What is your most favorite spirit to imbibe?

What is your favorite spirit to imbibe?

  • Beer and let's hear about it

    Votes: 11 28.9%

  • Wine and tell us about it

    Votes: 5 13.2%

  • Hard liquor and please tell us about it

    Votes: 5 13.2%

  • Something else and please explain

    Votes: 7 18.4%

  • I don't drink alcohol and wish to express it

    Votes: 7 18.4%

  • Other and hope you will post about it

    Votes: 3 7.9%
  • Total voters
    38
A good wine red or white medium dry or a sweet Spanish Muscatel. Spirits a good Port anice Whisky. Campari and lemonade. Most drinks and on the sweet side
 

Beer when I am outside operating the barbeque
Vodka Tonic when we go out to dinner
Harvey's Bristol Crème when watching TV at home during cold weather.
Red wine with beef.
 

Gary O' said:
A happening I happened to write about a few years ago;

BEER

With fruit

Up until a couple decades ago I never really cared what kinda beer.
Cold beer was....better.

But one time, while team driving with a happening dude, we stopped for the night.

Found a bar.

Shot the breeze about the usual; politics, sports, economics, sports, ingrown toenails, sports, carburation vs fuel injection, sports, and....beer.

He seemed to know his way around several types and flavors; pilsners, stouts, lagers, ales, porters and on and on.
My main selection was 'wet'.

I noticed he had a piece of fruit in his beer.

'Corona with lime, good beer.'

I try one.
Actually, it was rather refreshing.

But just that one time.


Dark beer

While golfing, my club wielding hippy buddy offered one of his porters.
Black Butte porter
Man, that was gooooood beer.
Was
For awhile it became my beer of choice.

Then, like an old girlfriend...a flame that went out as fast as it flared up, my taste for it just disappeared.


IPA

After months of just getting whatever was on sale, my lady and I dropped by the Edgefield poor farm, one of McMenamins beer gardens just outta Portland OR.
Cool place.
One of our sometimes favorite haunts.
A quaint place on the grounds is called the 'little red shed'.
Cozy
Stone fireplace
Bowls of peanuts, of which you were encouraged to toss the shells on the dirt floor.



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I asked the barkeep what his favorite beer was.

'IPA'

'I Pee what?'

'India pale ale'

He then went on with the IPA story about the Brits needing beer in India.

He drew one for me.

Not a lager

Not a pilsner

Definitely not a dark beer

Not any ale I'd ever had.

It was very good.

Distinctly good.

It became the beginning of a fascinating quest for me to find the best one. The best of the best in my opinion.

Up until last night, I'd actually hoped I'd never find it....traveling around, tasting, sampling.

But,

the hunt is over.

This beer, this medium dark beer....not dark, not amber, but a rich bodied color of....maybe mahogany, was capped with a glorious head.
A head that was not scraped off, but about two inches higher than the brim.
A head of tight little bubbles, bubbles so small they didn't really look like bubbles at all, but more like combed fleece.

This beer, this beer looked the epitome of the word 'quench'.

I knew I'd found it.
I hoped I'd found it.
I hoped it tasted half as good as it looked.

It tasted....better.

There is none other for me.

I cannot go back.

I refuse to go forward.

Why would I?

I have arrived at my destination.

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Yes, the IPAs sure are good. I find that they have a higher alcohol content than many beers and get me pretty tipsy. In fact a bit too much and I have to watch it with that. But I agree, great beer! :ROFLMAO: (y) đź’“
 
Pinky said:
I've never been much of a drinker .. allergic to beer, I found out in my early 20's. If I have a few sips of wine, I'll probably tap dance on a table. Rarely have alcohol - maybe on my birthday, and then it's 1/2 glass of wine or Dubonnet on the Rocks (I let all the ice melt before drinking it).

Since I'm on a few meds, I avoid alcohol completely, and due to the Type II diabetes now, I drink S. Pellegrino Essenza (sparkling water with natural fruit flavours).
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Good choice. I have type 2 diabetes also. My blood glucose reading have been good even after having a few beers. I guess I'm lucky that way.
 
treeguy64 said:
Guinness Extra Stout, one bottle, every two months, or so.
Different wines, from my rack, about a half-glass, every two months, or so. Most medium-dry reds are good, some Chianti Classicos are good.
Hornitos Tequilla Reposado, a Margarita, maybe twice a year, if that.
Balvenie Doublewood 12 yr. single malt scotch, a shot, or two, once/twice a year.

My alcohol tolerance is zip. I get buzzed on the tiny samples of wine and beer they hand out at the grocery store, on weekends. Most of my bottles of various liquors go bad, sitting around after being opened. Some have been up in my cabinet for over ten years. I do use the vacuum pump system on my wines. It seems to help them stay in shape.
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Oh, I wish I could drink like you do! Talk about a responsible drinker!:ROFLMAO:(y)
 
Camper6 said:
I drink one can of beer a day with my lunch.

It does seem to help me stay hydrated. I can't stand water. And it does help avoid constipation.

Beer from Holland is my favorite now.

The odd time I will have a shot of Tequila but I don't stock it.
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Sounds good to me Camper! I guess that makes you a Happy Camper!:ROFLMAO:(y)
 
Camper6 said:
I just read an article in our paper by Dr. Griffith Jones . Apparently alcohol is a good pain killer compared to a lot of other remedies including marijuana.

Of course it brings on it's own other problems.

Remember the Westerns where they used alcohol before pulling teeth or removing a bullet?
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Yes, I have seen alcohol used in the Westerns! Get 'em drunk then cut into them..:oops:
 
treeguy64 said:
Balvenie Doublewood 12 yr. single malt scotch, a shot, or two, once/twice a year.
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Good choice
I've been nursing a bottle of Glenmorangie 18 year old single malt for about a year now...so I guess it's 19 year old now
At over $100 a 750ml bottle, each nip is savored by the buds, on the way down, and when hitting bottom

My other choice of beer, of late, has been Michelob AmberBock
 
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Wren said:
I rarely drink but, if pushed.......

Spirit - Vodka
Wine - white sparkling
Beer - Never tasted it
Other - Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur (especially the latest Salted Caramel flavour)
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@Wren That Bailey's sounds to die for! I haven't tried that one...yet.
 
Don't drink often (spouse is allergic, sigh) but when I do:
  • Hard Cider - especially French producers, like Sicara Florentin or Le Pere Jules Pommeau. Our local CA producer, Martinelli's, came out with a limited edition called "1868", the first hard cider they've sold in over 40 yrs. It's made from Newton Pippins and delightful if a bit on the sweet side.
  • Red wines:
    • Old vine Zinfandel
    • Bordeaux-style Cabs - just bought half a case of the 2016 Prime Winery Coombsville Cab.
    • Pinot Noir - our fav was Donatiello, but the winery closed down in 2019, sadly
  • Bourbon. I started off with a handicap: the first bourbon I ever drank was the Pappy Van Winkle 21 yr Reserve, back when it was $125/bottle and easy to find. Yes, I deeply regret not buying a case (or two) of the stuff "back in the days" - especially as that was the old Stitzel-Weller barrel stock, now used up!
    • Nowadays, closest match is the Jefferson 10-yr old straight Rye, smooth and sweet, very contained spice, with that same signature long, long finish that PVW is famed for. It's lighter in body than Pappy, but truly lovely - sadly, Jefferson replaced it with its Reserve bottling at a much higher price.
  • White wines
    • Oaky chardonnays. Yes, they're not fashionable any longer. But I like that smooth buttery finish, since chardonnay is NOT one of my favorite grapes unless it's made into champagne. A difficult food match, but a great "social drinking wine."
    • Rieslings, the very low alcohol ones hardly found in the U.S. Nothing better in hot sultry weather than a well-chilled 8-10% alcohol Riesling!
    • Viognier
  • Dessert wines: Dow 30 yr old Port. Spanish dry sherry (jerez), Verdelho Madeira from Henrique & Henrique. If you happen to open a 30-yr old Trockenbeerenauslese or Chat. Rieussec Sauternes, give me a call and I'll fly out to you, LOL!
  • Miscellaneous:
    • Really, really dry Champagne. Lanson Extra Brut, like liquid brewer's yeast in a bottle! But Delamotte works, too.
    • Ruinart rose champagne - the original maker of rose champagne, first produced in the 18th century. Stunning, especially with multi-course meals that make matching wines difficult. You can drink Ruinart rose champagne with everything.
    • Whiskey: I don't get much into whiskies, but I've liked several. Oban, and the now-discontinued Hibiki 12 from Suntory (the 17 yr is similar, but pricier).
    • Rum: For the short time the travel ban to Cuba was lifted, my BIL visited and bought me the mid-priced rum, Havana Club brand, from the old original Bacardi distillery. It is....stunning! Easily as good or better than the Zacapa XO, and the Cuban rum was........(wait for it)........$14. I almost lost it when BIL said, "There was a more expensive one at $40, but I figured this was fine." Just to put it in perspective, the Zacapa XO is almost $100. But hey, he meant well! I thanked him, but boy was I tempted to buy an airline ticket and send him right back - with an empty suitcase ready to be filled, of course.
 
I don't drink. It doesn't matter what it is or how much, It makes me feel sleepy. My daughter had 2 types of wine she opened for a special occasion. I took about a tablespoon of each to try them. Immediately my legs felt like lead and I didn't like that feeling at all.
 
I was never much of a beer drinker. i drank one occasionally but didn't really like beer. My drink of choice was always Vodka or Gin Tonic. Mostly drank Vodka Tonics but gin filled in nicely. But its been a while.
 
I haven't had a drink in over 30 years, with the exception of tasting a couple of drops of wine at my sister's house a couple of years ago. When I did drink my favorites were Kahlua and milk (I think it was called a black Russian) and pina coladas.
 
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