I love whiskey sours and can drink a whole pitcher full during one sitting at home but am wondering if it’s too “ghetto” to drink at a business meeting or something. I only turned legal drinking age a few months ago so I’m not sure of the protocol for these situations. Is wine really my only option for dinners cause I think cocktails are so friggin tasty. Or am I stuck in scotch on the rocks/old fogey drink hell whenever I go out?
On a seperate note, anybody happen to have this Martha Stewart recipe for whiskey sours that doesn’t use sour mix? It uses fresh juice only and is unreal.
Man, if you are drinking at a business meeting, I say there is no such thing as a bad choice!
Don’t worry about your choice.
Have you ever tried Manhattans?
And on a separate note, one should consider that drinking requires maturity, and is not a sign of maturity. Is drinking at these meetings “required”? Wouldn’t it show more maturity to say, “No, thank you, I have to drive.” Turning 21 (or 18) does not automatically make one mature.
As I told my students (not of legal drinking age), doing what adults do does not make you an adult. Being able to do what adults do and choosing responsibly makes you an adult.
Translated: Turning 21 and drinking does not show that you are an adult. Turning 21, being “allowed” to drink, and choosing not to for appropriate reasons show that you are an adult.
Dad tells me Martha Stewart is pure evil and her rap sheet bears this out, so I wouldn’t be slamming down any whiskey sours concocted by her.
To tell the truth, I wouldn’t be drinking anything but spring water at business meetings because you might be called on for suggestions. Under the influence of alcohol you could say anything, even how much you looooovvvvve the guy next to you. With pure, clear water, everyone will believe what you say and won’t just dismiss you as ‘ripped straight to the tits.’
Are you condemned to old fogey drinks like scotch when you go out? Now that you have cultivated a taste for Demon Rum, probably. At least that’s what Jenna and Barbara say once they’re bailed out. I would switch to single-malt scotch if I were you. A bottle of Talisker will probably set you back $65, but the boys at the business meeting will be too busy adding up the cost to care.
Men at business affairs shouldn’t drink anything that isn’t clear or brown (or the yellow that comes from mixing a brown liquor with water). You can also drink wine, but a drink (that is, a cocktail) is more appropriate unless you’re sitting at the table in front of a plate of food. (Margaritas are also OK at a mexican restaurant, but only if they are green and preferably unfrozen.)
I think whiskey sours are OK, but if you’re in a particularly formal environment, I’d avoid them. (By particularly formal, I mean one in which your collegues know when to switch from black tie to white tie. Pretty rare these days.) A Manhattan is a woman’s drink. My drink is the gin & tonic, but again, that wouldn’t be acceptable is a really formal environment. The most formal drinks are the scotch and water, the martini (or vodka martini, but they suck ass), and the gibson (which is a martini with onions instead of olives). I’d avoid the martini family, though, as they are pure booze and are therefore dangerous if you’re not used to them.
With regard to alcohol, women are very lucky – they can drink anything they want as long as the name isn’t too embarrasing. Hell, they can order a Midori sour (best drink in the world – too bad it’s a pale green) or even a daquiri. Of course, we get paid more for equal work and can pee standing up, so I guess it evens out.
I’m not really talking about board meetings or stuff like that. I just mean when people go to lunch or dinner together and stuff. Or if my girlfriend’s parents invite me for dinner where I’m wearing a jacket.
For some reason I think of all whiskey drinks as “ghetto”
Maybe the southern thing? I dunno. But I love Tennessee Teas too. Yum. And of course the original – Jack and Coke.
Maybe I’m not formal, but I’ll chime in anyway.
Beer?
Isn’t it ALWAYS acceptable?
Ok, quit looking at me like that. I’m gonna go back to watch NASCAR and WWF now.
Manhattan a woman’s drink? For crying out loud! If that’s so, I want to meet those women!
A manhattan is simply the most effective way to make a boatload of powerful booze taste great. I have known few men who drink manhattans, and no women. In my mind, choosing something like that will give you points for thinking for yourself. Most folk won’t even know what the heck is in one.
I don’t know about your “ghetto” category. I tend to consider Jack and cokes and 7&7s kids drinks, because those are what I drank when I was a kid. But if that is what you feel like drinking, go right ahead. In the social situations you describe they are pretty safe choices because the ingredients are pretty common.
I think it is always a bad idea to drink something in particular in an attempt to impress someone. Guess that’s a benefit of being a married old fart. Hell, if I feel like a Mai Tai, a shot of vodka, or a freaking Fuzzy Navel, that’s what I’ll order, whether I’m with my boss or my wife, out or at home. But I generally stick to gin and beer.
What Scotch have you been drinking? A decent Highland Single Malt is perfect for sipping and enjoying in any environment. Seven and seven is for high school kids.
Agreed, but a single malt would violate monster’s rule against shots, since you would never mix a decent scotch. So many friggin’ rules.
Personally, I drink Irish with a water back or top-shelf vodka on the rocks. If it’s a snacky thing, I drink wine. If it’s business, I just say no and then suck up the trade secrets when my peers get sloshed.
Drink whatever the hell you feel like drinking. It’s your tastebuds. Just switch to soft drinks or water after the first two or three if drinking with your employers.
And can we all take a leap of faith here, jump into the unknown, slough off some stereotypes and not generalise on which drinks are for certain groups of people ? The only valid reasons to choose certain drinks are :
a) you like the taste,
b) you’d like to try a new taste,
c) alcohol content (i.e to limit your alcohol intake)
That said, you may choose to ask for a Baileys and Sambuca rather than a “slippery nipple” if that’s what you’d like to drink, but don’t think it’s appropriate to order aloud. (i.e in front of your boss/mother-in-law/grandmother)
A single malt scotch isn’t a shot. You sip it. You slam a shot.
I say, as long as you aren’t doing tequila shots (or even worse, a mezcal shot with the worm in it), you could do worse. You probably also want to avoid Colt 45, Old English 800, anything on fire, Bacardi 151, and Mad Dog 20/20.
