Saturday night drink thread

[Droopy]

How y'all doin'? I'm alright especially seeing as how I got the night off work making it possible for me to enjoy a few cold ones.

I decided to try something different tonight instead of having my usual. I've heard good things about Guinness and decided to give it a shot. So I went down to the beer specialty store and plunked down a cold $8.67 for a six pack of the Irish brew. I thought for that much it has to be good.

I got home and poured the black stuff into a glass and took a drink. I don't think I've ever tasted a beer that bad in my entire life. My first reaction was to gag, but I managed to hold on to the contents of my stomach. I'm probably going to get flamed for that, but I really don't see what people see in the stuff. I guess maybe it's an acquired taste, but I don't see how people get past the acquiring.

So I went out to the corner store and got me a six pack of Miller Lite tall boys for $5.50. The old tried and true. What are you drinking tonight?

[Birthmark]

1. Coffee for me.

I'm silly enough without alcohol - and I drool 42% less, too!

[Bertha Venation]

2. I'm going to mix a can of Diet Sunkist with a can of generic club soda.

Then I'm going to drink it.

I would rather drink a margarita rocks mixed by my own hand.
I would rather drink a Mango Misto from Rita's.
I would rather drink the melted dregs of chocolate ice cream, after eating a pint of the frozen form.

But I'll enjoy the soda.

[flamingyouth]

3. Bancha tea

Another exciting evening in my life!:D

[Fenris]

7. Indeed it is.

;)

[tigereye]

26. great pix Fenris

I like those

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. A nice Sam Adams would do right now...

Sadly I have none and am home alone and "technically" underage. However there is a bottle of vodka on the counter that is just screaming "make me into a martini"

On edit:
I can't drink Guiness either, my dad and uncles love it though. It's too bitter for me, Sam is about as dark of a beer as I go.

[Droopy]

6. I can handle Sam Adams

It's kind of pricey if I recall right, though. I should have known better than to try a dark beer. I've had it before and didn't like it. I guess I just thought Guinness would be better. Shame on me for thinking.

[Reverend_Smitty]

10. Yeah its not cheap

The last one I had was at my uncle's house the other night and best thing about it, it didn't cost anything (for me at least)

I've just been having a hankering for some the last couple of days, maybe I'll tell my dad to pick me up a 6 pack tomorrow.

As for Guinness, I try a sip every time someone I know gets one and I regret it every time. Lets just hope I don't have to go to Ireland anytime soon...not only does it flow like water in the pubs, its ROOM TEMPERATURE! yuck!

[EstimatedProphet]

5. I disagree with your assessment of Guinness, but to each his own

I'm going to mix up a drink later on. I'll check back in then.

[many a good man]

8. Guinness in a can with the Rocket Widget

Drink a pint of draft in a pub in Ireland and you will never speak of Guinness with such irreverence the rest of your life.

Unfortunately Guinness doesn't age or travel well, so its never quite as good here. If its not properly handled it will have a bitter after taste instead of its true smoothness and creaminess. Its not easy to find a consistently good source. I find that by far your best bet is to buy it in the cans with the rocket widget. Second, bottles with the widget, and last bottles without widget.

Try this: get them really cold and by the second or third one your taste buds will get acclimated and you'll change your opinion.

[Droopy]

12. It said on the box to serve very cold

So I came home and put them in the freezer for a while before I tried it. It was very cold when I took a drink, I just thought it was nasty. I tried to drink a whole one but I just couldn't do it. It was making me nauseus.

[Stew225]

9. lighter fluid with a twist o'lemon eom

[Nevernose]

20. Fruit drinks?

Wimp! :D

[Droopy]

22. I wouldn't light up a cigarette after that. n/t

[paranoid floyd]

11. Damn

In the Great White North I'm shelling out 10-12 bucks for a six pack. It's very good beer but it gets expensive. It won't stop me, however. Try an Alexander Keith's Pale Ale if you ever get up this way. Trust me, your dollar goes a long way in Canada.

[goondogger]

13. Stella Artois

In the local bars the Stella bottles let us identify the other members of the "lefty elitist" club (that and our Babs secret decorder rings).

Actually, it's because I refuse to drink the swill on tap here (choices typically range from Budweiser to Coors Light).

[Droopy]

15. Welocome to DU, goondogger

I don't think I've ever had a Stella Artois. Is that a beer?

[goondogger]

16. Stella = Belgian beer

[Kali]

14. try mixing

black and tan - makes the guiness a little more tolerable. I don't care for it either, though in cold weather its not near as bad as summer. Have a couple Irish acquaintences - sitting outdoors in Tucson the other night about 85 degrees F drinking guiness - BLEH I had a nice refreshing mojito - mmmmmmmm

[bigwillq]

17. I also think that Guinness is nasty

I'll be having a Heineken when I get home from work. I'm leaving in 20 minutes.

[Droopy]

19. Ah, I see I'm not the only one

I like Heineken pretty good, it's better than Miller Lite, but I'm a cheap bastard. Most of the Lite I get is from my mom who works for Miller and I get it for free. But we're out of it right now and I guess the stuff has kind of grown on me because I went out and bought some.

[bigwillq]

24. I like Lite beer, especially if it's cheap!

I usually drink Heineken when I'm out in the bar but at this one place, twice a week, there is a special $1.50 domestic bottles then I usually have a Coors Light.

[Bok_Tukalo]

18. Shiner Bok

I love the ambers.

[Nevernose]

21. $3.99 a twelve-pack

Hell, I don't even know what the name is. As longas it's not Milwaukee's Beast, I'll probably drink it.

[Droopy]

23. Does the can just say "Beer" on it.

My folks got some generic beer one time and the cans just said "Beer" on them. They said it wasn't too bad, but they preferred their regular brand.

[Bok_Tukalo]

28. When I was in the Army - '83 - '87

We went on a quest for the cheapest beer imaginably for (testosterone filled) nights of playing "quarters" in the barracks (you want to hear about the drunken lunatic with a machette?).

Falls City Light won. 95 cents a six-pack. We could get 5 cases and two packs of generic cigarettes for just over 20 bucks.

It tasted like ass, though.

[Nevernose]

38. After the first three or four, ass and beer taste the same anyway

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

25. Bartles and Jaymes Pina Colada wine coolers

Several of them.

Yes, I am a big loser.

[Droopy]

27. I find most wine coolers to be rather tasty, but

I can't drink very many of them at a time. They're just too sweet for me to be able to stomache a bunch of them. I guess I'm just a wimp. I don't think your a loser. You'll find no drink snobbery coming from me. Hey, whatever gets you high. It's all got the same chemical in it that turns the trick.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

32. Oh no I AM a loser

especially when it comes to choice of drink and I am totally ok with that!

[Droopy]

37. Since you insist

Have you ever heard that song "Loser" by Beck? That can be your theme song. "I'm a loser, baby, so why don't you kill me."

[CrownPrinceBandar]

29. The Yellow Death.....................

This shit will be the end of me, I just know it.

[MrScorpio]

30. Peach Flavored Propel Fitness Water

Tasty!!

[Droopy]

31. I see that you are not celebrating Saturday night properly

Get with the program and join all us alcoholics, sugar fiends and caffeine freaks. Let's get this party going!

[MrScorpio]

33. Mountain Dew and Rum?

Dare me and I'll do it!!!

[Droopy]

34. I double dare you!

[MrScorpio]

35. Okay, I'm doing it (Really)

This is NOT bad!!! You all ought to try it.

[Droopy]

36. I've had rum and Coke before

But I've never tried it with Mountain Dew. Come to think of it, I've not heard of too many mixed drinks with Mountain Dew. I'll have to give it a go some time.

Thanks for joining the party, MrScorpio. I wish you many more happy drinks this evening.

[EstimatedProphet]

40. Mountain Dew and whiskey is excellent

So, Mountain Dew and Rum would be good I bet

[MrScorpio]

42. I WAS good as I am now taking the last sip

I'm feeling NO pain

[EstimatedProphet]

39. Whiskey Old Fashioned

with Platte Valley Corn Whiskey

[Droopy]

41. You've always got something different going on

as far as drinks go. I wish I was an afficianado such as yourself, but I always end up drinking the same old stuff. You must have an excellent selection in your liquor cabinet.

[EstimatedProphet]

49. Thank you. I do

I collect liquors. Half or more of my bottles are mostly full, even after months, but I do get to have variety...

[RebelYell]

43. Cheap pink chablis nt

[Reverend_Smitty]

44. Vodka martini time

Well technically its not a martini because I have no vermouth but I do have some exceptional rasberry vodka, shaken...not stirred

[Droopy]

46. Believe it or not in my 15 years as a drinker

I've never had a martini. How are they made? They usually have gin in them don't they?

[Reverend_Smitty]

47. Usually gin and vermouth

thats the classic martini and the drink should be stirred because shaking the martini will ruin the gin.

However there are many variations of martinis. I prefer mine with vodka and a dash of vermouth

[Radical Activist]

45. Guiness was the first beer I truly enjoyed

I liked it before I started to like most other beers. Miller Lite is my cheap beer of choice. It's slightly better than urine. At least it says "union made" on every bottle.

Tonight I'm drinking Fat Tire. It has been a favorite lately.

[Reciprocity]

48. Cardboard wine makes me feel so fine.

Ironic
Alanis Morissette

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic... don't you think

(chorus)
It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well, isn't this nice."
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think

(repeat chorus)

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

[TrogL]

50. Lemonade pop and vodka

[Droopy]

52. Whoa, that sounds dangerous

Be careful with that. You could wind with a bad case of heartburn along with your headache the next day.

[ellie]

51. I'm having a vodka tonic,

but I can't drink like I used to and am only having one.

[Droopy]

54. I know the feeling

I can't drink like I used to, either. But I think that is a plus because i used to drink a whole bunch when I drank. Now I just have a six pack and call it a night and I don't feel like shit in the morning.

[yvr girl]

53. I just got back from the liquor store...

I can't decide between Corona (6 pak: $11.25)
or Smirnoff Ice (4 pak: $9.55)

On the Guinness front I once found myself in an Irish Pub. I like tradition, so I ordered a Guinness. (I'm not a huge beer drinker, especially back then.) Talk about jumping in on the deep end. My friend had a root beer, which I used as a chaser... it helped. I have yet to visit Guinness again.

Has anyone tried wheat beer with lemon. Very good. (I'm so West Coast.)

[Droopy]

55. I've had wheat beer with lemon before.

Mighty tasty. One of my favorite beers for a while was Leinenkugels Honey Weiss, which is a wheat beer.

[Kali]

58. corona 11.25!

My god, that's what we pay for a 12 on sale for Mexican Coors, at Safeway no less.

[Swamp Rat]

56. Root beer and gumbo and

:smoke:

[Droopy]

57. Kick

for the west coasters.