Alcoholic beverages

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:11 am

Do you like alcoholic beverages?

The RDM does.

What alcoholic beverages do you like?

What alcoholic beverages are you having right now?

Discuss.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:34 am

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:17 am

I like beer, when it's good, which it is often, though it often isn't also.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:18 am

LG is a tea-totaler.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:49 am

The story checks out.

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 3:03 am

smeared ink wrote:LG is a tea-totaler.

gintanto · Post by **gintanto** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 4:00 am

Bunratty Mead, from Ireland

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But full disclaimer, I like really sweet stuff. I could give L (death note) a run for his money in a sugar eating contest.

There's also various sake that I've had that I really liked but I've never tracked down specific brands.

But in general I don't drink.

Etch · Post by **Etch** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 5:41 am

I'm lame in that I drink rarely drink these days. Usually I enjoy a shot or two of Hot Damn 100 proof every 5-6 months or so. I have a 750ml bottle that I bought over a year ago, and it still has quite a bit left in it.

I'm lame.

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:54 am

smeared ink wrote:I like beer, when it's good, which it is often, though it often isn't also.

This is the best way to describe beer.

I had an entire bottle of Moscato preceded by a boozey coffee. Too long since last drink. Need Moar booze.

eightman · Post by **eightman** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:57 am

I like em.

Beer is good. Cocktails of various fancy levels are nice.

When not much to mix with gin is good. Or if cheap whiskey then usually make a whiskey sour. Sake is also good. Bai Zhao is good.

Not big on regular wine, but if its there I'll drink it.

Currently not drinking anything.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:42 am

It's not even 9am here, so I'm not having any alcoholic beverages right now.
In general, I've grown a taste for nice, lightly citrusy IPAs.
If you're drinking to get rekkd, you can't do much better than 80-90% absinthe though.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:27 am

Everything is better than absinthe. Absinthe tastes like butt.

Last night, the RDM had Jealous Mary's. As far as complicated cocktails go, that one's right up there. Since you have to juice your own vegetables.

Azaael · Post by **Azaael** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 11:27 am

Craft beer these days. Mostly sours/lambic style.

Rum is my harder beverage of choice though these days I try not to drink too often. I'll have a couple on a weekend with someone or one with dinner now and then. Holiday dinners I can put away a few.

Which reminds me to pick out my sours this year for Thanksgiving.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:45 pm

RDM wrote:Everything is better than absinthe. Absinthe tastes like butt.

Last night, the RDM had Jealous Mary's. As far as complicated cocktails go, that one's right up there. Since you have to juice your own vegetables.

I got high on alcohol with absinthe in Eastern Europe once. Good times.

I find that absinthe tastes ok. Wouldn't go out of my way to have some that said.

What I tend to drink varies. My go to is Canadian pinot noir, or craft IPAs.
From time to time I succumb to Scotch or bourbon.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:52 pm

I like to try all sorts of craft beers. There is a dépanneur near where I live that has a large back room that is nothing but beers from small Québec breweries. There are lots of other places with good selections around too, including the butcher nearby. I'll try whatever. They are often very good, and almost always at least decent.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:03 pm

My first drink at a pub is normally a good craft beer. If you ever come over to England again Fei, there are a whole load of good craft pubs and off licences now.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Sun Nov 05, 2017 2:32 pm

The RDM drinks more red wine than anything else, and of that Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the winner. He has a very sophisticated system for choosing wine at the liquor store: avoid twist-tops and choose wines that actually talk about the wine on the label rather than telling some stupid, unrelated story.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:00 am

Whenever I'm given a bottle red wine, it tends to stay in a cupboard until I move out. That's partially what my wine party a couple of weekends ago was about.
Back in the SGWH days, it'd probably last only until the next weekend, when it'd most likely be the base for a horrible cocktail

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 12:32 pm

Wine is great.

I've paid serious bank for some bottles in California last year. They might have risen in value, at least the ones that burned down.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:06 pm

I certainly drink enough beers to generally know what I'm getting into with one type or another, but that is not the case with wine. The best I can go by is "I know I've enjoyed merlot before" or whatever. But I never remember the flavour difference between merlot, cabernet sauvignon, etc., so I end up picking a bit arbitrarily, or based on vague descriptions on the bottle.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 1:08 pm

I've been to posh wine tasting sessions before. Got fukkin rekd!

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 10:33 pm

Damien wrote:I've been to posh wine tasting sessions before. Got fukkin rekd!

.

Ditto.

Wine country is amazing. $0-$5 for like 6 wine samples... cheapest drinking binge ever.

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:35 pm

I didn't even remember posting in this thread the other night.

I don't dislike beer, but I find it too filling/bloaty and very hit-and-miss on the like-o-meter so I avoid it. Vancouver has an insane craft beer scene these days so there are lots of choices and I've stumbled upon a few specific things that I really like, but doubt I would find them in a liquor store ('cept maybe the Murphy's stout). I also am not enough of a beer lover to go out of my way to discover more that I would like, but do intend to slowly add to my list as I come across them.

Guy I've been out with loves his IPAs. Always orders IPAs and only IPAs. So predictable!

It's good to know what you like though. I'm really not a fan of hoppy things and generally dislike IPAs as a rule. But tasting his I've discovered that I love the upfront citrusy taste, just really hate the bitter aftertaste. I don't do bitter. This makes me very picky for both beer and coffee.

Likewise I don't like Guinness because it's too fuckin' bitter. But I have since discovered other stouts I like.

I'll be having Murphy's instead.

Beers I Like:
Jerkface 9000 - crisp citrusy beer
Fuggles'n'Warlock some kinda chocolatey stout - delish
Murphy's stout - a creamy, non-bitter Guinness
and probably some fruity beers that don't taste like beer
Had Pabst blue ribbon at friend's place the other night - bit watery but I can see why it's a popular go-to. It goes down smoothly.

RDM wrote:The RDM drinks more red wine than anything else, and of that Cabernet Sauvignon is probably the winner. He has a very sophisticated system for choosing wine at the liquor store: avoid twist-tops and choose wines that actually talk about the wine on the label rather than telling some stupid, unrelated story.

This is me too. My go-to is Bodacious Smooth Red, though all their reds are good, just slightly different fruity/berry accents for the most part. They're a BC wine and maybe about $12 a bottle so I'm happy with that. There also seem to be a fair amount of studies around the positive benefits of red wine so yay enabling rationalizations.

smeared ink wrote:I certainly drink enough beers to generally know what I'm getting into with one type or another, but that is not the case with wine. The best I can go by is "I know I've enjoyed merlot before" or whatever. But I never remember the flavour difference between merlot, cabernet sauvignon, etc., so I end up picking a bit arbitrarily, or based on vague descriptions on the bottle.

I'm the same really. My go-to drink is wine (it makes me happy and tipsy) but even so I'm not a huge expert. I just know "I liked this. What type is it?" and keep it in mind for next time. TBH for a lot of the mainstream varieties (Merlot, Cabernets, etc) I find they vary so much from brand to brand that it sometimes almost doesn't matter. Merlots especially. I've had some divine ones (probably a Concha Y Toro from Chile) but some are just flat and bodyless and "taste like ink" as my mother would say.

I tend to look more for notes. I avoid "oaky" wines as they're not really to my taste. For reds I like smooth, berry-infused varieties. For whites I like them light, crisp (citrus/apple/pear notes), and sweet. I like the idea of rosé but have never been overly impressed by them.

Of course, I select them mostly for drinking on their own rather than for drinking with particular foods. My brother has this sage wine (a white) that is AMAZING with a turkey dinner, but I wouldn't really sip it on it's own.

Funnily enough, I've only been on a wine tasting tour once since I was like 7.

Should really go up to the Okanagan to tour wineries sometime.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:08 am

Sparkling Rose can be fantastic. But only when it's hot out for some reason.

The RDM likes a bunch of NY white wines. As long as they're not super sweet.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 7:53 am

Last night we ordered something "Bakewell Fizz", which was a glass of sparkling rosé prosecco with a splash of amaretto in it. Tastes like a cherry bakewell tart. We ordered more amarettos and made our own. Found out that a higher ratio of amaretto to prosecco is a bit better.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:24 am

RDM wrote:
Damien wrote:I've been to posh wine tasting sessions before. Got fukkin rekd!
.

Ditto.

Wine country is amazing. $0-$5 for like 6 wine samples... cheapest drinking binge ever.

I hate that you have to pay for samples in North America.

In Europe or Aus/NZ I got lit on samples for free!

Vibing_V · Post by **Vibing_V** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:19 pm

I'm not a fan of prosecco. Which is odd because isn't it considered the "basic bitch" drink?

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:33 pm

Vibing_V wrote:I'm not a fan of prosecco. Which is odd because isn't it considered the "basic bitch" drink?

Maybe in Canada, where people understand what that means?

Lord Golbez · Post by **Lord Golbez** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:42 pm

Yeah, I would have thought prosecco was a cheese or some kind if deli meat.

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Tue Nov 07, 2017 11:38 pm

Prosecco can be good. Free samples can be found. The RDM thinks there are weird laws about it.

The best thing is when you go the the liquor store and a bunch of vendors have booths set up there. They're all like "Try all this free booze!"

Sometimes there's free pasta, too. Which doesn't even make sense. Pasta samples at a liquor store must sell zero pasta.

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 12:40 am

I bought a new sort of beer today.

Started drinking it

It’s light beer. It’s gross

RDM · Post by **RDM** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 12:50 am

Unbuy.

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Thu Nov 09, 2017 4:17 am

Duff Beer for me
Duff Beer for you
I'll have a Duff
You have one too

Azaael · Post by **Azaael** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:58 am

Never underestimate the power of a beer tasting either when it comes to getting rekt during tastings. Some of those craft beers start to crawl pretty high on the alcohol percentage, and once you've had the umpteenth tasting glass pass by you do find yourself in various states of inebriation.

These days I don't drink so often-my hangovers past thirty got unbearable and nearing 40 they just about put me out, so now I usually grab a few now and again. Usually on Thanksgiving I get a nice buzz going by the end of the night.

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:54 pm

I never actually got hangovers until recently.
Today I went to a shop to buy three beers and was asked my age. I was so shocked, I hesitated before saying "35...". The woman serving then laughed, as did the other people in the queue. I guess I can still pass as being 17? My liver knows the truth though

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 5:31 pm

Getting carded used to be an insult.

Nowadays it’s a huge accomplishment and it makes my day. But I always wonder if they genuinely think i look young or are hitting on me.

eightman · Post by **eightman** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:08 pm

WaWard wrote:Getting carded used to be an insult.

Nowadays it’s a huge accomplishment and it makes my day. But I always wonder if they genuinely think i look young or are hitting on me.

are those the only two options?

Fei Ayanami · Post by **Fei Ayanami** » Sat Nov 11, 2017 9:28 pm

They're the only two that preserve Ward's ego

WaWard · Post by **WaWard** » Sun Nov 12, 2017 12:37 am

eightman wrote:
WaWard wrote:Getting carded used to be an insult.

Nowadays it’s a huge accomplishment and it makes my day. But I always wonder if they genuinely think i look young or are hitting on me.
are those the only two options?

No. But one has to wonder. I don't look underage at all!

Damien · Post by **Damien** » Sun Nov 12, 2017 7:51 am

Hey I have a hangover today