# Let's Talk Alcohol **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [April 12, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869 "2021-04-12T20:47:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![EyePaintFaces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyepaintfaces/32/7538_2.png) [@EyePaintFaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EyePaintFaces)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/42 "2021-04-13T14:28:04Z")
Hey some days I keep it under 10 other days not so much , and I’m definitely wholly serious and I will be careful thank you @Remember_me pardon me I meant what is your life coping method @DCnDC oh okay I’m based out of Arizona ill have to keep an eye out for it @SterlingArcher love the name BTW and I haven’t seen ancient age before @Elmer_J.Fudd Mexican mule is the same except just tequila ? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/43 "2021-04-13T14:29:02Z")
> [@EyePaintFaces](#): > > @Elmer_J.Fudd Mexican mule is the same except just tequila ? Yeah. And I keep both my tequila and vodka in the freezer. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/44 "2021-04-13T14:35:01Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > I invented a drink back when the first lockdown happened a year ago, which I called the “quarantine.”. It’s a double measure of Cynar, plus Canada Dry Bold\*, with a dash of Rose’s lime. You’re reeeal close to my favorite summer drink, the [Italian Buck](https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2016/10/italian-buck-amaro-montenegro-cynar-cocktail-highball-easy-drink-fall-recipe.html). Same basic profile but adding Amaro Montenegro (still bitter but more floral) to the mix. It’s still a refreshing, bitter drink but with a more complex profile than Cynar alone. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/45 "2021-04-13T14:39:15Z")
My hootch of choice is Laird’s Applejack 86, followed by Warehouse Release Tullamore Dew, then Romana Black Sambuca. My favorite mixed drink is a Chocolate-Covered Cherry(Double chocolate vodka and Wild Cherry Pepsi), and my brew is Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/46 "2021-04-13T14:52:46Z")
> [@EyePaintFaces](#): > > Ah okay checks out im currently buying the cheap shit and **limiting myself to 20 shots or so. Aday**   No further comment. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/47 "2021-04-13T15:53:27Z")
I am an unapologetic tippler. I wait till everything is done and I’m in for the day. And then I blow my fucking brains out. Not every day, but above average for even a Cheesehead. I keep it planned around my work and a business I own so as not to affect my performance with either. I most definitely drank more during the pandemic as did my wife. Mostly as there was nothing much else to do. One can only boredom boink so many times in a day. I never buy the same kind of beer twice in a row. And what I drink is all over the map. One day it might be Sam Adams, the next day Old Milwaukee. I have over 1300 ratings on [Ratebeer.com](http://Ratebeer.com). I like Bourbon whiskey. Especially in a properly made Old Fashioned. The only non-bourbon whiskey I drink is Crown Royal and Seagrams 7. I don’t care for other Canadian whiskies nor Irish whiskey. I can’t stand scotch. I loath vodka and don’t care much for gin. I don’t mind rum or brandy but I don’t drink them very often. I’ll drink wine from time to time but I like sweeter wines. Riesling Spatlese and rhine wines. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/48 "2021-04-13T16:00:27Z")
A tippler after my own heart! You’ve got the whole range of peatiness here, from the “how much smoke can we cram into a bottle” (Laphroaig, and hoo, boy, Octomore) to the whiff of peat from Bunnahabhain and Orkney’s Highland Park. You may have tried it already, but I’m a fan of the Caol Ila 12 year old. The smokiness creeps up on you in the finish. Also, Bruichladdich’s Port Charlotte offering is nicely peated, and at 50% abv, it’s surprisingly smooth. But for me, the King of the Peated Malts is Talisker, on the island of Skye, a bit north of Islay. Just my humble opinion. It’s hard for me to not jump in on this topic. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/49 "2021-04-13T16:08:53Z")
Last night I combined some cheap vodka, vanilla soy milk, and some [mint mocha kahlua.](https://www.kahlua.com/en/products/mint-mocha/) It was so good aI had a few more. ---
**Author:** ![EyePaintFaces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyepaintfaces/32/7538_2.png) [@EyePaintFaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EyePaintFaces)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/50 "2021-04-13T16:34:15Z")
@Czarcasm okay hey so my wife would like to know were to find double chocolate vodka or what brand/s are there that you know of also im definitely gonna have to google those other names they sound exotic Edit. Which brands is the chocolate best from @needscoffee yeah I’m working on it… @pkbites Holy shit 1300+ beer reviews ? Whats top 10 beers for you and your preferred type of beer i.e. pilsner etc and yeah I feel you on the Canadian it was okay for a time but its getting old and hard on the stomach . What about tequila ? Oh and I totally feel you on the boredom boinking good cardio tho Okay when you said sweeter wines I was praying you weren’t gonna say merlot lol @kayaker is that pretty much a white Russian? That mint mocha sounds fire ---
**Author:** ![TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thegunismightierthanthepen/32/2981_2.png) [@TheGunIsMightierThanThePen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheGunIsMightierThanThePen)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/51 "2021-04-13T16:42:32Z")
Great user name and avatar combo. 🙂 For some reason, my sense of taste is not very strong compared to others, which is why I favor the highly peated Islay whiskies, the ones that really kick you in the mouth. I suspect the reason those whiskies are so divisive is because their strength of flavor overwhelms people with normal taste buds, and knocks them flat on their back. I _have_ tried the Caol Ila 12 and the Talisker, and I felt they were fine whiskies, but they tend to be around ~$75/bottle in my region and compared to the Laphroaig Quarter Cask which I can get at ~$45/bottle, they’re just not as great as value propositions. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/52 "2021-04-13T16:43:39Z")
> [@EyePaintFaces](#): > > @kayaker is that pretty much a white Russian? That mint mocha sounds fire I called it a Caucasian, but yeah. Was delish! Paired nicely with Kosher Tangie. ---
**Author:** ![EyePaintFaces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyepaintfaces/32/7538_2.png) [@EyePaintFaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EyePaintFaces)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/53 "2021-04-13T16:46:13Z")
Hey how do I link your response how you did to mine ? I’ve been pairing my drinks with grease monkey Lol Caucasian I like it!! ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/54 "2021-04-13T16:48:29Z")
I wouldn’t say that I drink more with the pandemic, but to a degree what we drink has changed. Beforehand, it was a lot of stuff with limes and lemons like margaritas, sidecars, daiquiris, and caipirinhas, but with the pandemic, we haven’t been just stopping by the store on the way to/from somewhere if we’re out of citrus. So we find ourselves having more beer and wine, or things that require less overall citrus, like whiskey/rum bucks (or “mules” if you have to) and drinks without citrus on occasion. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/55 "2021-04-13T16:50:27Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > I’ll drink wine from time to time but I like sweeter wines. Riesling Spatlese and rhine wines. May I suggest you try a few semi-sweet to sweet meads? I do like a Riesling, tawny port or Moscato from time to time, but a good mead warms my heart as do no others. I suggest [Redstone Meadery](https://www.redstonemeadery.com/) which is semi-local to me, and who had awesome in house visits and tasting [admittedly, it’s a small business working in a chunk of a strip mall, but they were super nice]. I’ve seen in available in stores outside of Colorado as well. While I like them, my problem before and during COVID is the whole ‘drink-it-before-it-goes-off’. I just don’t drink enough to justify a bottle unless I’m sharing, and since my wife prefers dry whites . . . just doesn’t work, thus my fondness for long lasting, shelf-stable options. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/56 "2021-04-13T17:03:28Z")
> [@EyePaintFaces](#): > > @Czarcasm okay hey so my wife would like to know were to find double chocolate vodka or what brand/s are there that you know of also im definitely gonna have to google those other names they sound exotic > > Edit. Which brands is the chocolate best from I prefer 360 Double Chocolate Vodka for best chocolate taste. ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/57 "2021-04-13T17:04:33Z")
That’s fair. There’s certainly a wide range of price points, and the Lagavulin 16 is no slouch as far as price is concerned. A saying I once heard: “The best whisky in Scotland is the one in your glass.” Laphroaig Quarter Cask at $45 per bottle is an impressive find; it runs around $85 here. Local pricing has been thrown for a loop due to the Trump Whisky Tariff (has that been rescinded yet?) and supply disruptions from COVID. I’m hoping that things will stabilize by summer. Slàinte Mhath! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/58 "2021-04-13T17:10:51Z")
> [@EyePaintFaces](#): > > Hey how do I link your response how you did to mine ? Highlight the words you want to quote. A “quote” bubble will pop up, click on that. Viola! ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/59 "2021-04-13T17:12:17Z")
> [@EyePaintFaces](#): > > @pkbites Holy shit 1300+ beer reviews ? Whats top 10 beers for you and your preferred type of beer It seems like a lot but there are people on that site that have tens of thousands of ratings. Both my wife and I have been to all 50 states and over 30 countries. There are a lot of beers that never get distributed outside of their own country or area. You have to be there to try them. My favorite style is bohemian. Lagers, ales, pale ales, etc round out my favorites list. But I’ll try anything I haven’t had yet. I have only given 2 beers a perfect rating. Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale and Sprecher Milwaukee Pils. They are a pale ale and a bohemian respectively. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/60 "2021-04-13T17:18:35Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale YES!!! My all time favorite. ---
**Author:** ![EyePaintFaces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyepaintfaces/32/7538_2.png) [@EyePaintFaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EyePaintFaces)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869/61 "2021-04-13T17:54:36Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Highlight the words you want to quote. A “quote” bubble will pop up, click on that. Viola! Thanks kayaker !! 🙂 @pkbites thats just so many beers still lol so for each you try how often have you said hell no and is Oskar blues readily available do you know in local grocers possibly ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-alcohol/939869.md?page=4)