrink thinks it is working out well as long as I don't drive.
I have a wife and a kid, and I can't exist drooling in a fetal position.
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I DRINK BECAUSE IT MAKES FAT GIRLS FUCKABLE
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I DRINK BECAUSE IT MAKES FAT GIRLS FUCKABLE
Also this.
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Liquor: I prefer good Scotch, then cheap scotch, then Crown Royal if the pickings are slim. I prefer whiskey because my stomach can handle a lot more of it (hence: DRUNKRE!) than anything else without stability issues.
Unfortunately due to holes in my stomach and esophagus, I have to chug a shot, then chug a chaser (usually carbonated), otherwise I start bleeding down there, and that tastes nasty. Doing so several times in a row gets me drunk fast tho.
Wine: Avoid. Gives me morning headaches. People who disturb (read: MAKE LOUD NOISE "HEY HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING!") risk real and unprovoked violence to be suddenly visited upon them. The only hangovers I've ever had to deal with came from Wine. Fuck that.
Beer: The darker and higher ABV %, the better. German and Belgian are best, Guinness or Newcastle Brown if I'm in a shitty store with no good selection. Samuel Adams has a few good seasonal beers now and then.
My favorite: Chimay Grande Reserve (Belgian Trappist Monk Beer)
(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQNe-NkYl9a0tvKckZwAq4b5q4p7n_qmNUPKJbZU-d9c_UPfIc&t=1&usg=__3hZVCXVIN2BIxEMJsLyJx29dj0o=)
Give me a bottle of this to pound down, and I may suddenly start behaving like life is wonderful.
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I can't say that I enjoy alcohol for any other reason than the taste, and perhaps a very mild buzz. I try to avoid anything more than that - as I've noted before, I prefer to have complete control over my actions.
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I can't say that I enjoy alcohol for any other reason than the taste, and perhaps a very mild buzz. I try to avoid anything more than that - as I've noted before, I prefer to have complete control over my actions.
Works different for everyone I suppose. If I had any sort of control over my actions I wouldn't be celebrating my tenth year of happy marriage and my child's 8th birthday.
ET to clarify: They were both the result of an epic bender.
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Hard liquor: Vodka, Grey Goose.
Wine: Do not tend to drink wines..
Beer: Molson Canadian.
Mixed drinks: Caesar, Vodka and Clamato.. not Tomato Juice.
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Ben: I like the taste of (good) beer. I enjoy the feeling of having one or two; rarely do I have more than that. (/nod Vikarion)
But also: yeah, I expect the folks that rarely or never drink probably don't post a lot in threads asking them what they like to drink. Y'know.
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Beer: I prefer lambic and hard apple cider, but I'll tolerate beer as long as it doesn't taste like a rotten loaf of bread or weak vinegar strained through a bag of lawn clippings.
Wine: Yes, please, I'll have another glass. Especially if it's a Cakebread red.
Mixed Drinks:
Summer: Sapphire tonics. Georgia Iced Tea (brewed iced tea -- none of that instant crap -- with a shot of peach liqueur and a lemon twist).
Winter: Tart lemondrop martinis, hold the damn sugar and you'd better not be using a bottled mix. Café Borgia (my favorite interpretation of one: a cappuccino with a shot of Cointreau, some orange peel and a drizzle of melted dark chocolate).
Vieve-Bane:
Cheap port or Madeira. Even a small glass of either will give me a nasty headache.
Ouzo, Sambuca, or any licorice based alcohol. Want me out of a room fast? Light up a clove cigarette and pour yourself a glass of that stuff. After once drinking enough ouzo not to care about the nasty taste and smell, I lost several hours of my life. Heck, I possibly might have lost the rest of it if my sainted then-apartment mate hadn't been in medical school. (Other life lesson learned: have something more entertaining to do on a Friday night than drink liquor cabinet leftovers while cleaning out the refrigerator.)
I can't drink anything but Southern Comfort without throwing up, and I prefer it in Pepsi. It's nice and smooth, which is how I like it. It's not a kick in the teeth. It can sneak up on you though, it's so smooth you don't think you're getting drunk....then you try to do something like lift your next drink, and find you've lost the strength....
Southern Comfort and Coke (I can't stand Pepsi) was my first-time-around collegiate liquor of choice.
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I'll drink pretty much anything, but my favs are
Kostritzer, German black beer. Try it.
Dragonhead stout
Myer's rum
Drambuie, straight
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I have to admit that I pretty much loathe rum. To me, it's only a half-step up from gasoline.
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I used to drink dark rum - Bundaberg Rum.
But I found it too hard to get when I moved to the UK, so I stopped drinking it. By the time I moved back, I'd lost my taste for it. Too sweet.
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Spirits: a good single malt, something like a Lagavulin.
Beer: anything from the Badger brewery is good, Golden Glory is a particular favourite of mine. If I'm feeling stingy, then Boddingtons or Greene King IPA.
Wine: not a big wine fan, but I do enjoy a good pinot grigio
Non-alcoholic: tea
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Beer: Usually I will drink any beer, as long as its cold (and yes, it must be cold - even in the depths of a New York winter... ask Hitome) although I am partial to a local beer "James Boag's Premium Lager" and the odd Melbourne Bitter with my dad.
I haven't been drinking that much of it since my last real bender, after 3/4 of a case and a good couple hours making intimate friends with a bucket its taken a bit to ease back into it :P
Wine: Meh, never got a real taste for wine but the odd glass of white is quite nice.
Hard Liquor: I have never really taken to the hard stuff, when I have had it, it kicked my teeth in so I haven't had a change to experiment to any degree.
Mixed Drinks: The bane of all life, they should be exterminated - I do however like a nice shot after downing a good six pack.
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Hard Liquor: Vodka preferably Grey Goose or Ketel One, Skyy if I'm on a budget, and Smirnoff if I am desperate. Meade, Absinthe, Saki, Jagermeister, and Gin are favorites as well.
Mixed Drinks: I usually dont do very many of these. If I'm in a bar I go for whatever has the most alcohol in it or a Jager bomb or the vodka counterpart. On my own the only mixed drink I really like is a rootbeer float which is A&W rootbeer mixed with 2-3 shots of vanilla vodka and a cap of vanilla extract, or a gin and tonic.
Wine: No. On the occasions I do have to drink wine like at weddings or other events I wil drink it but I generally dont like it.
Beer: Blue Moon is a favorite if I'm in a bar. I like Japanese beers alot if I can find them in my area. Other favorites include Dos Equis, Yuengling, Corona, Red Stripe, and about anything from Sam Adams.
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Bah you crazy white people!
The ethnic minority is highly amused :D
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What's amusing? And if you're implying that only white people drink... :roll:
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Relevant (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Bsee_sx4A&feature=related)
No, I just mentioned earlier the culture is very interesting...the "drinks for different days", to the point I could put on a top hat and monocle with a posh English accent and read out some of these posts...whereas me and ma brothas...we just drink whatever is provided lol, and if not that, then the same shit every day (for me, Guinness)
:lol:
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Hard stuff: Vodka based cocktails. Long island tea is lethal.
Wine: Shiraz and Carbernet Souvignon red.
Beer: Yuuuk!
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There is only one liquor, and it is Vodka. Not the kind you people have here (http://backstage.eve-inspiracy.com/index.php?topic=1126.msg12941#msg12941) unless I have to. Fucking westerners can't 120-proof. Anything I consume that isn't liquor (not vodka, for those of you in need of a translation) goes into the mixed drinks category BY DEFAULT. Absinthe may be included in the liquor category if it has been appropriately brewed and - meaning there's herbs and so on floating not only in the bottom and top of the bottle, but also in the middle.
Wine, well. I like black mead.
I'm always trying a whole lot of different kinds of beer. I find I don't like most of them, but a few microbrews and a few imports taste alright to me. New Belgium makes okay stuff and are close enough to my locality that the stuff they ship in doesn't taste like shit by the time they get here.
Mixed drinks go the same way, but mainly? Backdraft. (http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=backdraft+drink&aq=f)
Oh. And I have a surprising tolerance.
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...surprising...
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
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...surprising...
I do not think that word means what you think it means.
I think it means that it's surprising for someone of my physical characteristics and general state of health to drink as much in a given hour and not get tipsy, let alone vomitous.
What do you think it means?
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DRINK!
I am in the school of 'if its liquid it will go down' anything from paint remover to fine champagne.
All drink goes to two categories, shaken and not shaken.
If you drink it and you get the shivers and have to shake your head because of the taste.
Thats not shaken.
The other category of course is when you drink the drink you do not get this involuntary reaction.
Of course at some point of the evening, everything goes into the shaken category.
But more into specifics.
Hard Liqour: Anything homebrewn that does not make you go blind. Almost every country has their own home distilled booze, that always has been banned by the government. From the philipino coconut wine that is 90 proof that you bury underground in clay jugs capped with cork to regular moonshine.
From legal stuff, vodka is my favourite, wheat based vodkas especially.
Beer: Anything that you do not have to chew and does not stick to your buttcheeks next morning.
Wine: White, Rieslings are my favourite. The sparkly fruitiness of them usually makes smile.
Mixed drinks: If you can't drink booze without mixing it with something flammable you should think about using drugs as your favourite way of getting your brain smashed, fucking pansies.
Leap to nothingness, 1/1 Jagermeister and Creme de la Menthe.
Does Unicum being mixed with water count as a mixed drink?
You can't drink that shit without doing that.
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I think it means that it's surprising for someone of my physical characteristics and general state of health to drink as much in a given hour and not get tipsy, let alone vomitous.
What do you think it means?
You're Russian. It'd be surprising if you weren't able to drink such amounts and not get sick.
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...I do love the stereotypes people have about being 'Russian.'
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I'm pretty sure every culture has its stereotypes, not all bad, not all entirely untrue.
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...I do love the stereotypes people have about being 'Russian.'
The ones that are absolutely and inarguably correct, you mean? Baltic/Slavic people process vodka better than westerners, while many Asians can't handle theirs at all, and will have something akin to an allergic reaction! Science does not lie!
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Your science isn't nearly tight enough to account for the enormous proportion of Balts, Slavs, and other 'drinky' ethnicities who come from a long tradition of being taught temperance (usually by motherfucking church people, Goddamn sons of bitches). Certain St. Petersburg sorts regularly make sport of such individuals by giving them liquor until they hit their rather lower threshold for tipsiness and seeing what happens.
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Thread #2 (go figure)!
Hard liquor: Single malt. Glenfarclas, Macallan, Bruichladdich, Auchentoshan, etc. I like the expensive stuff, but can't afford the expensive stuff. I stick to the $40-$60 range unless someone else is buying.
Wine: Red. Preferably Malbec. Grenache/syrah/mouvedre or similarly earthy blends. Tempranillo is nice too.
Beer: If I can't see through the glass, chances are I'm going to like it. Not much of a pilsner guy, and Stella/Heineken/variants thereof are not happy on my tongue. Grolsch is a rare exception.