Name yer poison.

WLV612 · 02-11-11 13:00:43

Most sites have one of these threads and they go hand in hand with the food thread. Might even be one in the back pages.
Regardless;
What's your beverage/beverages, of choice?

For me, coffee primarily. Very strong and sweet. In large quantities. Then water.
I have a very low tolerance to alcohol, therefore if I do drink, I want the best.
I like a good, solid IPA. Lot's of micro-brews on the market now (Too many....) and they tend to depart from the original IPA basic but there's one or two that are consistent and flavorful. (Beer has the plus of being beneficial health wise for the kidney's, bladder, etc.)
Liquor. Single malt Scotch. Talisker, 18. A bit pricey but worth every penny. Oban and Glennfiddich has a nice 18 year old and it's a bit less expensive. (When I'm in NYC, I usually have a Bloody Mary with my brunch. Never had a poorly made Bloody Mary in NYC.)
I like the Italian approach to wine. You don't sniff it, you don't hold it up to a light or swirl it around in a glass, you drink it. With a good meal. So most any Chianti is good. Often, the less expensive, the better. So I don't over think my wine.
Having stated that, my coffee's ready.
На здоровье!

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trevjarv · 02-11-11 19:03:24

Tea (I know, stereotypical Brit that I am) with Milk and Sugar
Mint Chocolate Cocoa drink
MacDonals Chocolate Milkshake
Pepsi
Orange and Mango / Pineapple Squash
Ginger Beer

Alcohol

Whiskey and Ginger
Dooleys
Port
Stella Artois

viva · 03-11-11 00:44:11

Coffee, strong, black, no sugar. It's hard for Australians to get the balance of water to espresso right. In the states I will happily drink well-brewed drip or french pressed coffee. In France what I like is called 'cafe alongee', here, it's called a long black. In Israel (and when camping) I am majorly into the turkish coffee with cardamom - that I drink sweet with raw sugar. I give a tutorial on how to make it, naked, in my ISM vid. Ha.

I am a water fiend too, I never go anywhere without my bottle, like a baby

Babies don't like beer, but I do. In the States I have a range of go-to Microbrews, but here in Australia as far as I'm concerned there is one perfect beer, and that be Coopers green.

Wine in Australia is a dodgy situation, you can pay $30 and get shwill, or buy a random cheap bottle and it's drinkable. I never really get delicious wine here unless I'm in a very fancy restaurant. Save that indulgence for when I am in France.

My "classy" pre-dinner drink is Campari w. grapefruit, and I like Gin n tonics too. I love those new-fashioned "mixologist" cocktails - what with the muddling and the touches of exotic liquors - but they have to be amazing, otherwise I'd rather drink the liquor straight than have it mixed poorly with sweet things.

but mostly water water water like a little green thing I love water.

domC · 03-11-11 04:11:52

Scotch.

(And, anticipating the scotch nerd question, "yeah, but which scotch?" I like peaty-arse Islay single malts. If it tastes like the essence of autumn distilled in a bottle with an undercurrent of blood, cigarette butts and man-sweat, I will like it. Laphroaig is my semi-affordable option, but I like Bruichladdich's 18 year old, Ardbeg's 10 year old that tastes like a fucking bonfire and when I'm feeling a little dainty and lady-like, Caol Ila's 12 year old. Generally, I'm careful with money - I need to be when I'm on my fifth year of uni studies - but my scotch shelf is a neatly confined area of absolute excess. Sometimes I also like gin and when I like gin, that gin is Millers.)

viva · 03-11-11 05:14:13

This thread just got super sexy. ^

Also I really like how almost everything in that post was parenthetical.

Liquid · 03-11-11 06:14:07

Primarily water.

For soft drinks I love Dr. Pepper.

Apple or orange juice are great too.

Can't stand coffee or beer.

If I drink alcohol at all it will be Boone's wine or Bacardi Breezer's.

WLV612 · 03-11-11 12:59:51

viva wrote:

This thread just got super sexy. ^

I had clicked away and was going to put my computer in sleep and start my day when the penny dropped on this line and laughed out loud and had to let you know.
I'm a bit slow in the morning 'til I had my coffee.
It looks as if water is a fave. Like my father, I can't drink enough. I have two sports bottles and a carafe in the 'fridge at all times and refill often.

domC,

I've read about Laphroaig many times, Ian Rankin mentions it in most his novels, but I've never tried it. I'll correct that.
I also keep a 1/5th of Stranahan's Small Batch Whiskey on hand. And as with my Scotch, taken neat.

artemesia · 04-11-11 02:13:08

I think a ton of authors have inspired me to drink.

If I'm feeling jazzy I'll drink Heineken thanks to Haruki Murakami- heineken sponsor a lot of jazz events and festivals.

If i wanna get wasted I'll drink a shot of jamiesons, followed by a pot/pint of beer - thanks to William Gibson, the bf of Mona in Monalisa overdrive. And Bukowski, the boilermaker is a sure thing indeed...

But the rest, I drink tea every chance I get.

And coffee...

but only when my local coffee guy isn't being a douche.

I don't know why I have this relationship with coffee guys.. it starts off being friendly, but then they get rude, and ruder still till finally, I start swearing at them and then they are nice to me again

Luckily I'm not inspired by songs, else John Lee Hooker would have me on the floor everytime....

aven frey · 04-11-11 03:59:58

Water, tea and juice. I don't like coffee or beer. When I drink I usually stick with vodka and orange. I care little about the quality of the vodka but I care a lot about the quality of the orange juice. I don't drink very often, probably this is inspired by Bukowski!

Nowaysis · 06-11-11 00:09:47

Tea, Earl Grey, hot!

artemesia · 08-11-11 07:47:20

i have to also add despite it not being poison, the green smoothie....

http://greensmoothiesblog.com/

it's the latest in food fashion beyond mangosteen juice, guava and goji berries.

yum yum yum

blissed · 08-11-11 11:57:40

Milk. You'd be surprised how that fluid raises many eyebrows in a pub. It's a fluid, it's my favourite. I don't like the taste of alcohol and I'm not gonna try alcopops or vodka and orange because you can only taste the orange. Would people say that to a 10 year old? If my body doesn't want something it doesn't get it.

Anyway milk in a pub. Foody pubs are OK because they love to sell you a glass for £5 a pint But they still think it's a little strange, so do people at the bar even though the food tables are only a few meters away.

It's part of unbiqitous conformity. the checked shirts. (I've got 3 The giving cash to me so I the penis owner can go and pay for the meal when I'm only paying half. The not playing on the absolutely amazing park play contraptions kids have when the kids are at school and their contraptions are doing nothing.

The opprseesive minutia of conformity is just as bad as having to straighten your tie, tuck your shirt in and shine your shoes. Yeah drinking milk in a bar is my stand for personal freedom!!!

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