# My favorite mixed drink is a Rusty Nail. And yours? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 16, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655 "2011-06-16T02:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/1 "2011-06-16T02:37:04Z")
My favorite mixed drink is a Rusty Nail. And yours? (Margaritas come close, though.) ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/2 "2011-06-16T02:39:24Z")
I’m partial to a good gin & tonic. Other than that I usually take my booze neat. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/3 "2011-06-16T02:40:07Z")
Hard time choosing between an old fashioned daiquiri and just a plain Old Fashioned. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/4 "2011-06-16T02:46:05Z")
Moved IMHO --\> Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/5 "2011-06-16T03:07:11Z")
The one I order most often: Margarita The one I make the most at home: Manhattan ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/6 "2011-06-16T03:09:04Z")
Bourbon (or Jack in the Black) and Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/7 "2011-06-16T03:10:28Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > My favorite mixed drink is a Rusty Nail. And yours? > > (Margaritas come close, though.) I think I love you. Wait, are you female? ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/8 "2011-06-16T03:27:43Z")
The Smurf 44oz of Mountain Dew Between 15-25 of the blue raspberry flavor shots from Circle K (at this point the drink is called a Señor Azul) About 6 shots of vodka (however much it takes to fill the 44oz cup back up after a bit of loitering before returning home with the goods) ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/9 "2011-06-16T03:43:56Z")
I ran into a bar in San Jose that actually knew what a Greyhound was. Yea! ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/10 "2011-06-16T03:52:43Z")
[Long Slow Comfortable Screw Against the Wall](http://www.webtender.com/db/drink/4604) for obvious reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/11 "2011-06-16T03:53:22Z")
I don’t drink mixed drinks, in general. The best one I ever had was called a Snickers Bar by the guy who made it. I don’t recall the recipe, but it included hazelnut liqueur and a bunch of other stuff. Joe ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/12 "2011-06-16T03:58:41Z")
I once took a bartending course (never did get a job as a bartender, though), where one’s final project was to invent a new cocktail recipe. Mine was the “Scotch Engineer”: 1 oz. Scotch, 1 oz. gin, club soda over ice. I mention it only for purposes of elimination. It was no more palatable than one might expect of a recipe based on a pun. :o ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/13 "2011-06-16T04:00:57Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > I’m partial to a good gin & tonic. > Other than that I usually take my booze neat. Interestingly, when I was in Kenya in 2009, I learned that a G&T is not considered a mixed drink there. Presumably because you can “mix” it yourself if they bring you gin & a bottle of tonic. My favorite mixed drink is one I can only get at home these days, though my guy reverse engineered it from a bar that’s now out of business. It’s a pear flavored drink the bar called a “Le Fleur”. If I’m out and about, I’m most likely to order a margarita. That said, I’m finding mezcal drinks to be far superior. I mostly find this interesting because I’ll drink many a tequila neat, but I’ve only found one mezcal that I find palatable neat. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/14 "2011-06-16T04:01:33Z")
It was a Glenlivet Rusty Nail that moved me out of wine and beer land into the cocktail universe, but my drink of choice is a nice basic gin martini these days, thank you. Yes, I believe I will have another… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/15 "2011-06-16T04:08:23Z")
Mine would be an Atomic Suicide for sentimental reasons, but on its own merits, I’d probably go with a Shirley Temple. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/16 "2011-06-16T04:10:13Z")
A gin and tonic when I’m classy, a California Cocaine if I wanna get trashy. ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/17 "2011-06-16T04:12:28Z")
Sazerac, even though I currently have to go to Herculean efforts to get the Peychaud’s bitters. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/18 "2011-06-16T04:13:36Z")
Either a Red Death, or a place near here make something called a Suffering Bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/19 "2011-06-16T04:17:27Z")
Sex on the Beach, with more schnapps and less vodka. ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/20 "2011-06-16T04:48:20Z")
Tequila Sunrise. LOVE 'EM. Lime Margarita on the rocks is very good too. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655.md?page=2)