What is your "go to" adult beverage of choice?

[Missouri Swede]

9 hours ago, Ernest Jones said:

No love for Talisker on here? For shame!

I really like the 10-year, and I'll pick up a bottle when I find it for a good price.  Haven't tried the others. 

 

9 hours ago, DaveP043 said:

I came to Caol Ila through Talisker.  One of the great things about visiting Scotland is the vast knowledge of many of the barmen there.  Looking for a gently peated single malt, I had tried Talisker one evening, and liked it.  On a subsequent evening, I mentioned that to a different barman, and asked if there was something with just a bit less peat, he recommended Caol Ila, and now I'm hooked.  Another slightly peaty malt that I like as well is Ardbeg , which I was told was very big with the German visitors.  

Good to know. I'll look to give them a try. slàinte!

[Piz]

Cheap vodka and vanilla yogurt; except when it's really hot and I skip the gloppy part.  If the bar doesn't have yogurt you can substitute ranch or blue cheese dressing.  Neither one tastes very good.

[Ernest Jones]

6 hours ago, Piz said:

Cheap vodka and vanilla yogurt; except when it's really hot and I skip the gloppy part.  If the bar doesn't have yogurt you can substitute ranch or blue cheese dressing.  Neither one tastes very good.

Zaphod Beeblebrox, is that you?

[boogielicious]

19 hours ago, billchao said:

Same here. Single malt.

I can't drink whisky after that Blues Brothers Jim Beam incident in 1979.

[Ernest Jones]

5 minutes ago, boogielicious said:

I can't drink whisky after that Blues Brothers Jim Beam incident in 1979.

A good solution is to not drink cheap whiskey (there is an e in whiskey when referring to Jim Beam). Stick to the good stuff. 

Peraonally, I've never been big on bourbons and sour-mashes. Give me a nice clean, crisp Irish Whisky most of the time. If I want a deeper flavour, I'm all about Scotland. There are SO many different varieties of Scotch that any whisky lover is bound to find a scotch that fits their palette. There are even some scotches that don't use any peat in the drying process, Glen Goyne being the most common one. AFAIK, Glen Goyne uses heated clay pellets in place of burning peat, so it's very similar to an Irish Whisky in that respect. 

[boogielicious]

Just now, Ernest Jones said:

A good solution is to not drink cheap whiskey (there is an e in whiskey when referring to Jim Beam). Stick to the good stuff. 

Peraonally, I've never been big on bourbons and sour-mashes. Give me a nice clean, crisp Irish Whisky most of the time. If I want a deeper flavour, I'm all about Scotland. There are SO many different varieties of Scotch that any whisky lover is bound to find a scotch that fits their palette. There are even some scotches that don't use any peat in the drying process, Glen Goyne being the most common one. AFAIK, Glen Goyne uses heated clay pellets in place of burning peat, so it's very similar to an Irish Whisky in that respect. 

A better solution is not to sit around listening to the Blue Brothers, playing guitar and doing 9 shots of any whisky/whiskey in your dorm freshman year!

My son manages a liquor store and has shown me a few. I have ventured and sipped a few, but there is still something that gives me shivers if I take more than a sip.

On a side story, I was at a restaurant in Reading, England, The London Brasserie, and they had a very old, dusty bottle of single malt behind the bar that we could order for a measly £1200. That was 1998.

[14ledo81]

This time of year???

Egg nog....

And it is an adult beverage in my house.  I don't let the kids drink any of mine....

[Valleygolfer]

11 hours ago, Piz said:

Cheap vodka and vanilla yogurt; except when it's really hot and I skip the gloppy part.  If the bar doesn't have yogurt you can substitute ranch or blue cheese dressing.  Neither one tastes very good.

We used to drink something similar to this in college, we called the shot the "abortion'. It was disgusting.

Summer is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale and Goose Island Pilsner. Winter is imperial stouts, Allagash Black or Victory Storm King Stout.

I have been sipping on some Fireball whisky which is tasty....never can have too much ethylene glycol in the winter...

[Zeph]

Red wine is what I drink most of the time and the occasional cider. If I'm drinking spirits, it's usually a gin tonic or mohito.

[Hacker James]

simple taste. Jack and Water, or straight up. Although lately, I seem to have an affinity for Margarita rocks. For malted bevs, again  Bud or Coors. Don't like the craft beers all that much. Corona once in awhile.

[MrGolfguy67]

Dr Pepper

The nectar of the Gods

[Ernest Jones]

On December 6, 2016 at 10:36 AM, 14ledo81 said:

This time of year???

Egg nog....

And it is an adult beverage in my house.  I don't let the kids drink any of mine....

Yeah, the eggnog at my house will a knock kid on its ass. 

[StefanUrkel]

Shirley Temple with extra cherries. The goat

[phillyk]

On 12/4/2016 at 7:41 PM, phillyk said:

Lagunitas Maximus IPA, can never go wrong with it. 

I need to add margaritas to this.  I love me some margaritas, had a strawberry and mango margarita last night.

[Hacker James]

On 12/7/2016 at 11:59 PM, Zeph said:

Red wine is what I drink most of the time and the occasional cider. If I'm drinking spirits, it's usually a gin tonic or mohito.

Mojito, but too much work, bar tender expects a gratuity

 

Edited December 10, 2016 by Hacker James

[jkelley9]

1 part any vodka, 2 parts simply made OJ no pulp, 8 parts water from my refrigerator.

On ice.

9 out of 10 people that approach me with conversation of alcohol "taste" and "brand" gets a nearly impulsive eye-roll. Sorry, but I just got out of school a few years ago and my goodness were there so many "experts" at the whole drinking thing. Hell, I had a friend who thought he was a beer connoisseur @ age 22 and he didn't have his first drink until he was 21. 

[Hacker James]

some of the old stalwarts of drinkingdom have gone by the wayside for the post part.

Rusty Nail aka Gum Drop

Depth Charge

Whiskey Sour

Gimlet

7 & 7

more

[rehmwa]

Dr Pepper

(admit it, everyone loves it)

Edit:  darn - Golfguy beat me to it.