# Poll: What do you drink when you're not in the mood for drinking? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 9, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670 "2008-03-09T01:40:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anamnesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@anamnesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anamnesis)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/1 "2008-03-09T01:40:01Z")
Say you’re going out with friends for a night of drinking (perhaps at the pub, a party, clubbing, what have you) and you don’t particularly fancy drinking a whole lot or even fancy the notion of the taste of alcohol … what do you like to imbide? Mind you, I’m not one of those with an objection to the taste of alcohol; I loves me the taste of nice craft brew or a smooth vodka or a well-aged whiskey … but some nights I’m just not in the mood. I’m still interested in something with alcohol and not opposed to a mixed drink, but on the other hand, I can’t be ordering girly froo-froo mixed drinks when I’m out with the guys. I’m just not faaaaaabulous enough. 😃 What do you folks like to order when you don’t have a particular taste for alcohol? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/2 "2008-03-09T01:45:02Z")
Club soda with lime. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/3 "2008-03-09T01:56:46Z")
Cranberry & soda, or coffee. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/4 "2008-03-09T01:57:01Z")
Ginger ale or cranapple on ice. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/5 "2008-03-09T01:57:19Z")
Water. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/6 "2008-03-09T02:08:29Z")
If it’s a restaurant, then probably a soda (Sprite and root beer being my top picks,) but if it’s a bar, where a soda is like $5 (and the soda with booze is $5.50 :rolleyes: ,) I’ll either still have soda but make my friends pay as compensation for being sober driver, or I’ll have water with a lime/lemon. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/7 "2008-03-09T02:53:19Z")
Bloody Mary before noon just because it does seem to help a hangover, even if I don’t really feel like drinking. In the evening a screwdriver works well in masking the alcohol taste. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/8 "2008-03-09T02:56:27Z")
Gin and tonic, very tall glass light booze. Or a margarita, same way. Or I’ll nurse a pint of porter which tastes better as it warms. Sometimes I’ll order brewed iced tea in a hurricane glass with garnish–looks like a Long Island but no booze! ---
**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:** [March 9, 2008, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/9 "2008-03-09T02:59:48Z")
Gin and tonic. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/10 "2008-03-09T03:36:35Z")
Lemon, lime and bitters. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/11 "2008-03-09T03:43:04Z")
Sprite with grenadine. ---
**Author:** ![Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Helen\_s\_Eidolon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helen_s_Eidolon)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/12 "2008-03-09T04:03:56Z")
In the winter - coffee with Bailey’s. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_modo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ea924/32.png) [@Si\_modo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_modo)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/13 "2008-03-09T04:07:46Z")
Diet Coke…throw a lime in it and it looks like a cuba libra. But, I take the lime out upon arrival of the drink, since I prefer my Diet Cokes with no limes. It’s a good cover, in my opinion. But, I usually do drink when at a pub since I get the opportunity to have a good draft beer. It’s only when I’m a bit under the weather that I will go with the fake cuba libra. ---
**Author:** ![EmAnJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@EmAnJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmAnJ)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/14 "2008-03-09T04:11:12Z")
Virgin Ceaser or diet coke. Or coffee (with Bailey’s sometimes). ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/15 "2008-03-09T04:12:42Z")
Tonic water with lime. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/16 "2008-03-09T05:05:50Z")
The question really doesn’t make sense to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/17 "2008-03-09T05:09:56Z")
Diet soda. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/18 "2008-03-09T05:52:05Z")
Club soda with a side of lime juice. Or water. **EmAnJ** , one of the few drinks I miss since I stopped drinking is a good Caesar. Those Murkins don’t know what they’re missing. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/19 "2008-03-09T05:54:00Z")
Diet coke, club soda, non-alcoholic beer, or water. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/20 "2008-03-09T06:32:55Z")
Probably a Bailey’s. I’d never not order alcohol when at a bar. (Unless I was on medication or pregnant or something.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670.md?page=2)