Heh. I don't drink a lot of hard liquor, and my wine palate could use a bit of refining, but if we're talking beer, I definitely know my ☺☺☺☺.
That said, I'd have to say, in general, Belgian ales. That in and of itself includes quite a wide array of styles, but if it's from Belgium, and the ABV is above 7% or so, it's probably pretty damn good.
Nice. I've had a bottle of Draak before, but I had to import it from Belgium. As for the Rochefort, it, like all Trappist beers, is outstanding.
I think we have very similar tatses, and living in Holland means that most Belgian beers are easily accesable.
I'm drinking a Barbar(Belgian honey=beer) even as we speek/type/whatever:).
I also enjoy White Russians when i'm in the mood or Cola-Beerenburg when i'm going out:).
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I've tried every mixed drink conceivable in the past 6 months and no matter what I do I can't beat a screwdriver or gin & tonic.
I don't have the money for nice liquor but I always go a step above bottom shelf. Plastic bottles are a no-no. I recently found out about Sobieski vodka. It's really cheap (I can get a handle for like $17) but it's VERY acceptable considering the price. Also, using a britta filter for cheaper vodka is definitely worth it.
In the summer, nothing beats a nice batch of home made sangria, but in the winter, I'm a Mike's Hard type of guy. I love some beer too, but only when I'm drinking casually. If I'm looking to time travel, Mike's is the way to go for me. In the fall and spring, usually some nice mixed drinks do the trick for me.
I like beer. My personal favorite is probably Dogfish Head's 90 minute IPA. Although I always enjoy a good Leinenkugel's Honey Weiss or Creamy Dark cause I grew up in the town where it's made so it's like a comfort food to me.
I've recently come to really love fireball and cranberry juice, but I'm really more of a shots kind of guy. On the floor at the bar I work at, I'm known as "Shots Guy" because I can make all of the great common shots and a lot of the fantastic offbeat ones. 90% of my business is in shooters and the rest simple beer/vod&mix/rum&mix.
A few of the best:
Swedish Berries
1/2 Raspberry Sourpuss, 1/2 Creme de Banane
Why you'll love them: Tangy and sweet like the real candy, goes down very easy
Why I love them: They can be shaken with ice and then topped with Crown Royal after pouring for a kickier version
Kamikazes
2/3 vodka, 1/3 triple sec, lime juice/sour mix (my bar has lime pop and lemon sour mix, I combine the two), shaken with ice
Why you'll love them: A crisp shooter version of the old vodka and lime standard, but with a slightly sweeter, cooler taste
Why I love them: For the same base cost (I pay for the number of shots used to make shooters, not the actual number of shooters), I can make around 30% more shooters and thus sell them for a higher profit margin, and they taste great for a wide variety of customers
Rock Lobster
1/3 Cacao White, 1/3 Kahlua, 1/3 Bailey's, sprinkle of cinnamon on top
Why you'll love them: Creamy with a sweet spiciness
Why I love them: Fantastic in a coffee
Caribou Lou
1/2 151, 1/2 Malibu coconut rum, shaken over ice with pineapple juice
Why you'll love them: Underrated cocktail as a shooter
Why I love them: Tricking girls into drinking 151 and enjoying the faces they make
Confusion (specialty of the house)
2/3 blue curacao, 1/3 Malibu, splash of pineapple shaken with ice
Why you'll love them: Cool, refreshing, tropical beauty
Why I love them: Another shooter with higher-than-average profit margins, they're also beloved by the girls at my club, who buy them by the tray full. My habit of buzzing around the floor with a tray of these for the girls is how I got my reputation at work.
For just enjoying a beer its Black Thorn hard cider (yes I know its not a beer)
For my personal favorite its a Crapper Smasher
1 Part your favorite vodka (I like Skyy)
2 Parts grapefruit Juice
1/2 Part pineapple juice
But the name is a different story.........
OR maybe a Root Rum which is
1 part spiced rum
2 parts Barg's Rootbeer
And who doesn't love a Screwdriver?
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I'm surprised I haven't seen this one on the list yet - it's a classic. My mixed drink of choice is a simple Manhattan. Definitely prefer a good Bourbon to Rye.
I haven't had this until recently, but my favorite non-mixed drink has to be a good bottle of Chartreuse. Mix in bitters and you're drinking a liqueur with a few hundred herbs per drop. It's intense.
I've never had this one, but I really want to try it (just for the hell of it). I forgot the name of the drink...I think it's called a "Spicy _____". It's something like a shot of Everclear (or some other strong alcohol), a dash of Black Pepper, and a few drops of Tobasco Sauce. That should wake you up. Does anyone know that drink?
To be serious, for mixed drinks I like mojito and white russian.
But the best is Dark 'n' Stormy, made with Fentiman's organic Ginger Beer.
But I normally drink beer.
Hoegaarden, Erdinger, Innis & Gunn, Duchy Organic Select, a couple of Norwegian specialties... ah, there are too many to mention. I did have delicious French pale ale this Christmas, but I didn't get the name.
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I've recently come to really love fireball and cranberry juice, but I'm really more of a shots kind of guy. On the floor at the bar I work at, I'm known as "Shots Guy" because I can make all of the great common shots and a lot of the fantastic offbeat ones. 90% of my business is in shooters and the rest simple beer/vod&mix/rum&mix.
A few of the best:
Swedish Berries
1/2 Raspberry Sourpuss, 1/2 Creme de Banane
Why you'll love them: Tangy and sweet like the real candy, goes down very easy
Why I love them: They can be shaken with ice and then topped with Crown Royal after pouring for a kickier version
Rock Lobster
1/3 Cacao White, 1/3 Kahlua, 1/3 Bailey's, sprinkle of cinnamon on top
Why you'll love them: Creamy with a sweet spiciness
Why I love them: Fantastic in a coffee
Caribou Lou
1/2 151, 1/2 Malibu coconut rum, shaken over ice with pineapple juice
Why you'll love them: Underrated cocktail as a shooter
Why I love them: Tricking girls into drinking 151 and enjoying the faces they make
Confusion (specialty of the house)
2/3 blue curacao, 1/3 Malibu, splash of pineapple shaken with ice
Why you'll love them: Cool, refreshing, tropical beauty
Why I love them: Another shooter with higher-than-average profit margins, they're also beloved by the girls at my club, who buy them by the tray full. My habit of buzzing around the floor with a tray of these for the girls is how I got my reputation at work.
I'm absolutely going to have to try these. Thanks for posting these Mikey.
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+1 for Bloody Mary with tobasco sauce, dressed with spicy dilled green beans, celery, green olives (w or w/o pimento) and peppered tomato juice...soo good.
#2- Gin and Tonic - I prefer Bomaby Sapphire Gin.
#3- White Russians (blame Lebowski)- 1 part Kahlua, 1 part half and half, and 2 parts Vodka (for a kick).
Great thread....I am going to have to try Mikey's Confusion drink...I love pineapple
+1 for Bloody Mary with tobasco sauce, dressed with spicy dilled green beans, celery, green olives (w or w/o pimento) and peppered tomato juice...soo good.
#2- Gin and Tonic - I prefer Bomaby Sapphire Gin.
#3- White Russians (blame Lebowski)- 1 part Kahlua, 1 part half and half, and 2 parts Vodka (for a kick).
Great thread....I am going to have to try Mikey's Confusion drink...I love pineapple
Gasp!! Don't waste good gin with swill. If you drink G&T, use something cheaper since the tonic has so much flavor on its own. If you do drink good gin with bubble, just add soda water. Sapphire and Tonic is like Glenmorangie and Coke; when something cheap like Beam would have done just as well.
Next, I drank a lot of Ruskies in college until I sat down and calculated the calories in 2 ounces of Coffee Liquor, 2 ounces of Vodka, and 4 Ounces of Cream....Something like 700 per drink. No wonder I gained 80 pounds in college.
Finally, Mikey's drink, while tasty I am sure, will get you pregnant. That is how girly those are!
Now I just drink whatever my 3 year old picks for me at the store. So lately it's just been Blue Raspberry Malt Liquor with Guarana. Man, that kid has bad taste.
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Gasp!! Don't waste good gin with swill. If you drink G&T, use something cheaper since the tonic has so much flavor on its own. If you do drink good gin with bubble, just add soda water. Sapphire and Tonic is like Glenmorangie and Coke; when something cheap like Beam would have done just as well.
Next, I drank a lot of Ruskies in college until I sat down and calculated the calories in 2 ounces of Coffee Liquor, 2 ounces of Vodka, and 4 Ounces of Cream....Something like 700 per drink. No wonder I gained 80 pounds in college.
Finally, Mikey's drink, while tasty I am sure, will get you pregnant. That is how girly those are!
Now I just drink whatever my 3 year old picks for me at the store. So lately it's just been Blue Raspberry Malt Liquor with Guarana. Man, that kid has bad taste.
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A booger literally came out of my nose from the constant chortle I got while reading this.
Also, I like being pregnant. And No one has said Red Bull and Vodka, that will help you "go" all night. If you know what I mean
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A warning to all the Scotch drinkers in the house.
Yes it is a fine beverage with a long history and proud tradition...but it holds the power to turn lose all your inner demons and less than desirable qualites. Beware Scotch.
As for Beer. Anything by Quebec's Unibrew is outstanding. Especially Le Blanche de Chambley, or La Fin du Monde.
As for mixers, here's a little something my old buddy Steve used to drink alot. I miss that guy.
Surfer on Acid
Tall cup w ice
-1/2 pineapple 1/2 orange juice mixer
-Shot of Jagermeister
-Shot of Malibu
This one will score you a lot of points with the ladies. It pretty much tastes like a creamcicle.
For me, my favorite has always been a good stout, preferably an imperial or chocolate stout. As for hard liquor I always go for a well made rum and coke, and if I'm drinking straight I go for scotch.
coffee brandy + vanilla silk brand soymilk = chocolate milk that tastes like heaven and in large quantities can get you tipsy. yay!
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I'm surprised that not one person has mentioned my favorite liquor of all: Absinthe. Smooth anise flavor, kick-in-the-head Grand Wormwood high, and a gorgeous chemistry experiment in one! And of course the very best must be privately distilled (where legal).
If absinthe is unavailable, an average whiskey or scotch will do. My choice in that is Bushmill's Black Bush, unless I've managed to score another bottle of the 1608.
As for beer, I'm a simple man, and I'll take anything Sam Adams makes.
Mixed drinks? For summer, mojitos. For any other time, I'll make something up with gin and sour and whatever I may have sitting around.
Drink that makes me start s*** with people: Jack Daniels
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I think we have very similar tatses, and living in Holland means that most Belgian beers are easily accesable.
I'm drinking a Barbar(Belgian honey=beer) even as we speek/type/whatever:).
I also enjoy White Russians when i'm in the mood or Cola-Beerenburg when i'm going out:).
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I don't have the money for nice liquor but I always go a step above bottom shelf. Plastic bottles are a no-no. I recently found out about Sobieski vodka. It's really cheap (I can get a handle for like $17) but it's VERY acceptable considering the price. Also, using a britta filter for cheaper vodka is definitely worth it.
Also britta filter for vodka? What? I've never heard of that use.
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It tastes and goes down like chocolate milk, just make sure to drink it all within about 15 seconds.
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A few of the best:
Swedish Berries
1/2 Raspberry Sourpuss, 1/2 Creme de Banane
Why you'll love them: Tangy and sweet like the real candy, goes down very easy
Why I love them: They can be shaken with ice and then topped with Crown Royal after pouring for a kickier version
Kamikazes
2/3 vodka, 1/3 triple sec, lime juice/sour mix (my bar has lime pop and lemon sour mix, I combine the two), shaken with ice
Why you'll love them: A crisp shooter version of the old vodka and lime standard, but with a slightly sweeter, cooler taste
Why I love them: For the same base cost (I pay for the number of shots used to make shooters, not the actual number of shooters), I can make around 30% more shooters and thus sell them for a higher profit margin, and they taste great for a wide variety of customers
Rock Lobster
1/3 Cacao White, 1/3 Kahlua, 1/3 Bailey's, sprinkle of cinnamon on top
Why you'll love them: Creamy with a sweet spiciness
Why I love them: Fantastic in a coffee
Caribou Lou
1/2 151, 1/2 Malibu coconut rum, shaken over ice with pineapple juice
Why you'll love them: Underrated cocktail as a shooter
Why I love them: Tricking girls into drinking 151 and enjoying the faces they make
Confusion (specialty of the house)
2/3 blue curacao, 1/3 Malibu, splash of pineapple shaken with ice
Why you'll love them: Cool, refreshing, tropical beauty
Why I love them: Another shooter with higher-than-average profit margins, they're also beloved by the girls at my club, who buy them by the tray full. My habit of buzzing around the floor with a tray of these for the girls is how I got my reputation at work.
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For my personal favorite its a Crapper Smasher
1 Part your favorite vodka (I like Skyy)
2 Parts grapefruit Juice
1/2 Part pineapple juice
But the name is a different story.........
OR maybe a Root Rum which is
1 part spiced rum
2 parts Barg's Rootbeer
And who doesn't love a Screwdriver?
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I haven't had this until recently, but my favorite non-mixed drink has to be a good bottle of Chartreuse. Mix in bitters and you're drinking a liqueur with a few hundred herbs per drop. It's intense.
I've never had this one, but I really want to try it (just for the hell of it). I forgot the name of the drink...I think it's called a "Spicy _____". It's something like a shot of Everclear (or some other strong alcohol), a dash of Black Pepper, and a few drops of Tobasco Sauce. That should wake you up. Does anyone know that drink?
To be serious, for mixed drinks I like mojito and white russian.
But the best is Dark 'n' Stormy, made with Fentiman's organic Ginger Beer.
But I normally drink beer.
Hoegaarden, Erdinger, Innis & Gunn, Duchy Organic Select, a couple of Norwegian specialties... ah, there are too many to mention. I did have delicious French pale ale this Christmas, but I didn't get the name.
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for the hard stuff, i do love whiskey sours. Jack and Coke is great, too.
man, whiskey is just so awesome.
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Mixed Drink - Hmm...Vodka Gimlet or Jack & Coke
I'm absolutely going to have to try these. Thanks for posting these Mikey.
And another I'll have to add to my list. I <3 Ginger beer as is; mixed with rum I imagine it's lovely.
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#2- Gin and Tonic - I prefer Bomaby Sapphire Gin.
#3- White Russians (blame Lebowski)- 1 part Kahlua, 1 part half and half, and 2 parts Vodka (for a kick).
Great thread....I am going to have to try Mikey's Confusion drink...I love pineapple
Gasp!! Don't waste good gin with swill. If you drink G&T, use something cheaper since the tonic has so much flavor on its own. If you do drink good gin with bubble, just add soda water. Sapphire and Tonic is like Glenmorangie and Coke; when something cheap like Beam would have done just as well.
Next, I drank a lot of Ruskies in college until I sat down and calculated the calories in 2 ounces of Coffee Liquor, 2 ounces of Vodka, and 4 Ounces of Cream....Something like 700 per drink. No wonder I gained 80 pounds in college.
Finally, Mikey's drink, while tasty I am sure, will get you pregnant. That is how girly those are!
Now I just drink whatever my 3 year old picks for me at the store. So lately it's just been Blue Raspberry Malt Liquor with Guarana. Man, that kid has bad taste.
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A booger literally came out of my nose from the constant chortle I got while reading this.
Also, I like being pregnant. And No one has said Red Bull and Vodka, that will help you "go" all night. If you know what I mean
Personally, any flavored liqour. Or Brugal'.
Yes it is a fine beverage with a long history and proud tradition...but it holds the power to turn lose all your inner demons and less than desirable qualites. Beware Scotch.
As for Beer. Anything by Quebec's Unibrew is outstanding. Especially Le Blanche de Chambley, or La Fin du Monde.
As for mixers, here's a little something my old buddy Steve used to drink alot. I miss that guy.
Surfer on Acid
Tall cup w ice
-1/2 pineapple 1/2 orange juice mixer
-Shot of Jagermeister
-Shot of Malibu
This one will score you a lot of points with the ladies. It pretty much tastes like a creamcicle.
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i don't fancy hard liquor straight unless i'm planning on going nuts.
If absinthe is unavailable, an average whiskey or scotch will do. My choice in that is Bushmill's Black Bush, unless I've managed to score another bottle of the 1608.
As for beer, I'm a simple man, and I'll take anything Sam Adams makes.
Mixed drinks? For summer, mojitos. For any other time, I'll make something up with gin and sour and whatever I may have sitting around.
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