# What do you put in your flask? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 22, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911 "2009-02-22T02:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/1 "2009-02-22T02:59:39Z")
I’ve got two stainless steel flasks: the little one my beloved teetotaling girlfriend bought me (4 ounces, little cap you have to make sure not to drop); and the serious flask I got for myself (8 ounces; cap is hinged so it won’t be lost). (I used to have a half-pint flask that also had a screw-on shot-sized cup, but I lent it as a prop for a production of _Brigadoon_ and never got it back.) So, I like to keep those two flasks filled. You never know. Now, it seems to me that traditionally, flasks are filled with whiskey or brandy, so I’ve used those. But I need a refill, and it occurred to me – why not use the liquor I usually drink, which is rum? (Specifically, Sailor Jerry 90 proof rum.) Perfectly good happy-juice. Why not tequila, if I’ve a mind too? So – what do y’all keep in your flask? (And you’ll need a flask when you come upon a distressed maiden 'pon the moors. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/2 "2009-02-22T03:03:28Z")
Jim Beam, baby… and I ain’t givin’ it up to no distressed maiden. I might need it! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/3 "2009-02-22T03:06:15Z")
I keep mine filled with water so I can pull it from my jacket and take sips from it in public places and embarass my wife, YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/4 "2009-02-22T03:26:34Z")
Grand Marnier ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/5 "2009-02-22T03:39:10Z")
I generally only carry it at a gaming convention I go to every year. The entire weekend it will be filled with a concoction known as Death Rum. (It’s a long recipe that starts with everclear and bacardi 151, last year the proof was about 107 when you average out everything that goes into it) The stuff will knock you on your ass and is meant to be sipped. Hence the flask for easy, readily handy sips whenever I desire. (I love you Elisa for getting it for me and really love you Bill for making the stuff) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/6 "2009-02-22T04:04:50Z")
Buttershots aka tuning fluid. Mmmm… liquid candy. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/7 "2009-02-22T04:10:47Z")
Mine is a two-ouncer, and I keep either Liquid Tylenol or Liquid Theraflu cold medicine, depending on the need. I know, boring… And you really shouldn’t store alcohol for long periods in the flask, btw. And I just may smack the next customer who calls it a flash… ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/8 "2009-02-22T04:36:21Z")
Single Malt scotch ---
**Author:** ![mariposalabrown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@mariposalabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mariposalabrown)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/9 "2009-02-22T04:41:27Z")
Jagermeister. You will make friends when you can instantly pull out shots of Jager. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/10 "2009-02-22T12:51:15Z")
On the very very rare occasions that I use a flask, I put some port in it to sip around a camp fire with friends. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/11 "2009-02-22T12:55:25Z")
Phoenix Down. You can never be too safe. Hostile Dialect, Hostile Dialect, Narcissist ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/12 "2009-02-22T13:19:55Z")
I like brandy or scotch, both good sippin’ liquors. Rum’s a bit harsh to me. ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/13 "2009-02-22T14:01:49Z")
In all seriousness, though, Sailor Jerry’s is a great sipping rum. I think that would go well, although I’ve never used a flask, myself. Hostile Dialect, Hostile Dialect, Narcissist ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/14 "2009-02-22T16:27:35Z")
Haven’t carried one for some time - used to have several, and gave nic hammered pewter flasks to my groomsmen. Probably my fave was Sambuca. Brandy is also nice. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/15 "2009-02-22T17:08:14Z")
Jack. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/16 "2009-02-22T17:25:33Z")
Johnnie Walker Red Label ---
**Author:** ![Creaky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@Creaky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creaky)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/17 "2009-02-22T17:50:43Z")
I have one eight-ounce flask with a screw-on attached lid, but the lid is not a cup. I usually put either Ten High Bourbon in it or Port Royal light rum. My flask was a gift from a coworker, with the admonishment to NOT carry it while working. 😃 I carry it in my huge-ass tote bag of a purse when I’m going to parties or places where I’m not sure they have hard liquor. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/18 "2009-02-22T17:55:36Z")
Vodka or Peppermint Schnapps (if it’s an outdoor cold-weather activity.) ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/19 "2009-02-22T18:06:34Z")
Jameson ---
**Author:** ![cainxinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-put-in-your-flask/486911/20 "2009-02-22T19:07:11Z")
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