What The Hell Are You Drinking?
 

In the tradition of the "What The Hell" threads, I would like to open a discussion about everyone's favorite pastime...drinking alcohol.

What kind of beer is currently in your fridge? What's your favorite beer/mixed drink? What's in your liquor cabinet? What can you drink all night long and not feel a thing? What gets you spinning after just a couple shots? Are you good at mixing drinks, or does your spouse/boyfriend/life partner mix them for you? When did you start drinking? Have you recently tried a new drink that you loved/hated?

Also, please feel free to veer off of the questions I asked above. They were just mean to be an ice breaker for the whole conversation. I would love for this thread to turn into one where people will post after trying a new brew or homemade mixed drink. In my opinion, one of the many joys of brews/mixed drinks are the variety of tastes and the totally legal effects they can have on you.

So, pour it on folks. Don't hold back, we're all adults here (at least in the sense that we can legally purchase booze).

I'm not a beer snob and like different kinds of beers, same with drinks...so here's what I have in my fridge:

1 Coors Light

However, I like Coors Light, Boddingtons, Guiness, Dos Equis and Miller Lite.
Mixed drinks: Kamakazis, Rum & Coke, Soju/Coke/Sprite, Pineapple & Spiced Rum, Long Island Ice Teas, Tequila (straight, no pussying out with salt and lime), and Boones Farm Strawberry Hill. That's right, Boones Farm.

I can drink a lot of any of those, but, the ones that will make me forget what century it is, is the Long Island Ice Teas, but, that's after I'm done drinking them. While I'm drinking them, I'm fine. Well, in my opinion at least.

I hate any drinks with whiskey or scotch. Tastes like complete crap to me. Can't stand red wine, but, that's because it feels like I'm drinking battery acid. Not that I've ever drank battery acid, but, what I imagine it would be like.

My cousin has some moonshine that I've been wanting to try, but, haven't had the chance to yet.

Jooooooooooosssseeeee.

I keep it classy with my malternatives.

Currently in my beer fridge there is some Corona, Newcastle and Bell's Oberon.

Other than occassionally at restaurants or weddings or bars, I really don't drink hard liquor. We have some in a cabinet, but I don't think I've ever had a mixed drink at my house.

We have some bottles of wine, but since Lady H_B stopped drinking, I really don't drink those either, since I wont drink an entire bottle in one evening and will rarely drink wine more than once a week so. So wine drinking is relegated to when we have company over.

My apartment just restocked our kegerator with Sam Summer. In the fridge are some Bud Light bottless, some Guinness, and way, way in the back are some Natty Lights that some guy brought over and no one ever drank.

As for harder stuff, I've been on scotch pretty much exclusively for the past couple years. Maccallan 12 is my usual and is what's in the apt now, but if I'm at a bar here I usually just get Black Label cause it ends up being much cheaper. Also like Patron. I used to be able to drink vodka, rum, etc without a problem, but if I have 2 or 3 of those I get nearly blackout drunk...but I can drink countless glasses of scotch/rocks and be fine. Go figure.

Beer wise, right now I have a six pack of Becks in the fridge. After I polish that off, I have a 24 pack of Kirin Ichiban from Costco waiting in the cupboard. I typically drink one beer per night, either just before dinner or during dinner, depending on what's to eat.

When I'm not kicking back other lagers like Stella or Sam Adams, I like to venture into wheat and stout beer options. New Castle, Fat Tire, Guinness, Maui Brewing Company's Coconut Porter, Hefeweizen, and Blue Moon are some regulars. I have a history of some pretty nasty alcoholism in the family, so I waited until I was 22 to have my first drink. Crazy I know. My first beer was a Corona with a lime in it.

Mixed drinks that I enjoy are actually few and far between. Hard alcohol has a terrible effect on my stomach, and quite often gives me a headache too. If a long island is made right, I will have one. I make Mai Tai's regularly out here in Hawai'i. Our liquor cabinet current has the following...

Baileys
Kahlua
Bacardi Light Rum
Myers Dark Rum
Capt Morgans Spice Rum
Smirnoff (in the freezer)

I do like bloody mary's, but I only drink them when I'm in Vegas. I would like to try scotch one day, just so's I can say I did.

I definitely like wine. I much prefer reds over whites, but whites can be delicious if paired with the right dish. Zin's and Cab's are a delight, but only when I'm having them with burgers/dogs/steak. Pinot Noir is probably my favorite sipping wine, with a Merlot coming in a close second. I've had Syrah before and enjoyed it, along with some other types that were decent but not out of this world.

Just bought a few new brews for my poisoning and right now I have:

Hopback Amber
Dogfish 90 min. IPA
Dogfish Palo Santo

I love the Hopback Nugget, seasonal though and I haven't seen any for the last month.

In the fridge right now I have some Hoegaarden, Newcastle Brown Ale, and Ranger IPA (New Belgium Brewery). I just ran out of Allagash White which I recently tried and think is quite good. I mix it up, a new store opened in my town that offers a large variety of craft beers, both bottled and on tap (you can buy a refillable glass jug - choice of 32, 64, or 128 oz. - if you want something on tap to take home) so I am trying a new beer almost every weekend.

Other than the beer which is more of a weekend thing I have a glass of red wine with dinner a few nights per week. I rarely drink liquor these days, when I do it's generally a white Russian.

IPA just kills me. Something about the hops overload makes my whole face scrunch up. It's hard for me to down even a single bottle. Other than that, it sounds like you prefer microbrews...nice :)

Friend of mine also stumbled across a couple 120 min 4 packs and he bought some Palo Santo to back it up. That's my weekend drinking, I probably won't be able to function until Wednesday.

I'm a total snob. You should get a 120, the sweetness of the 20% alcohol covers up a lot of the hoppiness :D.

Diet Coke. :D

Thanks Schmidty, now I feel like a dick :p

I'll drink anything. If you have it, I'll drink it.

What kind of beer is currently in your fridge? - sadly none :(

What's your favorite beer/mixed drink? - Long Island Iced Tea

What's in your liquor cabinet? - sadly none :(

What can you drink all night long and not feel a thing? - Hmm. I'm sort of a lightweight. So I guess the answer would be Diet Coke :p

What gets you spinning after just a couple shots? - Any hard liquor, I'm a lightweight.

Are you good at mixing drinks, or does your spouse/boyfriend/life partner mix them for you? - I need a recipe to make a good mixed drink. I don't drink often and don't know what goes well with what. Ant drinks the occasional wine.

When did you start drinking? - If the question is, how old I was when I first had a drink... I was about 5. My parents let me have a sip of beer. Drinking moderately, about 17.

Have you recently tried a new drink that you loved/hated? - Nope

No worries. I actually went to a bar with my father-in-law this past week and had a blast. Played lots of pool, and won lots of money in bets as he proceeded to get very drunk. :)

Saw a good documentary called Beer Wars. I was amazed at the power and influence of Anheuser Busch (now InBev). They own: Stella, Bass, Beck's Rolling Rock Hoegaarden, Michelob, Boddington's... They also control 70% of the distribution.

Super cool to see Stone Brewing doing well. Have some high school buddies working for them. Always nice to end the evening with an Arrogant Bastard

Beer - I am snobbish and I can't stand most of the domestic AB, Coors or other shit...Microbrews are generally my preferred.

Wine - I prefer Australian or South African wine, Shiraz is my favorite.

Liquor - My 2 favorites are amaretto and rum....Mixed drinks...I like Amaretto and Cranberry with a splash of soda....I just had an awesome rum mixed drink, Ginger Beer with Rum, first time having it, and I am hooked.

I love to make mixed drinks because bars tend to make them to light, friends tend to make them to strong.

I can't drink Jaeger anymore, it just gets me ill smelling it...to many rough nights hugging a bottle of it.

What's your favorite beer/mixed drink?

Probably gin & tonic. Though there was a drink in this one bar in Brussels that remains my favorite drink of all time. It was called a "Tatanka" it was Bison Grass Vodka and apple juice. Apparently Bison Grass Vodka can't be sold in the US because it may contain carcinogens (oops!). It was an amazing drink. It tasted like liquid apple pie, sweet, a little cinnamony. Awesome.

What can you drink all night long and not feel a thing?

Gin & tonics treat me kindly. Vodka as well. And I've always been good friends with Jagermesiter. We seem to have an understanding.

What gets you spinning after just a couple shots?

Whiskey is not kind to me at all. And I refuse to drink any mixed drink with any kind of dairy product. I'm lactose intolerant and the combination of alcohol and dairy does not agree with me in the slightest.

Are you good at mixing drinks, or does your spouse/boyfriend/life partner mix them for you?

Like I said. I really only drink when I'm out. I don't really mix drinks.

When did you start drinking?

When I turned 21, but I really didn't start drinking until I was 23 or so.

Have you recently tried a new drink that you loved/hated?

No. 95% of the time I drink, I drink beer. I tend to stick to what I like if I can. My favorites are Newcastle, Shiner Bock and Guinness. If I am drinking in bulk I like Labbats Blue or PBR.

It's all about the Natty Ice!

Zima ftw!

or is it ftl? :/

For the ladies?

But honestly. I usually have some type of Kona Brewing Company beer in my fridge, along with some type of Miller product. I also always have an assortment of Microbrews and Imports.

As for hard liquor I don't really drink much. I tried to get into Scotch and Irish Whiskey but I just don't really drink it that much.

We have a vodka, whiskey, whisky, rum, tequila, orange liquor, etc in our possession, but we just don't really drink it that much.

Favorite mixed drink remains a Colorado Bulldog, that's good shit, but I haven't had one for over a year.

Currently in my fridge:

Sam Adams Summer Variety Pack -
-Summer Ale
-Latitude 48
-Blackberry Witbier
-Sam Adams
-Sam Adams Light
Coors Light
Bud Light
Corona
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat (this is independent of the summer pack) - I've been a huge fan of this lately. Just a great summer sipping beer.

Favorite Beer ever is easily Westvleteren. Former roommate went to Grad School in Brussels, brought some of this back one time. It is leaps and bounds better than anything I've ever had. And I love me some craft brews, and I've tried tons of them. EDIT: Favorite beer that I drink regularly? Probably Newcastle Brown.

My favorite Mixed Drink is a Bloody Mary. Best Bloody Mary I've ever had was at Zodo's Bowling Alley in Goleta, CA. Used to go in there every Sunday to watch football all day. Close runner up has to be Bill's, a breakfast joint here in San Jose right around the corner from my house. EDIT, part Deux: Bloody Mary's are sort of an "in the mood" kind of drink though. I would say my go-to mixed drink is a Bombay Sapphire and Tonic, followed closely by a Whiskey on the rocks. I love me some good whiskey.

My liquor cabinet is still a work in progress. I have some Crown Royal, Bacardi Silver and some Jameson 12 year.

Drink all night: nothing, anymore. I will randomly have a morning after drinking where I'm blessedly not hung over, but they are few and far between these days. Wine hangovers are easily my worst. Headache all day. Ugh. I do enjoy wine, however, and will almost assuredly order at least a glass if I'm at a nice restaurant.

I started drinking when I was 18 years old - my freshman year of college. I made it all the way to Spring Break of that year without drinking, peer pressure and all, even though I lived in a dorm at UC Santa Barbara. Then they started playing drinking games, and they wouldn't let me play unless I started drinking. Having an admittedly high opinion of myself, I figured I'd just play and not lose...of course, they rigged the game, and I found out that drinking can be quite entertaining.

As a former Bartender, I make a pretty mean drink - I just broke away from the career in a pretty nasty fashion, so I have stayed away from mixing drinks for quite a while. Since many of my friends have been/are/were bartenders as well, I'm never required to mix the drinks.

What kind of beer is currently in your fridge?

Miller Lite. Leinenkugel (couple sixers of the Sunset Wheat and Original). Two bottles of the Stone Vertical Epic (09).

What's your favorite beer/mixed drink?

Crown and Coke. One area I want to explore more is the liquors. I'm young, early 20's, and haven't really had a lot of experience in the mixed drink world. I always want to try something new but when I go to the bar I always kind of freeze up and can't think of anything, or am afraid to order something new. What would be some good starters in regards to mixed drinks to find something I like?

What's in your liquor cabinet?

Do not have one
What can you drink all night long and not feel a thing?

Crown/Jack and Cokes. If I drink either one straight it will obviously put me on my ass but with coke I can go all night long.

What gets you spinning after just a couple shots?

Tequilla. I love it, but the nights usually end bad. As a college guy I used to drink Jagerbombs like they were going out of style and thought they were amazing. I had one the other night after about 8 months without one and it made me want to throw up. Thought it was fucking terrible.

Are you good at mixing drinks, or does your spouse/boyfriend/life partner mix them for you?

I'd have to put terrible here as I do not have any serious experience mixing.

When did you start drinking?

15


Have you recently tried a new drink that you loved/hated?

Somebody at the bar bought me a shiner bock on tap and I thought it tasted like horse piss.

I assume this is the one that's currently at Costco? I just polished this one off myself. I liked the Summer Ale, dug the Witbier, thought the Blackberry was just meh, and the rest was blah.

Huh

I enjoyed the Witbier.

I thought the Blackbery beer was just "ok" at best.

Sun Tzu, have you ever tried Malbec? You may like it if you like Pinot

I must be a moron. I assumed they were the same beer.

His "huh" stems from the fact that it's called "Blackberry Witbier" :) There is a Witbier stand-alone, but it's not from the pack that I got (I got mine from BevMo).

I'm surprised I like the Blackberry and Cherry beers that Sam Adams has put out - they have EXTREMELY strong fruity notes to them. To the point where they taste a little like beer flavored Blackberries and Cherries. But I really enjoy them.

As for types of beer, I love almost all of them. I'm particularly fond of IPA's, Stouts and Porters.

Also, apparently I have some Kahlua, Peppermint Schnapps and Kirsch (???) in my stash downstairs. The Kirsch must have been from someone making a Black Forest Cake or something, because I definitely don't remember picking that up.

In the fridge I have some of the New Belgium Lips of Faith beers, a couple of pacificos, a couple of Dogfish Head Festina Peches and a couple of Summer Solstice Crema Cerveza by Anderson Valley. (Yes, I like Craft Beers.)

I also have a pretty extensive bourbon collection. Up to 40+ unique bottles.

I don't think I have. My old boss tried like hell to get me into Tempranilo (sp?), but I just wasn't big into it. I'm heading to the store today, I'll look for malbec and let you know if I pick one up.

In regards to the blackberry witbier...whoops! I thought you meant the other brew that was in that pack, I thought it was some kind of ale and just assumed that was it. My fault.

Can anyone recommend a good starter scotch that I can pick up, and, in case I find it utterly revolting, wont make me feel like I just threw away a fortune?

Are you going to Ice your friends?

I've recently rediscovered the joy of light beer. They're so versatile. You can sip and enjoy for hours while watching a sporting event, or just throw them down, can after can, during the long drive through the desert down to Vegas. (as a passenger, of course. Tinted windows helps there also.) There's just something about cans. When the beer is cheap, the focus is on the experience the beer supplements, not the beer itself. Ahhh. There's nothing like a slowly increasing light beer buzz that fades slowly into the summer night. That makes up probably 50% of my drinking, with the other 50% whatever looks cool at the neighborhood hippie grocery store (great rare imports from Europe, local stuff, seasonal stuff.) I also tend to be drawn to anything with an animal on the packaging.

Never got into hard stuff or mixed drinks. Too complicated. And unnecessary, if there's beer around. The celebratory shot is occasionally fun, but beer is king, for me.

I find wine unoffensive, and it's fun to throw down a bottle now and then, but I have zero sense of taste or appreciation for it, so I'd rather just stick with the beer.

What kind of beer is currently in your fridge?
Corona, Warsteiner, and Alpirsbacher


What's your favorite beer/mixed drink?
Crown Royal Black straight

What's in your liquor cabinet?
Too much in there to name. Let's just say most will find the type if not the brand of liquor they are looking for

What can you drink all night long and not feel a thing?
I have not drank the same thing all night long in years.

What gets you spinning after just a couple shots?
Still can't drink tequila.

Are you good at mixing drinks, or does your spouse/boyfriend/life partner mix them for you?
Excellent at mixing drinks

When did you start drinking?
I plead the fifth

Have you recently tried a new drink that you loved/hated?
Hine Cognac Vintage. Very smooth

Johnny Walker Red is a good starter, cheaper than the black but decent enough.

What kind of beer is currently in your fridge?
Guinness and Fat Tire(actually don't have any now, but that is what would be there). Also some bud light that is left over from a poker game almost a year ago.


What's your favorite beer/mixed drink?
Scotch. I prefer Glengoyne, you might have figured that out, if you've ever heard of it.

What's in your liquor cabinet?
Tequilla...Souza Commemorativo Anejo. Nice and Smooth, and not too expensive.
Scotch...Oban and Aberlour. Still stretching out a bottle of Johnny Walker Blue. No Glengoyne at the moment, if my wife is lurking she can make a note of that.
Rum...Captain Morgan dark and somesuch Bacardi left over from a poker game a year ago.
Wine...Mostly red.
Whisky....Maker's Mark, My wife needed it for a recipe...too sweet for me.
Brandy...a Boutique bottle that I received as a gift. Great stuff, and then there is a bottle of Christian Brothers that I use to catch and kill flies(really).


What can you drink all night long and not feel a thing?
I'm too old to even think about claiming that this is possible.

What gets you spinning after just a couple shots?
As above...most things.

Are you good at mixing drinks, or does your spouse/boyfriend/life partner mix them for you?
I just don't do this.

When did you start drinking?
I have no such recollection.

Have you recently tried a new drink that you loved/hated?
A while back, must be over a year ago, someone at a casino convinced me to try a drink with Tuaca in it. It was fantastic.

Session Black stubbies, for cheapness and chuggability in malty form.

It's summer afternoon, so I am drinking my favorite summertime alchy, Pimm's cup.

1 pt Pimms Cup #1
1 pt Lemonade
1 pt whatever lemon and/or lime soft drink I can get my hands on

In the fridge I have some Old Rasputin Imperial Stout for my beer drinking needs.

Purple drank

I have the same taste. It is funny, because I hate things like fruit flavored ice tea, or lime coke, but fruity tasting beer is excellent. I really like heavy beers (Sam Adam Black is a fav) and such. But the big beer problem for me is my body won't let me drink very much without all out gas blowout. Now, I can drink all the cheap light beer I can handle without a problem (chugging down Icehouses are no problem). I don't like them as much, but I don't end up blowing holes out of my pants when I drink them. :)

As for hard liquor, eh. I drink Vodka on a rare occasion. Like "good" tequila. Really like Jager, but really don't like the police involvment that often goes with it.

Oh and the earlier mention of Malbec. Good stuff. A great wine to go along with beef at dinner. I prefer it to the traditional Cabernet.

What kind of beer is currently in your fridge?
Bud Select, Heineken light

What's your favorite beer/mixed drink?
Beer is Heineken Light, mixed Gin and Tonic.

What's in your liquor cabinet?
Nothing right now....Wife quit drinking (thats a whole other thread) and I am not a huge mixed drink guy.

What can you drink all night long and not feel a thing?
Stopped doing that many years ago....used to be Bud Light

What gets you spinning after just a couple shots?
Tequila - Quit drinking it quite a while back though

Are you good at mixing drinks, or does your spouse/boyfriend/life partner mix them for you?
I think I mix a pretty good drink

When did you start drinking?
14 (I grew up in Utah and got bored easy when I wasn't playing sports) :)

Have you recently tried a new drink that you loved/hated?
Seadog Blueberry Ale, found at the Yardhouse if you have one in your town. Good stuff!!

Hell Yeah! I had a metric shit ton of this and oberon for the week I was in the UP!

I surprisingly like Sam Cherry Wheat too (hate cherry flavored things) and the bar closest to my apartment actually has it on tap year round, and is probably the only place in the city where I've seen it. Only problem is that my friends and I have boycotted the place thanks to a waitress who tried pulling some of the sleaziest shit on us that I've ever seen.

I should just go in and see if they fired her yet.

If you like cherry wheat you should try a black cherry, like a black and tan except Guiness and Cherry Wheat

Aka she wouldn't bang you.

What kind of beer is currently in your fridge?
Not a beer drinker, Mike's Hard Lemonade

What's your favorite beer/mixed drink?
Not a beer drinker / Mike's Hard Lemonade / Strawberry Daiquari

What's in your liquor cabinet?
Goldschlager

What can you drink all night long and not feel a thing?
Don't drink often enough for this to be anything.

What gets you spinning after just a couple shots?
Goldschlager

Are you good at mixing drinks, or does your spouse/boyfriend/life partner mix them for you?
I used to be but it's been a while

When did you start drinking?
18

Have you recently tried a new drink that you loved/hated?
Mohito (sp?) - tastes like drinking Niquil, not for me