Alcohol Gen

sungen

What's going on fellas, been a minute. Just got done slamming some Guinness's to get thru some last second homework. With that in mind, what's your favorite booze? I just said mine, mainly the draught or the blonde.

Lumeinshin

sungen welcome back!
I try not to drink often sometimes it can be quite tempting and limit it to social gatherings
My alcohol of choice has to be vodka+coke/Pepsi or some other soda. I do enjoy drinking some of the fruitier drinks available
I'm not huge on beer, it's just not my thing. Although if someone buys a round I'll have one 😉

sungen

Lumeinshin fonikiki If you're looking for good cocktails or mixes, go for a Moscow Mule, one of my personal favorites. Or, if you like liquors (like me) go for an Irish Car Bomb.

Ross_R I wish I could bear the taste of ethanol, as most vodkas that are sold around here don't try to be smooth or anything so the whole thing tastes like nail remover just like what you said, but I blame young me for slamming Southern Comfort until I puked. If you can afford it, give Sake or Soju a try if you haven't, even some of the cheaper ones are pretty smooth and tasty. I can drink them like water lmao

fonikiki

Beer makes me super gassy 👍️
I don't drink very often. When I do, it's either mojito or Coke+rum, though sometimes I get braver and try some weird cocktail they might have available.

Ross_R

My kind of thread. I hate to sound like a walking stereotype, but my favorite is vodka. That being said, I'm up to any kind of alcohol, as long as it is good and tasty. Unfortunately, that disqualifies most of the cheap bottles, and since I'm rather poor, this means I do not drink too often. Though this particular combination of facts might be the thing that prevented me from being an alcoholic.
When I had money, I was not against some quality beer either. My favorite type are heavy oily stouts, followed quite closely by trappist ales.
Have some photos from the good days. That was 8 years ago by now.

Ross_R

sungen
Aye, I tried a number of sake bottles. A lot of the ones that are sold around here are quite tasty indeed. My favorite one was, I think, a pink bottle of sparkling sake - I heard that sparkling is, like, not the most traditional version of this drink, but what can I do, it simply was good. I also liked what I think is called umeshu, though it was sold as plum sake. Not sure if the terms are interchangeable, I need to read a bit more about how these drinks are made.
Either way, the biggest problem with sake is that it costs like a decent wine... I mean, I guess it should cost that way, but the fact is decent wines are rather expensive, so it is not a drink for every week, unfortunately.
Never tried soju, but I think I saw it for sale. I once bought a bottle of hon mirin though. I know it is mostly used for cooking, but I just loved making vodka shots with it. Depending on how sweet you want your shot the proportions may value, but it is a perfect combination. Good vodka changes little if anything at all in the taste of mirin, only makes it a bit less sweet and adds to the strength of the drink. So yeah, hon mirin and vodka is simply delicious.
Finally, I'd say it is good you can't bear the taste of ethanol. If your alcohol tastes like that, you'd better not drink it either way. In my opinion, at least.

Lumeinshin

sungen

If you're looking for good cocktails or mixes, go for a Moscow Mule, one of my personal favorites. Or, if you like liquors (like me) go for an Irish Car Bomb.
irish car bomb

lmao what a great name for a drink. I'll keep both in mind!

Ross_R

Porter After about six hours I will always wind up feeling like shit; racing heart, grogginess, etc. It just doesn't agree with me. Doesn't seem to change much with how much I drink either. If I hit the right window in the evening I'll sleep through it, but it still leads into feeling like junk the next day even if I don't have any of the normal hangover symptoms.

Interesting. Racing heart is a natural thing, if anything. That what's alcohol does: it speeds up your blood circulation. Matter of fact, it might be the most positive effect of alcohol, though on the other hand it might turn out the lethal one if you overstress your heart at such a moment. Like, having a hot bath after alcohol is not recommended much.
Feeling like junk without any other symptoms is peculiar. Maybe your organism releases more positive chemicals than an average guy upon consumption? Sudden copious release followed by sudden deprivation of such chemicals might create the situation you describe. Quite peculiar, really.
Overall though, of course pretty much every human might have some biological differences and mutations in his body and therefore consumption of alcohol might have different effects. Personally I find myself sleepy after a good dose, but that's just anothe plus for me: as I suffer from insomnia, a shot or three might be my medicine. Plus it knocks me out right into the deep sleep, it seems, so I can sleep less and still feel wonderful on the next day.
I also find that the quality of alcohol might affect your condition directly. Cheaper bottles seem to have worse distillation and filtering with more negative effect. Unforunately, the price of a bottle, while being a solid indicator, is not a 100% reliable thing in the end of the day: some of the absolute worst bottles I've tried have been simultaneously one of the most expensive ones.
Surprisingly or not, I have also had a similar experience with tea.

Ross_R hon mirin and vodka is simply delicious.

Forgot to add: it also creates a beautiful marble texture in the glass. Really a very special cocktail. I definitely should find another bottle of hon mirin for my bar.
As for now, I indulge myself with Godmother cocktail. Though amaretto is not quite a hon mirin in the end of the day...

Porter

I like whiskey, apple brandy, and gin. I've had absinthe as a rinser in sazeracs but not by itself. Hate vodka. Except in white Russians. But usually if I'm drinking liquor then it's on ice.

I also enjoy easy drinking-beers, although I don't have the pallette to really tell them apart aside from "I like this one" and "I don't like this one." Guiness is nice and I'll get Modelo Negro or Shiner Bock at the store if I'm asked to pick something up. Shiner's seasonal brews tend to be pretty nice.

That said, I'm only a very occasional drinker. After about six hours I will always wind up feeling like shit; racing heart, grogginess, etc. It just doesn't agree with me. Doesn't seem to change much with how much I drink either. If I hit the right window in the evening I'll sleep through it, but it still leads into feeling like junk the next day even if I don't have any of the normal hangover symptoms.

Oh well. It's still nice to sip on every now and then.

shewasacarpenter

I try not to drink a lot because of occurring alcoholism in my family, but I do drink on occasions. I am mostly a beer drinker (mainly Czech and Belgian beers, local ones do not really hold a candle). From other types of alcohol, I mostly dig sake and long drinks usually, maybe a glass of rum every once in a blue moon. And I always drink hard alcohol straight 😛, although it has surprised a lot of my friends, difference of cultures I guess. BUT, considering I am really lightweight, the latter usually plays to my disadvantage.

Recently, I have started to get quite sleepy from only a few cans/bottles of beers, which I find quite amusing, but there is probably some biological explanation.
~~Have not posted here in a while, so I find it kind of amusing I return on a booze thread.~~

Dungulus

I come from a family history of alcoholics and almost fell into the hole myself, I go through cycles of drinking a little to getting drunk every weekend then thinking I'm getting too close to it being a problem and dropping it cold turkey for a few months. When I drink beer, yeungling flight is definitely my choice, I think it has a nice mild flavor and it's refreshing. For mixed drinks, rum & coke is nice, I had a bottle of kraken (regular black) and also a bottle of kraken gold back around xmas time during my most recent binge.

kurisu

Y'all better be careful with the alcohol you take.

I live in Spain, the mix paradise when it comes to alcohol, I've tried some great traditional mixes, and others that weren't so good. I don't drink strong alcohol, at least not without mixing some lighter non alcoholic drink to it for a simple reason: I get drunk instantly.

While not too often, I do go out and party in some weekends, but I usually spend months without partying until some festive week or month comes by. This easter I did go out a couple of times, but I didn't drink too much nor I partied for too long just because I wasn't in the mood. Also, the last time I went out to party before this was on January, if I remember right.

When it comes to alcohol at home, well, this can vary A LOT depending on which part of the world you're in. For example, while Europeans do drink at home, I'm sure that we do have a larger culture to drink outside at a bar than, say, the US. So while it's true that I still live with my parents, I still wouldn't have anything more than a beer or two at my very own home. I'm sure I'd fall into the hole quite quickly and I'd hate that to happen to me, so my personal rule would be not to drink unless there are guests or I'm outside at some sort of celebration, and if I'm drinking inside, I don't want to keep some fancy bottle of strong alcohol at my house, so I guess the bottles would be temporary and given away.

Seriously y'all, be careful with that thing. From a young adult fella that couldn't even drink in the US until July :^)

Comsat Rex

kurisu For when you do end up drinking when you're out, what's your go-to for lighter cocktails? Sounds like we might have pretty similar tastes, and I'd love to have something new to try next time I have the choice.

Ragingether

Was curious, is there any brand of Ale that is actually Ale and not just top-fermented beer with a shitton of hops thrown in? The original definition of Ale according to 18th century English brewing laws contains only water, malt, and yeast. I'd love to try a real Ale but the millions of godawful craft beers calling themselves Ales makes it difficult.

As far as my drinking habits goes, I keep it to the weekends, though I rarely get properly drunk. I mainly stick to Beers as they barely even get me tipsy after multiple glasses, along with just tasting nice.

Ross_R

Ragingether
Williams Bros. still brew something like that, if my memory serves me right. I definitely tried their historical ales collection ones, but I do not quite remember if they were completely true to their game. But I believe I decided they were mediocre, and that's why I didn't bother to remember anything about them.
Overall, I guess you are better off getiing into homebrewing if you really want to get historical ales on your table.

Ragingether

Ross_R
They don't seem to sell anything in my country. Guess homebrewing is the only option, but that sounds like a daunting task.

Ross_R

Ragingether
It is not that hard. I mean, at the very least it is easier than doing distillation and other moonshining stuff at home. Home-made wines and beers are easier.

kurisu

Comsat Rex I haven't tried lots of combinations, but one of my favorites has to be gin with fanta lemon (AKA gin kas). Another pretty popular one, this one being the on the lighter side, has to be wine with coca cola, the famous kalimotxo, as we call it. Both pretty typical drinks in my area, I like them. I should still try more stuff though

1996FordMondeo

Oh boy a perfect thread for me(picrel)
Personally im the straight edge type of guy. I avoid alcohol and in general dont like it.
Tough i do occasionally drink a beer with people but thats a rare occurrence.

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