# Favorite Drinks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks/530074 "2010-02-23T02:57:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks/530074/21 "2010-02-26T02:18:30Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > it’s awesome to see so many g&t fans out there. G&T was made for the tropics. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks/530074/22 "2010-02-26T03:28:28Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Grayhound - half grapefruit juice (non sugared), half Vodka (Stolichnaya) > > The vodka tones down the grapefruit and the grapefruit tones down the vodka, I wouldn’t drink either any other way. Damn, I love those! Can’t drink grapefruit juice anymore because it interferes with a medication… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks/530074/23 "2010-02-26T03:36:54Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Grayhound - half grapefruit juice (non sugared), half Vodka (Stolichnaya) > > The vodka tones down the grapefruit and the grapefruit tones down the vodka, I wouldn’t drink either any other way. You might like the Hemingway daiquiri (Papa Doble) then 1.5 oz light rum 3/4 oz lime juice 1/2 oz grapefruit juice 1/4 oz maraschino liqueur (I go light on it - 1 tsp) 1 tsp sugar ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks/530074/24 "2010-02-26T05:15:16Z")
After having tended bar in a college town in my youth, the very smell of most mixers just about gags me. Therefore, I tend to operate on the KISS principal when it comes to hard liquor. My current favorite winter drink is Buffalo Trace or Pappy VanWinkle with a splash of water. Summers, I go for Tanqueray and Tonic tall with two wedges of lime. Once in a while, when the mood strikes for something a bit sweet, a shot of Rumplemintz in a cup of hot chocolate hits the spot. Summers, the sweet tooth is satisfied with a shot of amaretto or Rumplemintz in a tall glass of unsweetened iced tea (the liqueur adds all of the sweetening needed). ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks/530074/25 "2010-02-26T05:51:22Z")
I like Bourbon (Jim Beam or Wild Turkey, in that order of preference) neat or on the rocks. I also like Old Fashioneds (Bourbon or Southern Comfort) and I like them made correctly with the fruit mashed on the bottom, the booze measured, and made with bitters **NOT** [mix](http://www.citymade.com/images/jeroLG.jpg). Any bartender that uses mix is a freaking hack and gets no tip! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks/530074/26 "2010-02-26T14:10:30Z")
> [@bump](#): > > You might like the Hemingway daiquiri (Papa Doble) then > > 1.5 oz light rum > 3/4 oz lime juice > 1/2 oz grapefruit juice > 1/4 oz maraschino liqueur (I go light on it - 1 tsp) > 1 tsp sugar Uh…I’m a guy. ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks/530074/27 "2010-02-26T14:46:49Z")
**pkbites** , you rule. Old fashioneds are indeed the bomb, but up here I have to order them as follows: “Bourbon old fashioned, please.” Else I get them made with brandy, which is no good. Stupid Wisconsinites, screwing up my old fashioneds with their love of brandy. There’s a place downtown that makes excellent old fashioneds, all with the muddling and the bitters and the yum. Divine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-drinks/530074.md?page=1)