# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/41 "2011-06-16T16:21:36Z")
Sazerac tops my list, although I’ve only found 2 places in town to get a good one (for those of you in the Minneapolis area, the two are Bradstreet and Donnie Dirk’s Zombie Den). A good sidecar is always enjoyable, but lately I’ve been on a Manhattan kick. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/42 "2011-06-16T16:32:14Z")
I can’t say I have a favorite, but I particularly like: Caipirinhas - Brazilian drink made of limes, cachaca and sugar. Mojitos - the real thing made only from fresh mint, lime, sugar, soda water and rum. Mai Tai - the original Trader Vic one - dark & amber rum, orgeat and lime, IIRC. Jack Rose - applejack, grenadine, lime None but the Brave - Pimento dram(allspice liqueur), lemon juice, bourbon. Sazerac - Rye whiskey/Cognac, Peychaud’s Bitters, dash of absinthe, sugar. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/43 "2011-06-16T17:09:37Z")
Not much of a cocktail guy myself, but in the summer, I like gin and tonics (don’t forget the lime), as well as the occasional margarita on the rocks. If micheladas are included in as a mixed drink, then put me in for one of those, too. Oh, and scotch-and-soda (Dewar’s or another cheap-but-drinkable type.) During the cooler weather, I don’t really drink anything mixed at all. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/44 "2011-06-16T17:12:30Z")
I don’t much like liquor unless you disguise its taste with a milkshake. So I like mudslides. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/45 "2011-06-16T17:15:44Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Stoly’s served ice cold or on the rocks. You did read the OP, right? ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/46 "2011-06-16T18:56:32Z")
Tanqueray or Tanqueray 10 gin and schwepps tonic water - heavy on the lime, please - for the best gin and tonic on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/47 "2011-06-16T19:01:07Z")
Gimlet. I always have to ask for “gin gimlet” because it seems most bartenders reach for the vodka for all drinks unless told otherwise. Even then I get vodka half the time. I shed a small tear every time I order a gimlet these days. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/48 "2011-06-16T19:17:07Z")
It’s a toss-up between a Bloody Mary and a Lavender Lemon Drop. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/49 "2011-06-16T19:19:11Z")
Tom Collins or a whiskey sour. For ease of ordering in public, I’ll also go whiskey coke, usually Jameson’s. Same thing **shiftless** says, too. ---
**Author:** ![NiceGuyJack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/niceguyjack/32/3069_2.png) [@NiceGuyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NiceGuyJack)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/50 "2011-06-16T19:29:38Z")
I see a few have a fondness for G&T. So do I, but partially for medicinal purposes, as tonic contains quinine, an anti-malaria ingredient. More than ten years in Singapore now and I’m still malaria free! Who says drinking is bad for you? Now if they could only come up with a tasty ingredient for dengue… ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/51 "2011-06-16T19:31:36Z")
> [@NiceGuyJack](#): > > I see a few have a fondness for G&T. So do I, but partially for medicinal purposes, as tonic contains quinine, an anti-malaria ingredient. > More than ten years in Singapore now and I’m still malaria free! > Who says drinking is bad for you? > Now if they could only come up with a tasty ingredient for dengue… hafta say i’ve never made a g&t with quinine. hmmm. i predict an experiment this weekend… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/52 "2011-06-16T20:37:37Z")
**Greyhound,** the vodka smooths out the grapefruit and the grapefruit smooths out the vodka. Just don’t use the sweeter Ruby Red kind, makes it taste like shit. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/53 "2011-06-16T20:38:34Z")
Mojito. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/54 "2011-06-16T21:42:12Z")
Dirty Martini. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/55 "2011-06-16T21:46:05Z")
A Gimlet. ---
**Author:** ![Proudest\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/proudest_monkey/32/13257_2.png) [@Proudest\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Proudest_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/56 "2011-06-16T21:49:43Z")
At home it is always a vodka gimlet with ice. My husband makes me a perfect double every Friday after work. He puts in two or three lime wedges so I don’t come down with scurvy. In my experience, gimlets at restaurants mostly suck. They come with sour mix or fresh squeezed lime juice (appreciate the effort) or sometimes with a lemon on the rim and god-knows-what mixed in. What do they think that dusty bottle of Rose’s is for? To avoid being pissed off before I’ve even perused the menu, I’ll often order vodka on the rocks or, if I’m in a Mexican place, a margarita. Salted rim please, and don’t mush it up in your blender–I want a drink, not a slurpee. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/57 "2011-06-16T23:23:42Z")
I knew a bartender who worked at a neighborhood dive. A handful of locals, mostly old men who held down a bar stool and nursed a beer or two. No decor, no atmosphere, no kareoke, a tinny sounding jukebox, no food, no wet t-shirt contests. Just a sit-and-down-cheap-beer while watching a boxing match on TV. He said a woman stopped in a few times a week after getting off the bus from work and she would order elaborate, frou-frou cocktails (he would have to dig out a book for the recipes), she would sip a pina colada or whatever in that grungy, depressing bar. I thought that was kind of embarrassing, for her. Sort of as if some 70 year old rummy wandered into a place called The Pink Poodle Cabaret and ordered a boilermaker and a pickled egg. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/58 "2011-06-18T14:29:36Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > [Bloody Caesar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(cocktail)) (extra spicy) is my favorite patio drink, Thanks, **Sparky812** (I said, sarcastically). Picked up a bottle of Clamato, and now have another bad habit.😃 ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/59 "2011-06-18T14:52:07Z")
Southern Comfort and Coke with lime. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655/60 "2011-07-18T17:13:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Thanks, **Sparky812** (I said, sarcastically). Picked up a bottle of Clamato, and now have another bad habit.😃 ``` No problem, I'm glad you like them! :D ``` [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-mixed-drink-is-a-rusty-nail-and-yours/585655.md?page=4)