But the peanut gallery will judge you! Don’t you dare get anything with Malibu in it, because I don’t know what I’d do if I knew you were being judged by the bar-life! 
:rolleyes:
Screw you guys.
I like appletinis.
A few people have asked “why”?
I drink what I like, even stuff that 21 year bar whores like (Smirnoff Ice!). But, when it comes to work conversations (or conversations with adults that I need to make good impression), I like to err on the conservative side. I don’t have a lot of common with co-workers and probably won’t in future jobs (single, no kids, no house, hates tv, hates shopping)…of the few things is my love for alcoholic drinks. I don’t want to be like hey, “u should check out so-and-so place…they have porn stars, orgasms, and hairy virgins for $2, lolol!”
I’ve never had one. What does it taste like?
Well, I’d say if you want to be truly professional, don’t talk about bars and drinking with your coworkers or business contacts. But to each their own, I suppose.
Dude (well, Dudette),
You don’t have to justify yourself. I took your question to be “I don’t have a lot of experience with booze-based drinks - what is a good way to start learning?” Which is an entirely valid question to ask - whether it gets you in good with grown-ups is a fringe benefit…
…and I stand by my original post - **ultrafilter’s **basic tips are great rules to live by, too. Whether or not Goofytinis are “mature” or “sophisticated” or anything is immaterial to me. Foo-Foo drinks are simply not a good way to learn how to drink cocktails - they are sweet and booze-masking and lessen your chance to learn about the types of booze you are trying (are you a vodka or gin person? Do you like scotch or bourbon?) and the effects they have on you individually, both as you get sloshed and the type and degree of hangover you get from each type. The effects of different spirit types - both during and after the drinking - vary from person to person…notice I didn’t include Tequila, my personal hemlock, in my starter list…
Coworkers go out to drink together. I don’t see the problem with talking about it. Who would want to be the “let’s not talk about alcohol guys” person?
If you want a real grown-up drink, go for club soda on the rocks with a twist of lime. Shows you’ve outgrown drinking. 
Yep. And when you go out, stick with wine. Or club soda, or water. Beer in certain professions, but not others.
I drink cosmos (generally), but not with my coworkers. When I’m with my coworkers, I have a glass of wine.
YMMV. I worked for someone (for a short time) who did lines off the bar after my first day on the job.
We called this one the ACID TRIP:
1 oz Bacardi 151 rum
1 oz Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey
Coca-Cola
1: Pour in the 151 first followed by the 101 served with a Coke or Dr Pepper chaser.
2: Depending on your religious leanings, pray.
In my bartending days I used to give this drink to annoying drunks who boasted, “I’ll drink ANYONE UNDER THE TABLE! Give me the strongest thing ya got, pansy!”
We called it the CEMENT MIXER:
1 jigger Bailey’s Irish cream
1 jigger lime juice
1: Hold one shot of Bailey’s in your mouth, and take one shot of lime juice.
2: Mix rapidly in mouth by shaking head vigorously, then consume.
The bastard would wind up with a mouthful of cheese.
Tom Collins:
Gin + lemonade.
Try a banana daiquiri with 151 Bacardi
You! Very good. You’ve just named 3.5 of my favorite drinks, but you only get partial credit for martini because a martini does, in fact, contain vermouth. Otherwise, it is just gin. Nothing wrong with just gin, but a martini it is not. On the rare occasion I’m ordering something at a bar besides a whiskey neat, it *is *one of these four drinks.
I don’t know what the current drink fashion is, but I don’t think of any of those as old people drinks, except maybe the Rob Roy. No, definitely the Rob Roy. Nobody drinks those anymore.
Hey, turn that frown upside down. It’s a useful thing to have!
You! You are one of the good ones. Everything this nice lady says in this thread should be taken as gospel by the OP.
What in the world? Why? Pouring is fun.
So are really big glasses.
(Also something about letting the wine breathe, my wife is the wine drinker in the house, I should ask her.)
Rum and Coke is classic and my personal drink of choice.
Well since we’re taking my word as the gospel, I have a few more comments! ultrafilter gave some solid guidelines for what constitutes a “grown up” drink. Of course, you’re free to drink whatever you like, and I disagree with some of it, but these are fine as general guidelines.
It appears AskMen is using the word “manly” the way we’re using “grown up.” A woman drinking anything on that list is totally acceptable.
Yum!
:rolleyes:
She drinks not for 21 year old whores.
Right. It’s not like in the middle of a meeting, say, going “So I was all shitfaced last night…” A few co-workers and I got an e-mail less than an hour ago inviting us for happy hour after work tomorrow. It’s not out of the ordinary to discuss bars or going out for drinks with people you work with.
**MOL **- come on - what am I, chopped liver?! ;)
How come my advice didn’t make the Cavalcade of Drinking Excellence you documented?
I *must *have the approval of an anonymous fellow message-boarder (who, granted, displays fine taste in booze…)