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I always find it fascinating to see how folks from various places like to kick back and enjoy a quality beverage (which may or may not be age-restricted).

So what is your libation of choice at the end of the day? Do you prefer beer, wine, or something stronger?

I'll drink almost anything. Except Jagermeister, that stuff gives me ptsd flashbacks. Tonight though i'm drinking Elysian Space Dust IPA.

Coffee is definitely the drug of choice. French press when I've got the time. Cheap, easy, relaxing, and smells fantastic.

Rum otherwise. Mount Gay is my preference.

Coffee, and occasionally a coke. But never after noon. I’m old like that.

I mostly drink soda, with Dr. Pepper and root beer being my favorites. These days I do tend to stick to the zero sugar sodas as much as possible.

I usually have a Fat Yak pale ale or two at the weekend, never drink alcohol during the week. If it's the holidays or a long weekend, I'll get myself a bottle of Mr Blacks coffee liqueur.

A real ale, cup of tea, or Diet Coke.

Special occasions? Mead or Tennessee Honey and coke.

The exact beer I’m agnostic about, provided it’s from the pump, or in extremis a bottle. I don’t like stuff that comes from the tap. Given the choice I’ll take a malty over a hoppy. Except that Old Ale I tried the other week. Without word of a lie, it’s after taste was of burning tyres.

I’m a walking Scottish cliche. Irn Bru please

I’ve moved over to sugar free in light of my waistline, but with the change from 11% to 5% sugar in the great sugar taxination of a few years ago, even the current full fat stuff tastes more like sugar free than the original syrupy goodness

I can’t stand coffee, so this is my caffeination method of choice.

Never been big on alcohol, but beer and cider are nice occasionally. It’s funny, as for one people kids drive them to drink, but for me and my wife the ever present paranoia of maybe needing to suddenly spring into action due to Illness or injury led to us basically becoming teetotal. It’s stuck, even though the kids aren’t really tiny any more.

Gin or bourbon.

Most of the time I prefer my gin in a martini. I generally go for a milder gin, like Hendricks or a amazing local one, Sly Fox. With a twist if I have a lemon in the house, but more often olives. In the summer I do enjoy a nice G&T.

Bourbon (or rye whiskey depending on what I picked up last) is either over a frozen Death Star, or as an old fashioned. Depending if I have an orange to shave. Over the summer I won a gift basket at charity raffle that was the fixings for manhattans, so have been making those on occasion. Gotta be careful there, as I’ve had Bad Experiences. (Pro tip: when trying to keep up with the old hands, don’t make the assumption that something served in a tumbler contains mixers)

When in doubt: coffee. But I also like a beer now and then. On normal weekdays non alcoholic (the local supermarket has a very fruity wheat beer that I like), when alcoholic I prefer czech pilsner (Brezniak), "Hefeweizen", guiness or irish red ale.

On the warm beverage side: hot chocolate and Carob are also pretty nice.

 Nevelon wrote:
. (Pro tip: when trying to keep up with the old hands, don’t make the assumption that something served in a tumbler contains mixers)

Some years ago, I found myself in a Madison, Wisconsin bar that specialized in Old Fashioneds. As the drink orders were placed, I said I'd have an Old Fashioned. "Brandy or whiskey?" came the reply. I'd actually never thought about it, so on the spur of the moment I said "both."

At this point I should mention that I'm a retired senior NCO in the Air Force and the fellow next to me was a retired Army officer. He was asked for his order and giving me a steely gaze he said: "I'll have the same."

I do not remember much of the evening after that, but apparently the duel ended in a draw with minimal casualties.

Heh.

In general awareness of what you are drinking is an important thing.

A while back at game night, one of the guys brings a growler of beer, pours a glass for whoever wanted one. Good beer, goes down smooth, still some in the growler, another round.

Now this is all before the food we ordered showed up, so I’m drinking on an empty stomach. But i’ve got the old “one beer=one glass of wine=one shot of liquor” math, where your average person can process one an hour. I’m not such a lightweight where 2 beers should do me in, but when I stand up to get a slice of pizza the world is a little wobbly. “WTF is the APV of that?!” I accuse my friend. He looks it up on his phone, and I forget the exact number and how full the pours were, but I had just pounded back the equivalent of 5-6 beers with nothing to help soak it up in under an hour.

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As I sit here are my computer looking at the snow come down outside, here is one of my holiday wintertime favorites:

Mulled Cider wrote:
1 whole cinnamon stick
16 cloves
1 tsp. whole allspice
whole medium orange studded with cloves (or fresh orange zest)
6 c. apple juice
2 c. cranberry juice
1/4 c. sugar
dash lemon juice
1 c. rum (optional)

Simmer everything, except the rum, as long as you like. It makes the house smell festive at Christmas. The rum should be added before serving or can be added by jigger to individual servings instead of to the whole pot. If you want to be neat, the whole spices can be tied in a cheesecloth bag and removed before serving.

It’s not actually cider, but apple juice, but that’s what on the recipe card. These days I use cran-apple juice and straight apple juice in a 1:1 ratio and omit the sugar, as there is already enough in the cranapple.

 Flinty wrote:
I’m a walking Scottish cliche. Irn Bru please

I’ve moved over to sugar free in light of my waistline, but with the change from 11% to 5% sugar in the great sugar taxination of a few years ago, even the current full fat stuff tastes more like sugar free than the original syrupy goodness

I can’t stand coffee, so this is my caffeination method of choice.

Never been big on alcohol, but beer and cider are nice occasionally. It’s funny, as for one people kids drive them to drink, but for me and my wife the ever present paranoia of maybe needing to suddenly spring into action due to Illness or injury led to us basically becoming teetotal. It’s stuck, even though the kids aren’t really tiny any more.

As an Ex-Pat Jock, I can’t drink Irn Bru on its own, because it leaves me cracking a proper Fish Supper, with salt’n’sauce (extra sauce, smoked sausage on the side), from a Glass Ginger.

I was mortified, mortified when we moved Daaaaaahn Saaaarf and couldn’t get a decent chippy.

I like a glass or three of Root 1 white wine or a few bottles of Tiger or Estrella Damm beer. Soft drinks would be Coke Zero and Coffee (not mixed together bleh).

At the end of the day, just iced tea or zero sugar soda of some kind. Currently on a Vernors kick.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
At the end of the day, just iced tea or zero sugar soda of some kind. Currently on a Vernors kick.

How do you get Vernors in Texas?

For pleasure -definitely white coffee, up to twice a day. The third time I usually think "should I, really?" and decide not to.

No alcohol of any kind, ever.

Hot tea with honey and lemon with breakfast. Otherwise just water.

Coffee and water during the day, whisky or wine of an evening. Red wine, Islay whisky.

I'll have a glass of Pepsi on Christmas Day to remember my grandparents, as Tizer doesn't taste like Tizer anymore.

During the day, Tea (milk no sugar), or water.

Weekend nights, well there is a benefit to living in Ireland... Whiskey.

On an evening, I drink proper beer, none of that lager pap. I'm fairly particular, because there's a lot of crap out there. A lot of the "real ales" you can get at supermarkets are absolute gak. Craft beer has lost its mind, certainly in the UK. People putting guava and citrus and whatever in their tins and most of them don't taste any different. Give me a nice brown ale or a stout in the winter and something lighter in the summer. I try and find local breweries and try out their beers. Us in the Northeast make the best beers going. The only other people I trust to make a good beer are the Belgians.

I'm also partial to a bottle of wine with a nice meal at home. I drink a whisky or two on a special occasion. To be honest the only stuff I don't like is Sambuca. This makes it sound like I drink a lot of bouwze but really, not so much anymore.

For softies, Irn Bru is definitely my favourite fizzy pop. Tea and coffee are a requirement for having willpower in the morning.

Commissar von Toussaint wrote:

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
At the end of the day, just iced tea or zero sugar soda of some kind. Currently on a Vernors kick.

How do you get Vernors in Texas?

Luckily enough, Central Market carries it. Which means HEB stores might carry it, too, but they're not really that close to me in Fort Worth.

Mostly tea. With a bit of milk. Sugar is an occasional treat (once or twice a month). I drink coffee regularly in lieu of sleep but tea is what I drink for enjoyment.

For alcohol, prefer a proper ale, cider, or mead if I can find it. Nothing too hoppy for beer, can't stand IPAs and most lagers are awful to my taste. Prefer a dry cider. Not fussy on the mead so long as it isn't that blended crap that's mostly white wine. Having said that, hardly drink alcohol these days.

Fancy beer I haven't tried before.

I'd guzzle Hibiki Suntory but a bottle is half my paycheck.

I rarely drink alcohol, but if I do, my drinks of choice are not-too dry white wines, Smirnoff Ice, Angry Orchard hard cider, or a mixed drink with Vodka.

Regular drink of choice, Dr. Pepper, or Mountain Dew.

If I'm pairing it with the food, I can't have Grilled Cheese without Chocolate milk. I just can't. If it's an Italian dish with marinara, white milk.

Death Wish Coffee in the morning
Evening wide assortment of whiskey
Heritage brand, Jack Daniels, and Jim Bean.
Also quite a bit of unsweet black tea

For routine relaxation a Diet Coke or Coke Zero (or if i'm splashing out with a rare sugar fix Irn Bru 1901)

or if i'm in need of more serious alcohol assisted relaxation a malt whisky, i favour the more peaty isla types, but enjoy most of them

Not a lot of East Asians that I can see in this thread eh?

I'm not a coffee guy, was raised off tea, so usually it's between Oolong, Jasmine, HK style tea or Earl Grey.

In terms of indulging sweet drinks, I drink bubble tea, usually matcha and original flavour. For fruity stuff, it's usually kumquat or grapefruit.

I don't really drink alcohol, but so far I like Chocolate Mudshakes and a really nice Apple Cider Sake. Usually the actual mix/cocktail I drink needs to have enough flavour to overpower the taste of alcohol for me to enjoy it. That's why beer and wine are off the board for me.

I mostly drink water and Gatorade even though I don't enjoy it. Tope the lemon lime up with either limo or lime juice and it's bearable Top the Orange up with Grapefruit juice and again it's palatable. I do enjoy Grapefruit juice.

Don't drink a lot of sodas any more just Ginger ale mostly or some cream soda if it's around but not daily just maybe 2 or 3 over a week.

Black coffee all year but a hint of cream and sugar when the days are shorter.

For milk I only drink our goats milk. There is a huge flavor and consistancy differance between that and what most people can buy at the store. Goat milk is superior.

For booze it's Wild turkey, Jack Denials and Jose cuervo reposado. But I have almost stopped drinking over the last two years.
I do enjoy a drink but not even once a month now. Which is fine because I can buy a more expensive bottle and it lasts much longer. I have a barrel proof Jack Daniels still on my shelf now that's more than 3 years old.

For tea My favorite is lapsang susong.

Coffee,
Coke etc
Ice Tea
Any decent beer
Just about anything with Rum in it. Including straight Rum. The stronger the better.

After a brief chat with Pyro, I had a fun idea that I wanted to swing past people on this thread after seeing everyone's replies.

Would anyone be interested in setting up a booze club?

My thought would be: you pick a drink you are particularly fond of from your local area and send it by post to those who are interested. It doesn't necessarily have to be alcohol but something that you are proud of from your region. And everyone in turn does the same thing, that way it's not a loss money wise.

I'm sure we could figure out a way to ship internationally so it isn't painfully expensive. Perhaps one person is designated as the recipient of everything from one nation and they send a box to someone international and then they distribute nationally?

Happy to workshop up a smarter way to do it, but anyone interested?