Favorite drink

[partofme]

I was wondering what everybody's favorite drink is. Lately I'm partial to vodka tonics. It has the most tolerable taste I have found which leads me to getting drunk very fast.

[The Drunk Girl]

Never had a vodka tonic, but I do enjoy gin and tonic.

Lately, I have been drinking tequila sunrises pretty frequently but usually it just depends on the mood I am in and what kind of booze is around the apartment.

Have you ever had the Kentucky Ale Bourbon Barrel? Fantastic when I feel like forking out $12 for the four pack it comes in.

[Donkey]

I was wondering what everybody's favorite drink is. Lately I'm partial to vodka tonics. It has the most tolerable taste I have found which leads me to getting drunk very fast.
I like gin and tonic with olives. I like a variety of liquors, but not generally rum and rum drinks as much.

Beer is probably a thread unto itself!

[partofme]

Never had a vodka tonic, but I do enjoy gin and tonic.

Lately, I have been drinking tequila sunrises pretty frequently but usually it just depends on the mood I am in and what kind of booze is around the apartment.

Have you ever had the Kentucky Ale Bourbon Barrel? Fantastic when I feel like forking out $12 for the four pack it comes in.

I haven't. I'll give it a try.

[partofme]

I like gin and tonic with olives. I like a variety of liquors, but not generally rum and rum drinks as much.

Beer is probably a thread unto itself!

Rum is pretty disgusting. I started out drinking gin and tonics actually but my wife likes vodka and juice so it's easier to just buy one thing.

[The Drunk Girl]

Beer is probably a thread unto itself!

Around here, we like to say that beer is the nectar of the gods. :lol:

It's so versatile and goes with whatever event or food you're having.

[Americano]

Around here, we like to say that beer is the nectar of the gods. :lol:

It's so versatile and goes with whatever event or food you're having.

I worship beer. I stopped drinking hard liquor years ago, other than New Year's Eve tequila shots, as I swilled it down it like beer with predictable results. Used to love gin martinis and single malt scotch.

[Lily]

Having used up my lifetime drinking points some years ago, and being a southern girl, my favorite drink is Coca-cola. :)

[Americano]

Having used up my lifetime drinking points some years ago, and being a southern girl, my favorite drink is Coca-cola. :)

Is it true that point limitation factor is valid for only bible belt natives?

[Americano]

Here's today's sunset. I was standing on the deck drinking beer (on topic) after enjoying prescribed organic medication and hitting the shutter button every few minutes. Beer does go with everything.

[Non Sequitur]

Beer, specifically Founders Centennial IPA.

[Lily]

Is it true that point limitation factor is valid for only bible belt natives?

Yes, but many of them ignore it. :p

[Michael]

Having used up my lifetime drinking points some years ago, and being a southern girl, my favorite drink is Coca-cola. :)
Southern girl?

I thought the proper term would be "southern gal"?

[Michael]

I'd say that beer and wine (mostly red) makes up 95% of my consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Outside of that, I do occasionally like to have an Amaretto on the rocks, or a black russian (vodka & kaluha) or tequila shooters. :)

[Lily]

Southern girl?

I thought the proper term would be "southern gal"?

I don't believe I've ever used that term. Gal? As in "guys and gals?" Sounds like a Sarah Palin musical. :lol:

[The Drunk Guy]

Is it true that point limitation factor is valid for only bible belt natives?
Yes. Luckily, when someone dies, I call dibs on their points. ;)

[The Drunk Guy]

My favorite drink besides beer would be bourbon. Straight is alright, but Beam in Diet Pepsi isn't too bad. I also like gin and tonics because they're pretty light. Sugary drinks just destroy my fragile stomach, so I don't have a lot of options.

[Michael]

I don't believe I've ever used that term. Gal? As in "guys and gals?" Sounds like a Sarah Palin musical. :lol:

Perhaps that's just a common phonetic attempt to capture a southern accent in the written form. If one says "southern girl" with a traditional southern accent (Georgia style), one does get the sound of "gal".

Now that you mention it, the specific term of 'gal' seems to be more of a midwestern type of speech - which would fit the Sarah Palin motif. :shrug:

[Americano]

Perhaps that's just a common phonetic attempt to capture a southern accent in the written form. If one says "southern girl" with a traditional southern accent (Georgia style), one does get the sound of "gal".

I always thought it was more suthin' gurl in Georgia. There are extreme variations of southern accents, to the point of country folk having different accents than those in cities they surround.

Now that you mention it, the specific term of 'gal' seems to be more of a midwestern type of speech - which would fit the Sarah Palin motif. :shrug:

[Donkey]

I'd say that beer and wine (mostly red) makes up 95% of my consumption of alcoholic beverages.

Outside of that, I do occasionally like to have an Amaretto on the rocks, or a black russian (vodka & kaluha) or tequila shooters. :)
What sort of beer are you drankin'?

[The Drunk Girl]

My accent is just twangy, if that makes any sense.

When I hear myself, in a voicemail for example, it kinda embarrasses me how country I sound. I guess that's what happens when you live in Kentucky for over 20 years.

[Michael]

What sort of beer are you drankin'?

In-house is mostly Moosehead. It is probably the best mass-production beer in Canada.

Whenever I'm out in a pub, it is always Guinness. :drink:

[The Drunk Girl]

In-house is mostly Moosehead. It is probably the best mass-production beer in Canada.

Whenever I'm out in a pub, it is always Guinness. :drink:

I've seen Moosehead around here but haven't bought any. Maybe next weekend.

...and Guinness?! Shew! It tastes like blood

[Americano]

Yes, but many of them ignore it. :p

I used to do some serious drinking with Southern men and women who on Sunday mornings said amen to their preacher's damnation of John Barleycorn.

[Michael]

I've seen Moosehead around here but haven't bought any. Maybe next weekend.
Moosehead has won all kinds of international awards. It is in my lingo, a 'classic lager' fairly similar to Stella Artois or Heineken or Becks.

Keep in mind that 95% of the US beer market consists of 'watered down light lagers'.

...and Guinness?! Shew! It tastes like blood
Typical American boorishness. :D

Guinness rules. Admittedly, it does have an 'acquired taste'. But anyone who can toss back that stuff usually considers American beer to be little better than bathwater! ;)

[partofme]

My accent is just twangy, if that makes any sense.

When I hear myself, in a voicemail for example, it kinda embarrasses me how country I sound. I guess that's what happens when you live in Kentucky for over 20 years.

Oddly enough people from other regions think I have a thick accent but people around here that meet me think I'm from up north for some reason. I guess I have one but it's not as thick as most maybe. :shrug:

[Michael]

Oddly enough people from other regions think I have a thick accent but people around here that meet me think I'm from up north for some reason. I guess I have one but it's not as thick as most maybe. :shrug:

I have a pretty damn good ear for accents. When I hear accented English, I like to guess the place (I'm pretty good at it).

And it is to be noted that Southern Ontario is considered prime recruiting ground for US national newscasters. Apparently our particular take on the language is considered to have maximum clarity for the US national market. Oddly enough, it is considered a 'neutral' regional accent by US standards. :)

[Donkey]

Moosehead has won all kinds of international awards. It is in my lingo, a 'classic lager' fairly similar to Stella Artois or Heineken or Becks.

Keep in mind that 95% of the US beer market consists of 'watered down light lagers'.


Typical American boorishness. :D

Guinness rules. Admittedly, it does have an 'acquired taste'. But anyone who can toss back that stuff usually considers American beer to be little better than bathwater! ;)
This joke worked better before I started drinking microbrews and local beers, but why is American (and stuff like Labatt for that matter) beer like sex in a canoe?


They're both fucking close to water!

[Michael]

This joke worked better before I started drinking microbrews and local beers, but why is American (and stuff like Labatt for that matter) beer like sex in a canoe?


They're both fucking close to water!
Btw, that's an infamous definition of a Canadian - the art of fucking in a canoe! :lol:

Anyway, you are correct, Labatt and Molson products may be slightly better or slightly stronger than most mass-market American beers, but they are cut from the same cloth (watered down light lagers).

There are of course some excellent microbreweries in the US. Up here all successful microbreweries get stomped on and taken over by the Molson/Labatt duopoly which just turns them into the same crap as everything else. The Upper Canada Brewing Company was way too successful - it is totally gone now - not even a trace. Normally Molson/Labatt changes the product to match the 'watered-down' character of mass-production beers and continues to sell it under the same microbrewery label - but Upper Canada was too good and the policy didn't work so Molson just spiked the whole brand name and hopes people forget what real beer tastes like.

Btw, Molson is owned by Coors now. Labatt is owned by Interbrew. Both are foreign owned multinationals.

[Lily]

Perhaps that's just a common phonetic attempt to capture a southern accent in the written form. If one says "southern girl" with a traditional southern accent (Georgia style), one does get the sound of "gal".

Now that you mention it, the specific term of 'gal' seems to be more of a midwestern type of speech - which would fit the Sarah Palin motif. :shrug:

I always thought it was more suthin' gurl in Georgia. There are extreme variations of southern accents, to the point of country folk having different accents than those in cities they surround.

Y'all jes need some educatin' and ahm fixin' to give ya sum. Heah ya go. :D

http://www.gagirl.com/southern/southern.html

[Americano]

Y'all jes need some educatin' and ahm fixin' to give ya sum. Heah ya go. :D

http://www.gagirl.com/southern/southern.html

I've been away from it for so long I had long forgotten some of those words. Funny and true.

[Greendruid]

I'd have to say my drinks of choice are both sweet - mead and hard cider. The exception to the former is a mead that is cut with white wine. It must be pure, fermented honey. Fruits and spices are allowed to flavour, that is all. The exception to the latter is those horrible English ciders that are flavoured to taste like beer. WTF? I don't care for the bitters much. Oh, and a good ice wine is nice too but bloody expensive considering its a rental.

[Michael]

Oh, and a good ice wine is nice too but bloody expensive considering its a rental.

Comparatively speaking, the price of this product is much less than it used to be due to the large scale production of this product in Ontario. If we were still depending on Germany as the sole supplier of this product, the price would be double or triple what it presently is!

Ontario presently supplies 90% of the world's supply of icewine. :)