Well, I'm sort of stuck on the daily Gin & Tonic. There's an occasional break with whiskey and bourbon, but not much. So, in order to shake things up, I'm looking for some new drinks to try. The following parameters are important though:
[*]Simple to make.
[*]Absolutely, positively, no sweet drinks of any kind. Cola, fruit juice, etc., no thanks. Bitter is better.
Any ideas? :D
Drinking rut, looking for recommendations ...
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Re: Drinking rut, looking for recommendations ...
Strong black tea with scotch or whiskey.
But honestly, just get a good bottle of scotch and drink it neat.
But honestly, just get a good bottle of scotch and drink it neat.
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It's hard to argue with scotch served neat. :)
That aside, any drinks featuring tonic come to mind? I tried whiskey with tonic and a lemon twist and its not bad, but can't see in in the regular rotation.
That aside, any drinks featuring tonic come to mind? I tried whiskey with tonic and a lemon twist and its not bad, but can't see in in the regular rotation.
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Hmmm, can't help ya there. I almost never drink tonic. Even with gin, I'll just have a few ice cubes and a squeeze of fresh lemon. Other than that it's beer and whiskey/scotch. Cheers buddy.Rivet wrote:It's hard to argue with scotch served neat. :)
That aside, any drinks featuring tonic come to mind? I tried whiskey with tonic and a lemon twist and its not bad, but can't see in in the regular rotation.
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Re: Drinking rut, looking for recommendations ...
whisky/dark rum and ginger beer, you could try switching to wine, it's really easy to get caught up in apparently, or beer.
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Personally I like club soda better than tonic. So you could try a gin rickey for a slightly different taste. If you look the recipie up online it will tell you its made in a highball. i make mine in a rocks glass as follows:
fill glass halfway or less with rocks
squeeze and drop in lime
fill just above 3/4 glass with gin
add a splash of club soda
enjoy.
Also try a tequila and tonic.
best of all....bourbon neat! If you feel the need to mix it up, just change brands, each one has a different taste.
fill glass halfway or less with rocks
squeeze and drop in lime
fill just above 3/4 glass with gin
add a splash of club soda
enjoy.
Also try a tequila and tonic.
best of all....bourbon neat! If you feel the need to mix it up, just change brands, each one has a different taste.
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Re: Drinking rut, looking for recommendations ...
Vodka and tonic. Not as good as gin and tonic, but you'll like the taste of it anyway.
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Brutal hammer.
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go to the liquor store, spin round in circles with your eyes closed, grab something at random and chug it, bring a bit of excitement back to your boozing
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Drinking whatever is cheapest, and I mean dirt cheapest bum wine/bottom shelf-past its best-by-date booze wrapped in a paper bag always puts things into some sort of perspective.
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HAHAH I have no choice but to agree wit that.neckbolt wrote:Drinking whatever is cheapest, and I mean dirt cheapest bum wine/bottom shelf-past its best-by-date booze wrapped in a paper bag always puts things into some sort of perspective.
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ThirstyDrunk wrote:HAHAH I have no choice but to agree wit that.neckbolt wrote:Drinking whatever is cheapest, and I mean dirt cheapest bum wine/bottom shelf-past its best-by-date booze wrapped in a paper bag always puts things into some sort of perspective.
Yep! Thunderbird wine. It will send you to Hell and keep you there.
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Why isn't stuff like this avaible here..Screwball wrote:
Yep! Thunderbird wine. It will send you to Hell and keep you there.