# What are you drinking for the holidays? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459 "2008-12-23T23:07:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/21 "2008-12-24T05:04:00Z")
Tullamore Dew Romana Black Sambuca Double Bastard ale ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/22 "2008-12-24T06:16:51Z")
A fine organic gin. After that, whichever of my Dad’s wines has cleared enough to be declared ‘done’. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/23 "2008-12-24T15:27:00Z")
The Christmas Cocktail this year will be Midori and pineapple rum with a maraschino cherry thrown in. Neon green and neon red! Perfect! ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/24 "2008-12-24T15:44:44Z")
Various (in type and price range) wines, Caramel Apple Martinis and Margaritas. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/25 "2008-12-24T15:51:22Z")
[Anchor Christmas Ale](http://www.anchorbrewing.com/beers/christmasale.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/26 "2008-12-24T16:19:53Z")
23 year-old Black Maple Hill Rye! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![purple\_granny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@purple\_granny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_granny)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/27 "2008-12-24T16:59:20Z")
plain and simple here…Diet Coke with Captain Morgan might have a pitcher of Bloody Marys with brunch 😉 ---
**Author:** ![purple\_granny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@purple\_granny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_granny)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/28 "2008-12-24T17:01:08Z")
oh yes…the Captain was a birthday gift from a couple days ago ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/29 "2008-12-25T03:11:31Z")
[Vina Tondina 1987](http://www.shop.appellationnyc.com/r/products/lopez-de-heredia-vina-tondonia-gran-reserva-1987?id=nsession) It was over 21, officer! ---
**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:** [December 25, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/30 "2008-12-25T04:12:33Z")
Irish Coffee made with Bushmill’s, Tanzanian Peaberry, raw sugar and extra creamy whipped cream. Spider would approve! ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/31 "2008-12-25T07:52:29Z")
Like SmartAleq… **Irish Coffee** Jigger Bushmills Irish Whiskey One spoonful sugar Fill with Coffee Top with plenty of whipped cream\* Make, Drink, Repeat \*Beat pint whipped cream to hard peaks, add two spoonfuls sugar and two capfuls imitation vanilla. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/32 "2008-12-25T17:08:26Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > Like SmartAleq… **Irish Coffee** > > Jigger Bushmills Irish Whiskey > One spoonful sugar > Fill with Coffee > Top with plenty of whipped cream\* > > Make, Drink, Repeat > > \*Beat pint whipped cream to hard peaks, add two spoonfuls sugar and two capfuls imitation vanilla. I was with you right up to the _imitaion_ vanilla! 😉 I gave hubby a really good bottle of bourbon as one of his Christmas gifts (Old Granddad 114), and have encouraged him to get some egg nog when he goes to the dairy store today. I bet some nice egg nog with a little splash of the Old Granddad and a sprinkle of nutmeg would be perfect after dinner tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/33 "2008-12-25T19:33:42Z")
I have been hankering for some Irish Coffee lately, so when we get together with friends, I just may break out the ingredients and some cool whip. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/34 "2008-12-25T22:23:19Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > I have been hankering for some Irish Coffee lately, so when we get together with friends, I just may break out the ingredients and some cool whip. No, no, no, no, NO! Not “cool whip,” it’s gotta be real whipped cream. The fake stuff tastes foul and will turn into chunky gloppy nastiness in the cup and ruin the whole thing–it’s nothing but weirdly shelf stabilized oils, gross. Real whipped cream, little bitta sugar and real vanilla. And no damned Jameson’s, that stuff tastes like pee. Bushmill’s and good, fresh brewed coffee from fresh ground beans. I heartily recommend a combination of Trader Joe’s Cafe Pajaro and Tanzanian Peaberry beans, it has a lot of body and will stand up to a very large knock of booze–you look for that! Opinionated, _moi?_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@The\_Falling\_Reverend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Falling_Reverend)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/35 "2008-12-25T23:06:07Z")
This year so far it’s Becks and Morgans Private Stock. Tommorow I think I’ll switch to Vodka. (yes Vodka gets a capital V for its goodness) ---
**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:** [December 25, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/36 "2008-12-25T23:24:00Z")
> [@Queen\_Bruin](#): > > I just returned from Mexico, where I took the opportunity to stock up on the tequila of my choice. I expect to be drinking margaritas by the fire. Amended: the drink of choice for to-day’s festivities has in fact been Two-Buck-Chuck, of the variety Valdiguié. I have no idea what it is, but it’s good. The tequila is being saved for NYE, when we shall be having a taco and burrito bar. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/37 "2008-12-26T00:03:33Z")
> [@SmartAleq](#): > > No, no, no, no, NO! Not “cool whip,” it’s gotta be real whipped cream. The fake stuff tastes foul and will turn into chunky gloppy nastiness in the cup and ruin the whole thing–it’s nothing but weirdly shelf stabilized oils, gross. Real whipped cream, little bitta sugar and real vanilla. And no damned Jameson’s, that stuff tastes like pee. Bushmill’s and good, fresh brewed coffee from fresh ground beans. I heartily recommend a combination of Trader Joe’s Cafe Pajaro and Tanzanian Peaberry beans, it has a lot of body and will stand up to a very large knock of booze–you look for that! > > Opinionated, _moi?_ > > 😃 I agree about the whipped cream, but disagree about the whiskey. IMO, Jameson is better choice. Either is heaven, but Jameson is heaven with a beautiful girl at your table. ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/38 "2008-12-26T00:50:51Z")
Alcoholic: Young’s Double Chocolate Stout. Nonalcoholic: Pumpkin Spice eggnog from the WaWa. Consumer alert for Trader Joe’s shoppers: their Premium eggnog is delicious, but the Light eggnog is not only not delicious, it’s truly disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/39 "2008-12-26T01:07:32Z")
Christmas is over here (Hurrah for time differences!), but at various points yesterday I had: Wild Turkey Heritage 101 bourbon (From my Personal Selection that doesn’t get shared with anyone) Wild Turkey American Honey liqueur (Yum! A most thoughtful present from my father-in-law) Spitfire ale (which is just the thing for relaxing on the couch with after a tasty Christmas Dinner) Brown Brothers Moscato wine (very nice indeed) I’ve also got some nice, cold Dos Equis sitting in the fridge if I feel like a drink this evening too. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459/40 "2008-12-26T03:14:53Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I agree about the whipped cream, but disagree about the whiskey. IMO, Jameson is better choice. Either is heaven, but Jameson is heaven with a beautiful girl at your table. Heresy! Pistols at dawn, or wine soaked bread at ten paces? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-drinking-for-the-holidays/478459.md?page=3)