# What do you have to drink? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949 "2007-05-13T18:54:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/41 "2007-05-14T06:18:56Z")
Water and some powdered lemonaid to add to the water. I don’t shop well. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/42 "2007-05-14T08:57:54Z")
Okay, lemme see, in the main fridge: whole milk 1% milk a couple of Atkins shakes Juicy Juice In the secondary fridge: Yogurt smoothies Four different flavors of Sam Adams beer (about 20 bottles in all) In the pantry: Three flavors of Talking Rain Ice (the bottles say “carbonated flavored water”; it’s really soda with pretensions) Diet Pepsi Vanilla Diet Coke Plus Store brand bottled water (for carrying to the gym with me) Crystal Light Sunrise (already mixed) In the pantry needing some easy prep: Maybe a dozen flavors of Celestial Seasonings teas Coffee Crystal Light Raspberry Ice Lipton Splenda-Sweetened Lemon Flavored iced tea powder Pro Complex protein powder, chocolate flavored Oh, and some powdered Nesquik for your milk, if you’d like. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/43 "2007-05-14T10:23:39Z")
Let’s see … _trots off_ _returns_ umm… Tonic Water Wine - Some 2000 Zin’, some Merlot, some Cab-Sav Sparkling Wine Fruit Juice (Mango, Orange, Apple, Secrets of the Valley - a cherry/berry mix) Coke Appletizer Flavoured and plain Milk Homemade Lemonade Creme de Cassis Grenadine Windhoek Lager Guinness oh, and **Sekanjabin** , which is really the best thing for the hypothetical thirsty traveller. It’s a vinegar mint drink. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/44 "2007-05-14T11:45:24Z")
Oh, that reminds me, I forgot the wine “list”: I have two bottles of Two Shilling Red two bottles of Red Zin two bottles of Settler’s Spiced wine one bottle of Plantation Blush, all from Colonial Williamsburg Winery. And most of one bottle of pinot grigiot that hubby got yesterday to make the Newburg sauce for dinner with. He forgot to buy the wine ahead of time, and the liquor stores in this county are not open on Sunday. So we had to drive into WV. The liquor stores aren’t open on Sundays there, either, but some of the markets sell wine and beer. So we found an open market with a _small_ wine selection, and ended up buying a brand I was totally unfamiliar with. The sauce turned out good, though. And I’ll probably drink the rest of the wine over the next several days. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/45 "2007-05-14T13:27:25Z")
Not mentioning spirits. Fridge: Semi skimmed milk Diet Coke (for the spirit from the West Indies) Apple Juice Highland Spring still water (for the spirit from north of the Border) Highland Spring sparkling water Diet Tonic (for the juniper flavoured spirit from London) Badger Breweries Tanglefoot Alcohol free Becks (I know, I know …) Drinks cupboard; Robinson’s Orange squash Robinson’s Lemon squash Rose’s Lime cordial Strongbow cider Angostura Bitters! (Not Bitter :smack: ) Bitter lemon Soda water More of all the things in the fridge Assorted bottles and cans that have got shoved to the back! Wine rack: A dozen or so bottle of wine. Off-hand I can’t remember what’s there at the moment but there would probable be a mix of reds from Australia, France, Chile, and South Africa and whites from New Zealand and Italy. Store cupboard: Ground Espresso Coffee Instant Coffee Instant De-caf Earl Grey tea bags Old indian tea bags (don’t use them much but keep in for visitors) Wierd herb teas Mrs and Miss Marcus like Horlicks Cocoa Hot chocolate drink. Good grief - I hadn’t realised how many different drinks we keep in! ---
**Author:** ![jormundgondir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@jormundgondir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jormundgondir)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/46 "2007-05-14T13:33:14Z")
I’m in a hotel right now so currently have two Tiger Beer at my disposal, sigh. This reminds me of a certain (and possibly apocryphal) cocktail called the 619: presumably named after the Ontario lottery, it’s comprised of one part sixth bottle from the first shelf, one part first bottle from the second shelf, one part 9th bottle from the third shelf. I think at home that worked out to tonic water, drambuie and boodles gin. Shudder. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/47 "2007-05-14T13:53:59Z")
We have: Diet Mug Root Beer Diet Mug Cream Soda Home made Ice Tea Brita Water Pitcher Milk Tropicana OJ AJ Bass Ale 1 Heineken A few cans of Coke Some water bottles. I keep a supply of other sodas in a cabinet for guests. 2 liter Coke 2 Liter Ginger Ale Some cans of 7-UP More diet Root beer and Cream, I don’t want to run out. A few Bottles of wine, nothing very good. We don’t drink wine much any more. My wife keeps a ready supply of coffee to brew and makes a pot every morning. We keep a tea kettle on the stove and I think my wife has about a dozen types of teas. Jim { **Silenus** , how did that Bud Light sneak in your fridge?} ---
**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:** [May 14, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/48 "2007-05-14T13:56:23Z")
I haven’t broken the wife’s habit of drinking bottled water yet! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/49 "2007-05-14T14:25:01Z")
Nearly finished bottle of Schweppes lemonade Chateau C’ardboard white wine Milk (and some Quick chocolate flavour for said milk) ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/50 "2007-05-14T15:00:57Z")
You crazy furriners sure do drink a lot of soda 😉 I have: Tea (bags, I’m afraid) Coffee (instant and cafetiere) Cocoa Blackcurrant cordial Orange juice Milk Stella Artois Various bottles of wine Pineau (does that count as hard liquor?) And a whole mains pipe full of Thames water (none of that bottled crap here thank you!) Oh and tonic water, but that’s only consumed with the hard liquor 😉 ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/51 "2007-05-14T15:09:32Z")
Milk 14 cans of Guinness ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/52 "2007-05-14T15:14:28Z")
I have:[ul][li]Filtered water (my usual drink)[/li][li]Dr. Pepper (for my boyfriend)[/li][li]Diet Pepsi (mini-cans, for when I want soda)[/li][li]Guinness[/li][li]Bass Ale[/ul][/li]That’s it. No tea, no coffee, no Kool-Aid mix, etc. Not even milk, as I don’t buy it regularly anymore (like **OpalCat** I use milk for cooking and not for drinking, but I’m not eating at home much these days). [QUOTE=silenus] I haven’t broken the wife’s habit of drinking bottled water yet! 😃 [/QUOTE] Heh! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/53 "2007-05-14T16:13:37Z")
Tap water and Tecate. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/54 "2007-05-14T16:21:32Z")
Semi skimmed milk 4 cans Dr. Pepper 5 cans Sprite 2 cartons OJ 1 carton cranberry 4 bottles Tesco grapefruit flavoured water 2 cans Sunkist 4 cans Carling lager ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/55 "2007-05-14T16:23:24Z")
Water Whole milk Heavy whipping cream Buttermilk I drink lots of tea - the only reason for all those dairy products is because I need them for baking. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/56 "2007-05-14T16:43:06Z")
Non-beer: Non-fat Milk Heavy Cream Cranberry juice OJ Tonic Diet Coke Beer: Pacifico Pabts Blue Ribbon (in a bottle!) Sierra Nevada Pale Ale Stone IPA Stone Arrogant Bastard Some German beer a friend brought over, and I can’t remember what it’s called. Guinness There are a few bottles of fairly boring wine kicking around as well. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2007, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/57 "2007-05-14T21:07:13Z")
Water Coke Zero cold tea Woodchuck Amber Draft Cider Woodchuck Pear Draft Cider (rather bland, I’m not planning to buy more) Ace Pear Cider mead (a few bottles each of my last couple of brewings) Some crappy beer my sister-in-law left in the fridge when she last visited. ---
**Author:** ![Suse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Suse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suse)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/58 "2007-05-15T00:56:00Z")
2% milk cold water in the Brita pitcher, and several bottles of same an open 12-pack of Pepsi an open 12-pack of Jones cream soda 3 bottles of red wine 3 cans of warm 7-Up leftover from the last stomach bug ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/59 "2007-05-15T01:17:00Z")
skim milk blue moon big k tonic water arizona iced tea slim fast chocolate royale white grape juice coke 7up minute maid light lemonade barq’s root beer sebeka, monkey bay sauvignon blancs (i like south african and new zealand white wines, can you tell?) woodbridge, frances coppola sauvigon blancs chateau ste michelle gewurztraminer monchhof reisling (people bring me wine. what can i say? 😛 ) ask me what i have in my \*liquor \* cabinet… ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949/60 "2007-05-15T01:24:44Z")
My own thread, and I forgot the wine rack. :smack: Add to my list =/- 100 bottles of wine. Mostly reds, with a preponderance of wines from Mandolina and Fess Parker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-have-to-drink/403949.md?page=4)