# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/41 "2008-03-10T19:42:43Z")
Diet soda or a mixture of orange & cranberry juice. ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/42 "2008-03-11T03:20:12Z")
Diet coke or seltzer with lemon ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/43 "2008-03-11T06:44:46Z")
Lemon, Lime & Bitters for me as well. I’ve noticed that the only people mentioning LLB are from Australia. 😃 On my honeymoon to Hawaii last year I tried to get a bartender to make me one. :dubious: I overheard the bartender saying to another customer that he had some bitters. Having found from a previous trip to the States that it didn’t seem to exist over there I thought lets give this a go and I chatted to the bartender about how to make a LL&B and he gave it a go for me. 😃 First hurdle encountered - there is no real equivalent to the Lemon Squash softdrink that normally goes into it. :smack: The final result was not bad, it wasn’t really a LL&B but it was alright. Because he was experimenting the bartender didn’t even charge me for it either. But he did get a big tip from me for having a go. ---
**Author:** ![Audrey\_Levins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Audrey\_Levins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Audrey_Levins)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/44 "2008-03-11T10:20:22Z")
[QUOTE=GreedySmurf] Lemon, Lime & Bitters for me as well. I’ve noticed that the only people mentioning LLB are from Australia. 😃 On my honeymoon to Hawaii last year I tried to get a bartender to make me one. :dubious: I overheard the bartender saying to another customer that he had some bitters. Having found from a previous trip to the States that it didn’t seem to exist over there I thought lets give this a go and I chatted to the bartender about how to make a LL&B and he gave it a go for me. 😃 First hurdle encountered - there is no real equivalent to the Lemon Squash softdrink that normally goes into it. :smack: The final result was not bad, it wasn’t really a LL&B but it was alright. Because he was experimenting the bartender didn’t even charge me for it either. But he did get a big tip from me for having a go. [/QUOTE] Are you talking about Angostura bitters? The funny little bottle with the old-fashioned label, made of dark brown glass? If so, any proper bar in the US should have it…I have it myself, both at my home bar and where I work, and a bitters and soda with lime has saved me and copious others from hangovers and upset stomachs. I swear by it. I’ve also grown fond enough of the taste to drink it just for fun, on occasion. This is half the reason I keep club soda at home. Technically bars carry it to make Manhattans and a couple of other old-school drinks, but really it’s for medicinal purposes. _slurrrrp_ ---
**Author:** ![GreedySmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a698b9/32.png) [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/45 "2008-03-12T00:31:26Z")
[QUOTE=Audrey Levins] Are you talking about Angostura bitters? The funny little bottle with the old-fashioned label, made of dark brown glass? If so, any proper bar in the US should have it…I have it myself, both at my home bar and where I work, and a bitters and soda with lime has saved me and copious others from hangovers and upset stomachs. I swear by it. I’ve also grown fond enough of the taste to drink it just for fun, on occasion. This is half the reason I keep club soda at home. Technically bars carry it to make Manhattans and a couple of other old-school drinks, but really it’s for medicinal purposes. _slurrrrp_ [/QUOTE] Yep that’s the stuff. I guess from a couple of enquiries about Lemon, Lime & Bitters, and getting blank stares, I must have just assumed no Bitters. Oh well. I know for next time. Still have to work on how to put a LLB together using ingredients available in the States. Anyone know of a softdrink (soda) available in the States that is similiar to Lemon Squash/Solo ? Lemon Squash is similiar to ‘Lemonade’ in the States, but significantly less tart. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/46 "2008-03-12T00:43:15Z")
Some sort of stimulant, coke probably and a few Red Bulls as it gets later. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670/47 "2008-03-12T01:05:21Z")
Vodka and orange juice, rum and coke, or one of the ‘girly’ drinks (without alcohol if possible). There’s also the option of coolers–Mike’s Hard Lemonade is pretty good. I think there might be more alcohol in them though, compared to other drinks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-do-you-drink-when-youre-not-in-the-mood-for-drinking/440670.md?page=2)