Imagine you’re in a bar or a pub or a rainy New Orleans patio somewhere and you’re on vacation or out with cohorts or maybe work just finished and you need to take the edge off. You’re up at the bar & you order “your drink.” Bond had his, right? So, what’s yours?
I ask in the interest of finding out the strange & usually interesting tastes of you, my fellow dopers, who’ve recommended such fine food, books, music, and so forth to yours truly.
I have two. Really, just one, because the other is more or less unknown in the region I live in.
Gin Gimlet, rocks.
Simply gin, lime juice (fresh squeezed, preferably), and ice. Somehow more enjoyable than a G&T and a bit smaller with all the ginny goodness. Apparently originated from British war rations, where soldiers had a lime, some cigarettes, and a couple pulls of gin per day.
Brandy Milk Punch
Brandy, whole milk, powdered sugar to taste. The aforementioned “unknown” on the west coast. It’s ridiculously tasty & quite southern. If you’re ever in New Orleans, please order one, preferably on some veranda, whilst smoking. Sheer heaven.
Depends on the time of day. I might order wine, probably white, with lunch. After 4:30 or so I’m apt to have a martini. I haven’t been much of a beer drinker for the last 10 years or so, but do plan to try Sam Adams’ stout.
If I’m out to unwind after a long day or what have you, I’ll have a beer. In order of preferance:
Bass Ale on tap
Magic Hat #9 on tap
Magin Hat #9 in a bottle
Bass Ale in a bottle
If they have NONE of those options, then it’s probably not very liekly I’d be in there more than once.
Though if I just want to sip and enjoy a cocktail, I’ll take a gin (Bombay Saphirre or Tanqueray) and tonic, with lime juice (not Rose’s lime syrup) on the rocks.
I don’t have a habitual drink that I call “my drink”. I like to try new things, but I do have a small group of known drinks that I will come back to repeatedly.
For all those serious drinking times…
Vodka Collins
Scotch and ginger ale
Rum and coke with a twist
Softer stuff…
Champagne and Chambord
Various wines depending on meal/occasion
Coke and amaretto