# Favorite drinks? (alcoholic) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 6, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515 "2006-04-06T02:21:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/1 "2006-04-06T02:21:27Z")
What are some of your favorite drinks? Me, I don’t like the taste of alcohol so I drink frou-frou sissy girly mixed drinks. Some of my favorites: margarita white russian (especially with vanilla vodka) buttery nipple chocolate martini sex on the beach various daquiris pina colada electric kamikazi nuts & berries and then there are any number of inventions that various bars make up as their own specialties… So what do you like? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/2 "2006-04-06T02:26:07Z")
Martini(shaken, not stirred) Gin and Tonic Margarita Rum and (lime)Coke ---
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/3 "2006-04-06T02:30:31Z")
White Russians (the Dude’s beverage of choice) and whiskey & Coke. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/4 "2006-04-06T02:30:57Z")
I drink a lot of Bud Light. It’s my drink of choice. Margaritas, no salt. Strawberry daiquiris with the mix, not real strawberries (seeds squick me out) But I’m in college and I mainly drink beer. When I get an apartment and a 21 year old roommate in August, I’ll start trying more kinds of beer too. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/5 "2006-04-06T02:38:44Z")
I totally cannot drink beer. I hate the taste ☹ Some ciders are ok, if they’re sweet enough. Favorite wine would be a German reisling that I don’t remember the name of… it’s in a blue bottle… really yummy stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8797f3/32.png) [@Ins\_Outs\_What-have-yous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ins_Outs_What-have-yous)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/6 "2006-04-06T02:42:05Z")
This is a rum and juice cocktail drink that I concocted (bahama mama variant?): 3/4 oz. Malibu® coconut rum 1 oz Bacardi® Superior rum 3/4 oz. Arrow® banana schnappes 2 oz. OJ (not from concentrate) 2 oz. pineapple juice dash of grenadine splash of Sprite® Fill hurricane-type glass w/ ice cubes and add ingredients in descending order as listed. Drink w/ a funny, colorful straw. Optional: add slice of pineapple and/or orange and a parasol umbrella. ---
**Author:** ![Lionne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Lionne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lionne)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/7 "2006-04-06T02:50:02Z")
Margarita, hands down. Lots of salt on the rocks. Preferably with Cointreau and Grand Marnier…I don’t like it too sweet, though. I like Mudslides too. Baileys, Frangelico, Kahlua… ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/8 "2006-04-06T03:01:19Z")
Almost anything from Montreal’s [McAuslan](http://www.mcauslan.com/en/) brewery. For pure beery enjoyment, nothing beats the McAuslan Cream Ale (though the St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout is nice, too). If I want to have a pint or three, though, I default to the much lighter St. Ambroise Pale. Best brewery in Canada, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/9 "2006-04-06T03:06:49Z")
My boyfriend’s family has the best margarita recipe ever: In your blender, empty one of the little cans of frozen limeade mix. This can is now your measuring cup. Add: half a can of triple sec. 3/4 can of tequila. a splash of amaretto, and a splash of water. Add a bunch of ice and blend until smoothe. Add more ice if it isn’t slushy enough. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/10 "2006-04-06T03:14:59Z")
Bass or Guiness Jack and Coke Irish Coffee ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/11 "2006-04-06T03:23:39Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > My boyfriend’s family has the best margarita recipe ever: > > In your blender, empty one of the little cans of frozen limeade mix. This can is now your measuring cup. Add: half a can of triple sec. 3/4 can of tequila. a splash of amaretto, and a splash of water. Add a bunch of ice and blend until smoothe. Add more ice if it isn’t slushy enough. :eek: That is shockingly close to my “college margarita” recipe, which, as an adult, I can no longer drink because it has way too much alcohol in it. Little can of frozen limeade, a can of tequila, a can of vodka, half a can of triple sec, splash of amaretto. Damn tasty, but damn strong. We’ve tried them at half strength, and even then they’re too much. Now, my favorite drinks are probably a martini or a vodka gimlet. ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/12 "2006-04-06T03:31:10Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > My boyfriend’s family has the best margarita recipe ever: > > In your blender, empty one of the little cans of frozen limeade mix. This can is now your measuring cup. Add: half a can of triple sec. 3/4 can of tequila. a splash of amaretto, and a splash of water. Add a bunch of ice and blend until smoothe. Add more ice if it isn’t slushy enough. My aunt does it like that but adds a splash of OJ too. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/13 "2006-04-06T03:31:39Z")
Gin and tonic. Bourbon. Cape Cod (but it has to be my special recipe). Good beer. ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/14 "2006-04-06T03:40:49Z")
I’m pretty boring. I like Tanqueray or Bombay Sapphire & Tonic on a hot night. In the winter I might sip a good Irish or Scotch whiskey. I’m pretty much a beer & wine guy. My sister worked as a bartender while in school, and has made me about a gazillion different drinks (getting a “Screaming Multiple Orgasm” from your sister is a bit awkward) and I never ask for seconds. I like 'em, but they just don’t hold my interest, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/15 "2006-04-06T03:52:34Z")
From the [Downtown Grill & Brewery](http://www.downtownbrewery.com/The_Beer.html) in Knoxville, TN: The Downtown Nut Brown, the State Street Stout and the Alt are fantastic From [Bosco’s Brewery](http://www.boscosbeer.com/) in Nashvegas: The Germantown Alt and Isle of Skye are excellent; the last time I ate there they had just uncasked that week’s special: Hillsborough Stout. Room temperature and delicious. From the Blackstone Brewery, also in Nashville: The Nut Brown is nice, but I prefer the St. Charles Porter. I like the Red Springs, too. The only thing is that there’s too much uniformity throughout their selection… The best beer I’ve had in a while was a Calhoun’s seasonal bock. This was just last weekend in Gatlinburg (Smokey Mt. Brewery, just behind the Calhoun’s). I could’ve just kept sipping on that bock all dang night. And I love the Tuckaleechee Porter, too. And I’m never one to turn down a cool Goose Island Honker Ale. Too bad I can only get 'em in Chicago. Support your local brewmeisters! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/16 "2006-04-06T04:02:50Z")
Beer 7&7 Beer Sometimes an Amaretto & cream, but it’s been years Beer ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/17 "2006-04-06T04:05:44Z")
Sidecar Pegu Club Cocktail Whiskey Cocktail (aka an Old-Fashioned) Margarita Champagne Cocktail Sazerac Manhattan Cocktail Bronx Cocktail I’m also quite fond of something of my own invention–it’s conceptually similar to a perfect Manhattan, but made with single-barrel rum, maraschino, and dry vermouth. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/18 "2006-04-06T04:08:37Z")
Irish whiskey Dark, dark beer Spiced rum ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/19 "2006-04-06T04:43:07Z")
In the summer, a mojito is really good, especially with a stalk of sugar caine. I like them more minty than sweet. I also like a good bourbon on the rocks with just a splash of water. Black and Tan Gin and Tonic In the winter, a hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515/20 "2006-04-06T05:39:38Z")
Beer: Waterloo Dark by Brick Brewery. If you can get your hands on some, I highly recommend it. One of the finest dark beers out there. Wine: Late Harvest Riesling by Pelee Island Winery. Fantastic light dessert wine that goes very nicely with a slice of old cheddar. Only available from retailers during the fall around here. Fruity frou-frou: Tequila Rose. Random mix: Southern Comfort and Wink. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks-alcoholic/351515.md?page=2)