Post Your BOOZE

Professor S · 04-21-2008, 07:19 PM

To steal BaB's idea: What is your favorite alcoholic beverage? It could be anything from beer, to straight liquor to mixed drinks. Those under 18 and teetotalers need not apply.

Here is mine...

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Not in order of size

DeathsHand · 04-21-2008, 07:39 PM

I haven't really tried all that much... Especially in terms of liquor...

But Blue Moon "Belgian-style Wheat Ale" is a fairly easy-to-find beer that walks a balance between not tasting like shit, and not costing $15 for a 6 pack... So that's what I usually always reach for...

Perfect Stu · 04-21-2008, 07:48 PM

Beer. Mostly Canadian brands, but sometimes I'll hit up the liquor store and buy a variety...I find the beer from Germany and Belguim the best from the international countries. And I do enjoy the odd Guinness.

If I feel like shots (usually with girls...shots are like crack to girls) I actually really like the taste of tequila.

thatmariolover · 04-21-2008, 08:13 PM

Hmm. I'm usually a beer guy.

If I'm going for taste, I prefer a dark beer. Schells is a local brewery I'm quite fond of. In particular their Caramel Bock is to die for (not as sweet as it sounds - like the unsweetened flavor of caramel in with a good dark bock). Otherwise Negra Modelo's not bad with a slice of lime. I'm quite open to good dark beers (I love trying new micro-brews).

If I'm playing drinking games, I prefer either a light beer or a mixed drink. Also, ice cold Rum is awesome (usually Captain Morgan's Silver - very smooth for the price) and if I'm really going for drunk my friend and I usually share a bottle throughout the night just taking draws off of it.

The Germanator · 04-21-2008, 08:13 PM

Ah, this is a topic to my liking...Tough call on exact favorites, I try to taste a lot of different varieties of alcohol, especially when it comes to beer. If I had to choose, I'd go with something like this...

Maker's Mark or any nice bourbon. Whiskey is probably one of the only liqours I'll drink straight up on ice or out of a flask. I don't really know why, but I'm into the taste. Amazing in Eggnog for the Holidays.

Rasputin's Imperial Stout. I like a good stout when it comes to beer and this is one of the best I've had. At 9% alcohol, it's fairly strong, but that doesn't really bother me. Basically, I'll try any micro-brew you hand me in a pint glass, I like to try as many as I can while on tour or at a beverage warehouse in PA.

Guilty pleasures...

And...when we really wanted to be feisty in college

I love a White Russian as a cocktail too. Great beverage...

Bond · 04-21-2008, 08:16 PM

I gave up drinking, but back when I used to I drank a lot of rum. Captain Morgan and 10 Cane.

Typhoid · 04-21-2008, 08:21 PM

Oh, and I have one of these bad-boys in my fridge right now:

The Germanator · 04-21-2008, 08:22 PM

Typhoid, is that maple beer? If so, I gotsta try it.

thatmariolover · 04-21-2008, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by The Germanator

Typhoid, is that maple beer? If so, I gotsta try it.

Looks like it:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/780/9215

manasecret · 04-21-2008, 08:25 PM

Mmmm that gin looks good. Gin's a funny thing, I used to hate it, and so did everyone else I knew ("It smells like Christmas trees!" -- actual quote). Now, and for the past two years, it's probably my favorite alcohol to drink straight (cold) or over ice, a little lime doesn't hurt. I HATE gin and tonic, though, because I hate the taste of tonic.

Lots of alcohol to love, though. I've been trying a lot of different beers lately, a local pub has a free-glass with the new beer on tap every Wendesday. Blue Moon is indeed always a good call. Some of their seasonals are really good as well.

My girlfriend won a rum distillery private party in New Orleans a couple months back. The tour was enthralling, getting to see and understand the process, but as great as it was, the rum blew it away.

Their spiced rum is delicious. So is their ten-year-aged rum, aged in whiskey barrels.

Typhoid · 04-21-2008, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by The Germanator

Typhoid, is that maple beer? If so, I gotsta try it.

It is.
It's only sold (that I know of) in Vancouver though, because it's a microbrewery on Granville Island.

It's so good. They have other ones, but the Maple Cream Ale is by far the best.

Dylflon · 04-21-2008, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

It is.
It's only sold (that I know of) in Vancouver though, because it's a microbrewery on Granville Island.

It's so good. They have other ones, but the Maple Cream Ale is by far the best.

All Granville Island brews are delicious. Maple Cream Ale, Honey Brown Lager, Pale Ale.

Jooooooooy.

-alpha- · 04-21-2008, 09:07 PM

hmm, my preference in alcohol actually varies with the weather, and seeing how much the weather changes in canada, it varies quite a bit

For a hot summer day, nothing beats a guiness

On a chilly fall night almost any honey lager will do, but me and happydude have been drinking one in particular which the name of escapes my mind at the moment

When I'm freezing my ass off, nothing warms me up like a good couple shots of Goldshlager

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And finally when Spring comes around and another year of school is done, pass me some tequila with lime and salt to celebrate myself silly.

BreakABone · 04-21-2008, 09:17 PM

I usually don't care as long as it gets me nice and toasty.

But let's see.

Shots:
If I'm giving to friends: Chilly Willy. It's my favorite shot to watch people take.
Snorting vodka through the nose.

Personally hmm... I love me a Yuger bomb (spelling?), slippery nipple, and anything else really. Shots are all good.

Liquor. Vodka person but eh.

Mixed drinks. White Russians (Thank you Big Lebowski), Vodka and Sprite (thank you 4 dollar mixed drinks every Sat at school

) and I don't know if Jungle Juice counts.

Beer: Usually whatever is around. Though a fan of Miller High Life

Professor S · 04-21-2008, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Typhoid

It is.
It's only sold (that I know of) in Vancouver though, because it's a microbrewery on Granville Island.

It's so good. They have other ones, but the Maple Cream Ale is by far the best.

I have always been jealous of the micro-brews available in Canadialand. Sleighman's was a favorite when I was up in St. Kitts. PA has some great micro-brews, though, mainly of German brewing tradition.

Some of my favorites:

Victory Hopdevil is a great hoppy beer brewed in Downingtown

Weyerbocker is great as well, with great use of fruit flavor in rich beers (not overly sweet at all) their Merry Monk is my favorite as well as Rasperry Imperial Stout. Brewed in Easton.

But you can't drink beer in Pennsylvania without knowing this name...

Pride of Pottsville. Simply ordered by the name "Lager"