What's everybody drinking tonight?

[Aristus]

I'm enjoying a bottle of Coppola's Cabernet.

Pretty good. Nice and smooth, with some plum notes.

Loungers!

[onehandle]

1. That's a good Cab.

Had a Victory Golden Monkey earlier.

Ending the night with a little Grand Marnier on ice.

[Aristus]

2. Enjoy!

[snappyturtle]

3. I'm having a bloody mary....spicy! Lovin it....nothing exciting though! nt

[Aristus]

5. I thought a Bloody Mary was a morning cocktail.

But hey! What do I know? Enjoy!

[snappyturtle]

9. I don't drink in the mornings! So....I think I've had them at brunch but

I just like them....at my age, I do more things that I want to do when I want to do them. It may not make a lot of sense....what can I say? Next week my drink will probably be different..... for a time and then a few more evenings will pass and I'll circle back to bloody marys. Ain't life grand!

[onehandle]

11. A restaurant my wife and I used to eat at in Atlanta served bloody mary gazpacho with Sunday brunch.

Very yummy.

[Art_from_Ark]

19. The last time I was in Atlanta, on a Sunday,

none of the shops in the airport were allowed to sell liquor of any kind.

[onehandle]

6. Extreme Bloody Mary, Wisconsin Style...

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/205372291.html

[snappyturtle]

10. Whoa! I think the Badger State has it right....how much fun it that?! nt

[nomorenomore08]

33. Jeez... Talk about drinking your lunch...

[petronius]

4. Sierra Nevada - Torpedo

[nomorenomore08]

34. Sierra's not my favorite brewery but they do have some decent selections.

Torpedo's a good one, from what I remember.

[one_voice]

7. This...

I like it, it's very good. It's the only soda I drink.


Diet Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale

[Aristus]

8. Hmm. I'll have to try that.

It looks good...

[onehandle]

12. Here's a Pennsylvania Green Tea.

Turkey Hill Diet Green Tea. Amazingly good.

http://www.turkeyhill.com/products/iced-tea-flavors.aspx?pID=205

[Aristus]

14. Yeah, but Canada Dry has a crown.

And the word 'Canada'. See? It's right there in the name...

[one_voice]

16. I've tried a couple different ones...

don't think I've tried that one. I think we get that here in Delaware too, I'm going to try it. I like tea with honey. Thanks!

[Initech]

13. Dos Equis

When he's not home and opportunity knocks, opportunity waits.

His beard has it's own autobiography.

He gave his father "the talk".

Stay thirsty my friends.

[nomorenomore08]

35. Not the best Mexican beer by any means, but you could do worse (e.g. Tecate).

I'm partial to Negra Modelo and Bohemia myself.

[MadrasT]

15. Angry Orchard Apple Ginger hard cider.

Mmmmmmmm

[Aristus]

17. I LOVE Angry Orchard!

Great stuff!

[nomorenomore08]

40. Sounds delicious. I should keep an eye out for that.

[LadyHawkAZ]

18. Plum sake and bitter depression

Plum sake tastes better.

[Aristus]

20. Bitter depression? What's wrong?

Aw...

On the plus side: plum sake sounds wonderful!...

[LadyHawkAZ]

22. It's been a bad day, let's leave it at that...

I grabbed the bottle at random (our liquor store has a pretty pathetic selection) but it's turned out to be a keeper!

[Aristus]

25. I won't inquire further, then.

Hope your evening is better than your day...

Seems like you're off to a good start...

[LadyHawkAZ]

27. I got lots of love from my daughters & grandbaby via text message

Things are looking brighter.

[Aristus]

28. Family makes everything better...

[Art_from_Ark]

21. In Japan, plum sake is called umeshu (oo-may-shoo),

and is sometimes marketed as a health drink.

[LadyHawkAZ]

23. The sushi place I used to frequent in Arizona

carried a brand of plum sake that was just DIVINE! Real nectar of the gods type stuff. I can't remember the name of it now, and wish I could.

Good stuff, good stuff... *hic*

[Art_from_Ark]

26. Maybe one of these pictures will help you remember

http://www.google.co.jp/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=梅酒&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=ja&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi

[nomorenomore08]

36. Is it sweeter than regular sake?

nt

[Art_from_Ark]

38. It is sweeter than regular sake, which is is brewed from rice

Rice sake has an alcohol content that ranges from 11% to 15% and has a pungent taste. Plum sake, which is fermented like wine, usually has an alcohol content of less than 10% and has a fruity, sweet-and-sour taste.

[nomorenomore08]

39. So it's pretty much a totally different beverage.

I knew sake was rice-based, and that it's brewed like beer rather than wine. Never had umeshu though, I should try it sometime. I actually do have a half-Japanese friend who's a bit of a sake connoisseur, so I should probably ask him about it.

[Betsy Ross]

24. Moscato with seltzer.

Sweet wines have their use.

[Demo_Chris]

29. Southern Comfort. Straight, no ice. nt

[fizzgig]

30. i'm going to treat myself to a high life or two

there isn't much food in the house and i don't feel like cooking what we do have, so i'm going to go to my dive bar for beer and a slice.

[nomorenomore08]

37. Pizza and beer is always a nice meal. Virtually without exception.

[fizzgig]

41. wound up for having to settle for pbr and bacon cheese fries

my dive had a band, so i had to go elsewhere. not complaining, but not quite what my teeth were set for.

[nomorenomore08]

42. Little light for a main course, maybe, but not bad.

And PBR ranks relatively high - at least for me - among the "cheap" beers. It has some flavor anyway, even if not the best taste. Which is more than I can say for Coors etc.

[fizzgig]

43. it was apps only at the bar

i didn't feel like nachos or chicken fingers and figured it would be more filling than the fried mushrooms or fried pickles. but i also don't eat much, i got a half order and still didn't finish.

i love me some pbr, have consumed entirely too much of it in my life. i drank budweiser once only because a coworker gifted me two cases. i think i've had coors at some shitty party. i will be simply fine with never drinking either one ever again.

[nomorenomore08]

45. Same here. Except I will drink Bud, more or less willingly.

I despise Coors though. And even more so Natty Ice, and Keystone. And Steel Reserve for that matter. Those last 3 are the only beers I pretty much refuse to drink.

[fizzgig]

46. never hat natty ice and refuse to even touch keystone

drank a steel reserve once. split a tall boy with a girlfriend, felt sick as shit the next day.

the dive has hamm's and olympia in cans but i've never thought to try them. maybe i will next time i go.

[nomorenomore08]

47. You're not missing anything. At all.

Hamm's and Olympia though, the latter especially, aren't bad as the cheap ones go. Just out of curiosity, what are your usual go-to beers? IIRC you live in Colorado, right? I'm assuming - though I could be wrong - that you probably drink a lot of New Belgium stuff.

[fizzgig]

48. new belgium was one of them for a time

and the other local breweries - odell's, fort collins brewery, breckenridge brewery, stuff out of denver and boulder. then i went broke and could only afford cheap beer. i have very limited taste in beer, so if i'm not drinking cheap beer, i'm drinking a wheat/weissbier or grolsch or something like that.

part of me is really bummed out that new belgium is best known for fat tire. it's brewed three miles from my apartment and it's likely sacrilege to say this, but it's a terrible beer.

but we don't keep alcohol in the house anymore, so if i'm drinking it's at my buddy's and he drinks prb. on the rare occasion i go out, i usually can't bring myself to spend four dollars on a beer.

[nomorenomore08]

49. Yeah, FT's not so good. But NB has better ones, I like their Mothership Wit and 1554 isn't bad.

I wish I could get Breckenridge where I am (NorCal, near Oakland). My folks brought some - couple different kinds, one was a pale ale - back from a road trip and it was great stuff!

[hay rick]

31. H2O- straight.

[nomorenomore08]

32. Alaskan Amber. A very tasty, very drinkable beer. Good choice for a spring evening.

And I do love a good (better yet, cheap) Cabernet. What's the price range on that one?

[sakabatou]

44. Dr. Pepper

What?