Drink!

[timwilky]

Yes, I sit here typing. The memsahib has just poured me a glass of Jura. But I am in the mood for a Martini with a twist of lemon.

God, I am going to have to get off my backside to make it. I cannot trust her not to drink MY sapphire with a tonic.

But definitely stirred.

So what else do you lot like apart for lager? or in Dave Preston speech Carling Darling with a Brandy. and hide the Hennessey before he appears.

[Bri w]

I've only got a glass or two of Laphroig left...I'm (not so) slowly working my way through the nice, peaty Islay Malts. So far Caol Ila is leading.

Must dash... a glass to pour.

[andrewsmith]

Out but Carling and Sainsbury's Brandy ;)

The regular beer is the comercial 'real' ale (Greene King, Wychwood etc...) or Anchor Steam Porter. If I'm out away from the Newcastle bars (they look the same as whats in Preston, Leeds, Halifax etc...), I'm on proper beers as there is enough locally brewed to give Dave Preston a hangover

Spirit: Brandy and Tonic

[The Idle Biker]

Your lucky, my Mrs gives me death ray stares the moment I think about having a drink at home. :-(

[savage86]

Good old jameson's for me and also quite fond of a morgans spice and coke with a guinness head.
But mostly beer any european larger does the job.

[andrewsmith]

Hows no one posted a Father Jack joke yet

http://youtu.be/USkCsrO9sz4 http://youtu.be/56HzuoajN5g ;)

[Wideboy]

old thumper, hob goblin, speckled hen, bombardier gold and jack daniels. neat.

but not this evening.

[Tim in Belgium]

Some plonk de rouge ce soir, got to cycle to smoggy side tomorrow as the van is in for a service and all other motor vay hicles are off the road, embroiled in court cases or both the above!

I feel it's time for purchasing another car soon!

[Brettus]

Now this is more my thread, I don't like beers or wine and drink mainly mixed spirits but have taken to having some neat.

Current favourite was apparently a coal miners favourite Rum n Black, a shot of rum and a shot of blackcurrant cordial. Warming :)

but my colleague got me started on Cognac, Remy Martin. I've discovered I've got expensive tastes though, I prefer the XO stuff, Hennessey over Remy at the XO level though.

My go-to drink though is Rum N Coke at the moment, the darker the better. (Bacardi Black from duty free currently)

That said, I'll drink most spirits, I gave up trying to order cocktails by what sounded interesting and on a works night out ordered them by colour, got through 5/7ths of the Rainbow before our Taxis arrived. Having ice cream with hot fudge sauce on top might not have been the most prudent choice but it settled and I bounced into work the next morning with mutterings from my FD of "there is no justice in the world" ;)

[Brettus]

Oh! almost forgot, Cointreau, most people hate it but I like orange flavouring to often have it with Coke for what is effectively a Coke Orange alcopop.

My colleague got me started on Cointreau and Baileys, two Baileys to one Cointreau. Alcoholic Chocolate Orange :)

[dirtydog]

My favourite drink at the moment is Columba cream (it's a whiskey) much nicer than the likes of baileys!

This place http://www.lurgashall.co.uk/ is only about 25 miles from me and I like everything they sell. Not the cheapest wine and liqueur but very nice. Some of the stuff doesn't sound great like wine made from the sap of a silver birch tree but its nice, really sweet.
If you visit the shop they let you taste the drinks, I normally drive there and then have to get hazel to drive us back as I tend to taste test everything! Lol

[missyburd]

Oh! almost forgot, Cointreau, most people hate it but I like orange flavouring to often have it with Coke for what is effectively a Coke Orange alcopop.

My colleague got me started on Cointreau and Baileys, two Baileys to one Cointreau. Alcoholic Chocolate Orange :)
I have a customer who loves Cointreau in his Irish coffees, he likes me to do them cos I can floats ze cream on ze top so I can :p

[haggis]

Disaronno and coke for me. Alcoholic DrPepper!

[Rocketeer]

Guinness.

[dkid]

Scrumpy

[BanannaMan]

Jim Beam and Coke on occasion.
Jack Daniels and Coke if they don't have JB.


I may or may not keep a jar of moonshine (strickly for medicinal purposes) in the icebox. http://cenvachristiansportbike.homestead.com/redneck2.gif

[Littlepeahead]

We're now an almost alcohol free home. Mr LPH has been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and is now allowed no more than 6 units of alcohol spread over a week so he has a couple of pints of Guinness on Friday and Saturday. I'm restricting myself to 250ml wine a week as alcohol interferes with some migraine pills I'm trying. Our house is like the bleeding Betty Ford clinic with fewer ageing rock stars.

[Wideboy]

I may or may not keep a jar of moonshine (strickly for medicinal purposes) in the icebox.
Can you post? I'm not allowed to make a still.

[MisterTommyH]

Can you post? I'm not allowed to make a still.

Try this: Moonshine in a jar! (http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/georgia-moon-corn-spirit/?srh=1)

Personally I tend to drink lager (stella, perroni, birra moretti) - although I'm slowly starting to drift into proper beer (pedigree, old perculiar).

Got quite a few bottles of single malt at home which I'm slowly working my way though (Jura, Mortlach F&F, A'bunadh plus others).

Love red wine, but it's not good for me because it's like Vimto and dissappears far too quickly and gives massive hangovers.

[chris8886]

speckled hen, bombardier gold

very good choices there gav, just add to that old golden hen (from the same brewer as speckled) and your in in for a good night! ;) lol

[Sir Trev]

Depends on which spirits and mixers are in the cupboard. Gin, vodka, Jameson's, rum, brandy with any combination of tonic, coke, dry ginger or Ribena. Wine at the weekend but I like the £10+ stuff so tend to limit myself to one bottle a week with Sunday roast.

With the stresses of everything at work it's difficult but I am managing most weeks to stay off the sauce midweek. Honest.

[DarrenSV650S]

Morgans spiced and coke. Or kopparberg

[timwilky]

My problem with the wine is two fold 1) I like the nice stuff, Amarone at about £18/bottle, Borolo at about £14 etc. 2) The wife likes the wine. When you are opening your third of the evening you thank god it is at home and not a restaurant.

[Wideboy]

Try this: Moonshine in a jar! (http://www.masterofmalt.com/whiskies/georgia-moon-corn-spirit/?srh=1) its nog proper moonshine but might be worth a pop. Not sure about the price though.

very good choices there gav, just add to that old golden hen (from the same brewer as speckled) and your in in for a good night! ;) lol

Try some old thumper that's fairly strong. You'll be able to buy it in the local shops at AR. Its better then spotted wang IMO

[punyXpress]

Depends on which spirits and mixers are in the cupboard. Gin, vodka, Jameson's, rum, brandy with any combination of tonic, coke, dry ginger or Ribena. Wine at the weekend but I like the £10+ stuff so tend to limit myself to one bottle a week with Sunday roast.

I do so hope that isn't the military version! :rolleyes:

[tactcom7]

Tried my first mojito the other day and loved it. An old friend of mine was fond of the odd vodkawhiskeylagercoke when he was out on the town, which is as exactly as foul tasting as it sounds.

[Littlepeahead]

Try some old thumper that's fairly strong. You'll be able to buy it in the local shops at AR. Its better then spotted wang IMO

You can buy Old Thumper in the Lord's Tavern now. And Boondoggle. We stock beers from the Ringwood Brewery. I prefer the 49er. May allow myself half a pint at AR.

[Wideboy]

Ah righty, you can't usually get decent drink outside 'ampshire


;)

[chris8886]

Try some old thumper that's fairly strong. You'll be able to buy it in the local shops at AR. Its better then spotted wang IMO

i think i have tried it in the past, but i can't remember. i usually go for the IPA type beers though mostly

Ah righty, you can't usually get decent drink outside 'ampshire


;)

pah! you most certainly can! there's london pride, bengal lancer being a particular favourite from them. then there's brakspear's (oxfordshire), absolutley gorgeous beer n not too strong either so tis a real 'session' beer too :smt030:D then there's the likes on wainrights and another favourite from up north is coniston bluebird.

[Littlepeahead]

Meantime IPA from the Greenwich Brewery is the stuff to go for.

Then from the Mr LPH Brewery we have at different times of the year Stu Brew, Stu Miguel, Stui Artois, and the variation 'Honey I'm Home Where's My Beer?' beer, which is made with the addition of some local Tiptree Citrus Blossom honey.

Chris has tried all of these.

[chris8886]

Meantime IPA from the Greenwich Brewery is the stuff to go for.

Then from the Mr LPH Brewery we have at different times of the year Stu Brew, Stu Miguel, Stui Artois, and the variation 'Honey I'm Home Where's My Beer?' beer, which is made with the addition of some local Tiptree Citrus Blossom honey.

Chris has tried all of these.

have i?! they do sound good though!

[Littlepeahead]

Beer is take very seriously in our household. Mr LPH is the master brewer and he has an apprentice. The mess they leave the kitchen in has to be seen to be believed though.

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(The two bottles were a Christmas present for his teacher, and he has a shandy, 90% lemonade!)

[Wideboy]

have i?! they do sound good though!

Lol

[chris8886]

Lol

oi sod off, you know what 'issues' i have!

[Littlepeahead]

If you drink enough Stu Brew you can forget a whole evening, even without additional 'issues'.

[Wideboy]

oi sod off, you know what 'issues' i have!

I know, i felt bad when I sniggered. Sorry

[chris8886]

If you drink enough Stu Brew you can forget a whole evening, even without additional 'issues'.

n i would've thought it'd get even worse for the likes of me! :D

I know, i felt bad when I sniggered. Sorry

and so you should've ;):p

[Thunderace]

Bit late but here goes..........

Beer - Massels Weiss Bier (difficult to find here but Tesco sell Frasichkaner not as good but very similar)

Spirit - Tia Maria + coke, technically a liqueur I know but tasty all the same.

Now these are my favourites, but as most of the GM know I have no class and would happily drink dirty dish water if it had alcohol in it!:smt030

[Littlepeahead]

Tia Maria and coke?! That's the sort of nonsense teenage girls and Elton John drink,

[Thunderace]

Tia Maria and coke?! That's the sort of nonsense teenage girls and Elton John drink,

But it does taste nice! As do teenage girls...........so I'm told!;)

[andrewsmith]

Spirit - Tia Maria + coke, technically a liqueur I know but tasty all the same.


You Southern shandy drinking poof!!!
You partial to Babysham?

To your other point, yes they do ;)

[Thunderace]

I'll drink anything! Including babycham!

Shandy!? How dare you good sir, I would never sully a beer with pop! However I do put coke in my Tia Maria, as the wife gets funny when I drink it out of the bottle!;)

[andrewsmith]

I'll drink anything! Including babycham!

Shandy!? How dare you good sir, I would never sully a beer with pop! However I do put coke in my Tia Maria, as the wife gets funny when I drink it out of the bottle!;)

Well the south invented larger top

sent from a weapon of mass distraction

[Ian P]

real ales, red wine (wont pay more than £5 a bottle) peaty single malts, home brewed wine, sloe gin. but not all in a single sitting

[Ajwou]

Local Ales and Single Malts .... as simple as that.

[Thunderace]

Well the south invented larger top

sent from a weapon of mass distraction

Cannot claim responsibility for that myself, but when I find out who did I shall have them beaten, gagged and shipped Oop Norf to receive just punishment!;)

[timwilky]

Well todays football diet will start with Lancaster Bomber then we will move on to dingle beers, so probably either Pride of Pendle or Pendle Witches Brew. and then I am afraid we end up on Smiths before/after the match to finally loose all credibility with Worthingtons where we get dropped off. But then things go back to normal as the night will end back on the Lancaster Bomber. Before returning home to face the old hag that belongs on Pendle.

But with earlier posts talking about shandy, why is it that the Ashley Brook in Salford change the drip tray before serving a pint of shandy? Hmm I wonder what they do with the spillage that it most not be polluted with lemonade?

[dirtydog]

Tonight I'm drinking Jeremiah weed, sour mash brew

[Tomor]

Tonight I'm drinking Jeremiah weed, sour mash brew

Awesome drink!

[carelesschucca]

If I get the choice of what I'm drinking I'll take one of these please.

Erdinger
Weihenstephaner
Franziskaner

But I was drinking WEST Hefeweizen last night and it was a lovely Scottish version of a German Weissbier.

[dizzyblonde]

Tonight I will be mostly drinking a Tempranillo Rioja.


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[Bibio]

taken a like to McEwan's export lately. easy to drink and does the damage.