The description of this forum mentions drink recipes, so uh... let's talk about em!

I'm a bit of a beer snob, my favorite type of which have been IPAs lately. In terms of breweries, there are some REALLY small ones here in Washington, only distributed locally, that make fantastic beer, but the more widely-known ones that I love are Rogue and Deschutes (both from Oregon).

As far as cocktails go, I'm not a big fan of 'em, but I do like bourbon and I recently learned a good way to make it even better - it's called an Old Fashioned. You start with a small amount of simple syrup and two jots of bitters, then a double shot of bourbon (preferably Maker's Mark) and as much ice as you can fit, plus a twist. Good stuff.

edit: Oh jebus christ, did I really post this in the user reviews forum? LOL. I especially like how my post specifically references the forum that I thought I was posting in, and I don't even have the excuse of being under the influence of one of the quality beverages I mentioned. Mods, halp plz :(

Well this is an interesting thread. Nice to talk about something other than tech every once in a while. I'm not a drinker myself, but I love dishes cooked with wine and different things like that. A lot of things cooked with Jack Daniel's No. 7 are pretty good, especially the things featured at TGI Fridays. Bourbon and wines also make great sauces. I've been wanting to experiment with some different drinks in cooking lately, and quite frankly, sauces made out of alcoholic drinks just make a lot of foods taste better.

Wrong forum, no?

I'm a big fan of Smirnof vodka and Greygoose, I hate mixing it with anything.. I like how it burns on the way down. Also liquor 43, its a bit hard to find but its worth the hunt.

I love the Japanese beers Sappporo, Kirin and Asahi. As far as spirits, Vanilla Rum and Coke go great together since NZ stopped getting Vanilla Coke in bottles larger than 600ml.

Bump so somebody will see this and move it to the correct forum.

I'm still a bit sick of alchol after schoolies. But anywho... I enjoy Caramel Bailies, burban and cola, vodka mixed with anything really.

I dislike beer (very unaustralian of me) and Tequila (also because of schoolies).

Scotch, for preference. Laphroaig, Lagavulin, and Highland Park are some of my favourites (the last being something of a dark horse among my usual choice of peaty Islay malts.)

Also, Guinness, when in pubs, or Ale, where it's served. (Deuchars, Batemans XXXB, and Greene King IPA are some favourites there).

Absinthe, for hard-core value

TheNecroswanson:

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Absinthe, for hard-core value

Funny story about absinthe, my brother did absinthe and shrooms in one setting in highschool and has been talking in his sleep ever since. We're going on 6 years now.

That's past hard-core, that's just madness. Kudos to him for surviving though. :)

Vodka and...well anything really. I'll always take a good orange juice screwdriver!

I'm up to tring anything at least once. I heard about cuervo and cola on the stupid television the other day and tried that...not too bad. Mixing it helps (lol)

"A caucasian, Jackie."

This dude abides with White Russians. 1 part Vodka, 1 part Kaluha, 1part Half & Half, poured over ice.

Even better with Vanilla vodka. Mmmmmmm.

I know it sounds cool to order caucasians, and I went through a phase of doing that whenever I could, but I finally decided that I just don't like 'em very much.

Great movie though; I love how he's drinking something in practically every scene. What an alcoholic, lol.

I make it a point to try a new drink whenever I'm drinking, but my old standby is Newcastle Brown Ale.

Absinthe has a horrible after taste.

I usually like anything... anything except beer.
I went to Barbados and I really enjoyed Mount Gay Rum.

I had something called a "Brain", once. It's a double-shot of Vodka and Kahlua with a drop of Irish Cream Baileys in the middle, with the Baileys floating in the center of the glass like a brain or something.

Tastes good.

HSIAMetalKing:
I had something called a "Brain", once. It's a double-shot of Vodka and Kahlua with a drop of Irish Cream Baileys in the middle, with the Baileys floating in the center of the glass like a brain or something.

Tastes good.

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Must drink. That one sounds quite nice actually.

I'm a huge fan of drinks...

Long Island Iced Tea
Irish Carbomb
Jagerbomb
Red-Headed Slut
Three Kings/Three Wise-men/Whatever you want to call it (Shooter consisting of equal parts Jack, Jim, and Johnnie)

When mixing things for myself, I often favor Coke with Black Seal Dark Rum (hard to go wrong with rum and cola).

If doing things straight, I'm a huge fan of Grey Goose (that someone above likes Smirnoff AND Goose makes me question their taste...), or authentic tequila shots, i.e. salt->shot->lime (Cuervo being perfectly acceptable, as it tastes like butterscotch to me, but 1800 Reposado being a dandy alternative when available).

OH, and beer, of course. I love trying new beer, especially at smaller breweries. Dogfish Head gets some pretty wide distribution, and some of their stuff is quite fun. Alternatively, at your average bar, I enjoy Sam Adams (and many of their seasonal varieties), Newcastle, Yuengling, Blue Moon, or any hefeweizen that isn't Widmer Bros. If at a REALLY classy joint, I'll probably go for some sort of Belgian, such as Huyghe's Delirium Tremens (in my head, I always say "Huyghe" like the king in Holy Grail talking about the bride-to-be's tracts of land.)

Last, but not least, wine: if I have my choice, I enjoy things like White Zinfandels and White Grenache (sissy wines), but on doctor's orders, I'm drinking reds instead, such as the Los Vascos Cabernet Sauvignon (yay for relatively cheap, quality Chilean wine, while it lasts).

That mint chocolate Baileys drink is awsome, Baileys in general is great, specially with ice.

For non-alcoholic stuff, I would have to say rootbeet. Best soda imo.

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For non-alcoholic stuff, I would have to say rootbeet. Best soda imo.

Yeah, that sounds..... awesome! ;)

"why is the rum always gone?!" *staggers* "ah yes, thats why."
had to do that for my friend..shes a rum whore. hehe

Whisky all the way.

*loves on bottle*

It's not called the 'water of life' for nothing people.

^_^

My favourite is Southern Comfort and Lemonade. I also dig vodka and red bull and then the shooter Suitcase which consists of a shotglass of Jack Daniels and a shot glass of passion fruit.

Being that I am 18 and that it's much easier to get drugs in South Carolina than alcohol, I usually only get to drink the miscellaneous things that my friends manage to smuggle out of their parents' house.

So we enjoy improvising with what we have-- one good fun thing that we did was make ice cream floats in Icehouse. Also mixed half a bottle of vitamin water with Everclear, which infuses one with some wicked Guitar Hero skills.

HSIAMetalKing:
Also mixed half a bottle of vitamin water with Everclear, which infuses one with some wicked Guitar Hero skills.

As irresponsible as underage drinking is, that is how real rock-stars do it...

Well for beer i love Leffe Brun, dark larger is fantastic stuff or if i'm going for for a stout then i'm into Tanglefoot or Thursty Ferret (proper english ale :)

Or cider (and not what they call cider in the US), well it's gotta be Magners over ice for me, fantastic stuff.

Cocktails, now that's a subject i love, some of my favourites are...

Brandy Cuban - It's a double of Brandy, juice of half a lime then topped up with coke.

Margaritas - double of tequila, shot of Cointreau and juice of half a lime, I pour them over crushed ice and rim the glass with slightly ground rock salt.

Turbo Coffe - My own invention this one, strong coffe (the stronger the better) double of Tia Maria and a Double of Dooleys, you can use baileys instead of Dooleys if you preffer, or you can use single shots if you want...but that's just crazy talk.

Woo Woo - single Vodka, single Archers and double of cranberry juice

Mini Guinness - in a shot glass 3/4 fill it with kahlua and then using the back of a teaspoon to keep it seperate pour a haalf and half mix of milk and vodka to top it up (when done it should look like the head on a guinness) if you'd rather you can use baileys instead of the milk/vodka mix.

Sex on the Beach - proper little holiday cocktail this one, i use a double of vodka, a double of archers then top it up with Orange, cranberry and pinapple juice (works best if you dont wix it up too much so you can see the different colours of the juices in the glass)

White russian but that's already been mentioned.

Also I do like a nice bottle of wine but i'm not going to get into that.

I'll stop there for now as it's making me thirsty and it's lunch time here and if i don't then next thing i know I'll be talking some of my workmates into going to the pub, instead i'm gonna go to the gym and not think about drink!

Guinness!

"If it's not black, send it back"

Guinness and blackcurrant cordial..... i really should have put that on my list, thats my top clubbing drink, couple of them and you don't need to eat for the weekend & it's sooooo smooooth!

I drink alot of stuff really, so far the main one has been a double Southern Comfort. love the stuff, if failing that just some Jagermeister, be it on its own or with Red Bull or Orange, still gooood stuff.

Two cocktails i mainly drink..well ones a cocktail the other is just...niiice

Blue Lagoon - Vodka, Blue Curacao, Lemonade, Lime and a load of ice. nice enjoyable drink :)

Jagerbullsourz - Jager, Red bull, Apple Sourz.

heheh lol i hate alcohol =P call me stupid but it's not my style :D i prefer a Dr.Pepper can instead =P

HSIAMetalKing:
I had something called a "Brain", once. It's a double-shot of Vodka and Kahlua with a drop of Irish Cream Baileys in the middle, with the Baileys floating in the center of the glass like a brain or something.

Tastes good.

In my area, that's called a 'brain hemmhorage' and instead of just a drop of baileys, it's a half-shot glass of baileys dropped in a larger shot glass of vodka/kahlua mix.

As for my favourite, I'm a big fan of a local drink called 'Meow Mix' It's strawberry liquor, baileys, and some other kind of alcohol served in a brandy snifter topped with whipped cream and a cherry - girliest drink ever!

I'm more of a coffee person myself. It taste good, warm (cold where I live) and gives you energy, especially when you have allot at once. I think my favorite flavor would be French Vanilla.

Energy drinks are good when the event is right, on a frequent basis they just raise your caffine tolerance like a brick wall and is the equivalent cost to a gallon of gas.

Finally, all my bar tending skills will come in handy!

I personally like Gentleman's Jack (it's a step up from Jack Daniels, so no harsh throat feeling) and I usually mix that with ginger ale if not on the rocks with some water.

As for shots...you have come to the right place! I hope none of these are repeats (they shouldn't be though):

Hot Apple Pie: (in a shot glass)- half shot goldschlauger, half shot bailey's, top with Bacardi 151 and light it on fire. Then sprinkle cinnamon on top. Blow is out and make sure the glass isn't hot then knock it back. Takes just like hot apple pie. ****WARNING**** You can can burned if you don't blow out the fire and if you are a jackass, don't even try this drink because you will burn something down.

Slippery Nipple: (in a shot glass) - half shot butterscotch schnapps, half shot baileys ***NOTE*** for added effect top with 151, strike it and put cinnamon on it. ****WARNING**** see above warning

Brain Hemorrhage: (In a shot glass) - half peach schnapps, half baileys, drop or two of grenadine (you'll see what happens)

Chocolate Booger: (In a shot glass) - half midori, half baileys, drop or two of chocolate liquor

I have tons of them, so I'll stop there. I will reiterate, if you or any of your friends are dumb, don't do the ones that light on fire. I will not be held responsible for you being retarded.

This is differnt, but I guess I would have to go with a cold beer, or some sort of spirit. Non alcoholic you say? Then coffee all the way. :D