The alcohol thread

[Nessus]

Of course it's I who starts this thread

Gin tonics are, too.

There's nothing wrong with drinking girly drinks. Hell, I've been know to do it. But if you require mixers for your liquor...

Your american views on girly drinks are odd! Martinis are for old movie stars and James Bond, they are not girly!

And it is okay for guys to drink Bud Lite?

It's not okay for anyone to drink Bud Lite.

I had a beer I actually liked a couple of weeks ago, you know (I don't think you were in IRC when I mentioned it).

It tasted blackberryish. And now I can't find the stuff at any store.

Mixed drinks are girly, yes. That doesn't make them bad ab initio, though. Just more complicated. Like girls!

[Aimless]

Only girly drinks are girly, you can't ascertain girliness simply by asking whether or not a drink is mixed.

[littlelolligagged]

Do you have a problem with girly?

[RandBlade]

I actually had a "low alcohol beer" the other day which was really nice. Went to the Trafford Centre and I was driving, the beer was 0.5% alcohol (the same as orange juice and not much different to vinegar apparently). Was really nice, tasted the same as beer, just didn't get me intoxicated. Good for when driving

[GGT]

Cocktails are not girly. I said that somewhere else.

[Aimless]

Do you have a problem with girly?

No, but I have a problem with WRONG

[littlelolligagged]

No, but I have a problem with WRONG

But I totally picture you drinking sweet drinks with bits of fruit in them.

[']['ear]

Why bother with a low alcohol beer? 1) They are usually macrobrews, so they suck, and 2) they are still full of calories. I'd find eating a couple of pieces of good grainy bread more enjoyable. If Sierra Nevada, Pyramid or Red Hook (or any of the good local brewmasters) made one, I'd consider it. But the mainstream ones, who are generally the only ones to make low alcohol? No thanks. Might as well change your name to Chubby McChubberson.

[Nessus]

No, but I have a problem with WRONG

How you get through the day I don't understand

But it looks like you've come to the right thread!

[Khendraja'aro]

A good whiskey and a Guiness. Not necessarily in that order.

Or one of the other 3,000 beers in Germany

[earthJoker]

Moved from the Photo thread:

There are some exceptions of drinks that are still considered girly. Most alcopops spring to mind!

I don't know, drinks like Smirnoff Ice are more considered to be for under 20ies than girls. I would say that cocktails like 'Cosmopolitan' are considered to be for women here. But it is very usual for man to drink Gin Tonic, Cuba Libre, Mai Tai, Margaritas ect, here.

[RandBlade]

Why bother with a low alcohol beer? 1) They are usually macrobrews, so they suck, and 2) they are still full of calories. I'd find eating a couple of pieces of good grainy bread more enjoyable. If Sierra Nevada, Pyramid or Red Hook (or any of the good local brewmasters) made one, I'd consider it. But the mainstream ones, who are generally the only ones to make low alcohol? No thanks. Might as well change your name to Chubby McChubberson.

The one I've had which I like is German, quite nice. All American beers generally suck, whether low or not.

[littlelolligagged]

Moved from the Photo thread:

I don't know, drinks like Smirnoff Ice are more considered to be for under 20ies than girls. I would say that cocktails like 'Cosmopolitan' are considered to be for women here. But it is very usual for man to drink Gin Tonic, Cuba Libre, Mai Tai, Margaritas ect, here.

I'd think a Cosmopolitan would be considered less girly than a fucking margarita or Mai Tai

And I think you are taking the phrase a wee bit too seriously.

I've been known to drink my whiskey neat. It hardly makes me a man to do so.

[RandBlade]

I'd consider a Cosmo a girly drink, but not a Margarita.

No idea what a Mai Tai is.

[earthJoker]

And I think you are taking the phrase a wee bit too seriously.

Well I don't mind, I drink whatever I want.

As for beer, it's usually German, either Pils (Jever) or Weissbier (Erdinger, Paulaner...).

[Ominous Gamer]

No idea what a Mai Tai is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai_Tai


I'm being overly simplistic here, but if its a drink that usually comes with little toys (or food) sticking out of it, its "girly"

[NGS]

I don't know, drinks like Smirnoff Ice are more considered to be for under 20ies than girls.

The site's been taken down now (which apparently Smirnoff had a hand in) but there's a phenomenon in America called Bros Icing Bros. Basically the way it works is if you're hanging out with friends/at a party/whatever, if someone hands you a Smirnoff Ice you have to get down on one knee and drink the whole thing (embarrassing because it's known as one of the girliest drinks here). However, if you have a Smirnoff when someone ices you, they have to drink both. Fun, huh? Sad that I'm posturing as informed and mature because I know this? My brother and his best friend got iced by his girlfriend the other night, he was none too happy about it, but he drank it anyway.

/annoyingkid

[BalticSailor]

The definition of girly drink is probably very, very broad. I'd say anything that looks better (or is supposed to in theory) than it tastes is girly. Although lemon drowned in lab grade ethanol looks fairly ok, but is fucking revolting - and I wouldn't call that one "girly". Perhaps another factor should be voltage. Anything below 10%, combined with the look/taste factor, perhaps?
Over here, anything labeled as "cider" (extremely sugary and equally synthetic-tasting crap, 5 volts or so) and anything too sweet to be certain whether it is alcoholic or not, is considered girly.

[Flixy]

I'd think a Cosmopolitan would be considered less girly than a fucking margarita or Mai Tai

And I think you are taking the phrase a wee bit too seriously.

I've been known to drink my whiskey neat. It hardly makes me a man to do so.

Cosmo is probably considered girly because of the magazine, and sex and the city.

[GGT]

I'm being overly simplistic here, but if its a drink that usually comes with little toys (or food) sticking out of it, its "girly"

Probably not martinis with onion or olive. Besides, drinks with garnish are fun and festive. Hawaii knows that.

[Nessus]

I was sooo wasted last night

Well okay, not that wasted

But pretty okay

Not as wasted as the girl friend, though

I don't think it's okay to romp around town 'til 5 in the morning and then come in slurring about sex. When I have meetings at 9 am and 4 pm today. Urghh

[termite]

On my recent sojourn into the wild west, I averaged 18 drinks per day - 10 per day of James Squire's Original Amber Ale (5%) and 8 per day of Jack Daniels & Soda Water.

After 10 icy cold beers on a warm afternoon, the sun sets and the night air bites and out comes the bottle of Jack's and suddenly all is warm again.

We also knocked off a couple of bottles of home made Black Sambuca swigged from the bottle late at night as a sort of night-cap - not sure who made the sambuca, I'm not usually one to drink the stuff but it tasted ok and warmed the belly so it got guzzled.

Thanks largely to the good food (and regularity of our intake of good food) we were all healthy and fit each morning, so after a good hearty breakfast we were ready to tackle the next leg of our journey.

[oldmunchkin]

Ok, after about a 5th of BV, mixed with coke, and about 1/2 of a 5th of Carolan's...would someone care to explain why a "mixed" drink is "girly"?

[Rtoups]

Natty Light all day, everyday...

[termite]

Ok, after about a 5th of BV, mixed with coke, and about 1/2 of a 5th of Carolan's...would someone care to explain why a "mixed" drink is "girly"?

Coz Lolli said so.

[oldmunchkin]

Coz Lolli said so.

Ok, I concede!

[Timbuk2]

Black Sambuca

You are a gentleman and a scholar.

swigged from the bottle

Scratch that. You are a bum and a barbarian.

[Veldan Rath]

Long Island Ice Tea....yummmmmmmmm

[Dreadnaught]

Anyone tried this new craze with Elderflower Liquor mixed with champagne/prosecco/white wine?

[termite]

You are a gentleman and a scholar.



Scratch that. You are a bum and a barbarian.

Guilty on all counts.