# What's "your drink"? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 28, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454 "2005-12-28T17:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/21 "2005-12-28T19:23:34Z")
That people with AFlutter shouldn’t drink it while taking meds for irregular heartbeat. Chinchy bastage. ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/22 "2005-12-28T19:23:37Z")
I almost always vodka tonic from the well: A good, reliable, idiot-proof drink. I’ll also have a delmonico if I feel like something fancy, or some good whiskey on the rocks. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/23 "2005-12-28T19:26:16Z")
More often than not I’ll order a beer, but _which_ beer depends on my mood and the selection. Sam Adams, Bass Ale, Sierra Nevada, and black-and-tans tend to be the top four, but I like to check out the tap selection and see if there’s anything good/unusual like Stella Artois or Boddingtons. If there’s a microbrew available I’ll usually check that out. Sometimes I’ll drink the same beer all night, sometimes it’s a different beer every pour. I like beer. 😃 If I feel like _drinking_, though, I’m all about 7&7s. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/24 "2005-12-28T19:27:37Z")
White Russian. If I don’t get that, then it’s usually a rum and coke. I did experiment with making the Tom Collins my drink, but haven’t had it in a while. No reason, really; just fell back on the old standard, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/25 "2005-12-28T19:28:43Z")
There’s one particular bar in a restaurant that hubby and I used to frequent when we lived closer to Baltimore. They would make any common “cream” drinks (Creamsicle, Kahlua and cream, White Russian, etc.) with vanilla ice cream, instead of cream. When we used to go there, I _loved_ going to the bar after dinner and having one of those for desert. Needless to say, most bars don’t do this. So anywhere but The Sunset, it’s dark rum and Diet Coke with a slice of lime. ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/26 "2005-12-28T19:34:53Z")
First choice is always a chocolate martini. I prefer dark, but light is fine. Otherwise, a beer. Rolling Rock, Coors Light, or Foster’s. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/27 "2005-12-28T19:36:31Z")
I’ll have a brandy manhattan rocks. Vermouth Bianco if you have it, but just a splash. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/28 "2005-12-28T19:47:15Z")
If I’m “taking the edge off,” Bombay Sapphire martini, up, three olives. No edges remain after one of those, usually. If it’s multiple drinks with friends, and the bar has fresh grapefruit juice, its greyhounds for me. If the grapefruit juice is no good, a vodka gimlet (but only one). If it’s one drink and then driving home, a Kir Royale. ---
**Author:** ![Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ass\_For\_A\_Hat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ass_For_A_Hat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/29 "2005-12-28T19:47:22Z")
> [@August West](#): > > I’ll have a brandy manhattan rocks. I’ll have what he’s having. You needn’t be shy with the vermouth though. And don’t forget the bitters. ---
**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/30 "2005-12-28T19:47:45Z")
Current favorite is Scotch on the rocks. Preferably Glenlivet, but I’m easy. I also like: Port. Preferably at least 10-years old. Bourbon on the rocks. Preferably Bookers. Murphy’s Irish. Guinness will do, in a pinch. Tequila, straight. Preferably the cheapest white Tequila available, bought from a bodega in the wrong part of town. Tequila should be fresh, and unadulterated. ---
**Author:** ![Corii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Corii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corii)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/31 "2005-12-28T19:58:34Z")
Vodka tonic with a twist of lime or Jaeger and Coke Depending on my mood. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/32 "2005-12-28T19:58:53Z")
I honestly don’t understand how anyone can drink beer. To me that is the nastiest substance known to man. My drink: Jack and Coke. I’m simple like that. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/33 "2005-12-28T20:00:15Z")
Right now, I’m going with apple martinis. However, depending on my mood, I’d go with: Margarita Beam’s Choice on the rock (“Smoooooth”) Russian vodka, chilled, no ice, and gulped like the Russians do. Gin and tonic with lime Whiskey Sour I’d also love to try an Old Fashioned, but unless the bar is well equipped, no one has the fixings. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/34 "2005-12-28T20:02:25Z")
Depending on the circumstances it could be: a martini (of some ilk) a margarita (ditto) or a diet coke. ---
**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:** [December 28, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/35 "2005-12-28T20:04:47Z")
[hijack] > [@norinew](#): > > The Sunset The one in Glen Burnie, by any chance…? [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/36 "2005-12-28T20:08:48Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I honestly don’t understand how anyone can drink beer. It’s easy, you just put your lips together and… > [@](#): > > To me that is the nastiest substance known to man. > > My drink: Jack and Coke. I’m simple like that. I rate it some levels above Jack and Coke… Beer, the Nectar of Existence. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/37 "2005-12-28T20:09:06Z")
A simple 7&7 thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/38 "2005-12-28T20:11:31Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#): > > Beer, the Nectar of Existence. Beer. The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems. [/Homer] ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/39 "2005-12-28T20:16:02Z")
Now: Black Label on the rocks My drinks of the past: Bacardi & Coke Long Island Iced Tea Tanqueray & Tonic Italian Stallion (Stoli, Campari & cranberry juice) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454/40 "2005-12-28T20:33:36Z")
> [@Birdmonster](#): > > 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? Me, one spring night at Pat O’Brien’s: “Margarita. Frozen. No salt.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-drink/337454.md?page=3)