What's your poison?

[Oniichan]

Thanks for the suggestions, Mr. Bixby; I'll try to check out the Newcastle stuff when I get a chance.

Speaking of ciders, I believe it's called Woodpecker, but it's also fairly good, if memory serves. 

[Oniichan]

Speaking of meads, does anyone have any good suggestions?  I think it's about time I picked up a bottle just for myself to celebrate the end of the semester. 

[Sir Nikolas Vendigroth]

I don't remember much about the last time i drank mead, but i'm left with 2 very clear images:
1: it was insanely sweet, and smelled like beeswax.
2: In light of the above, it's now easy for me to understand why the vikings were so angry all the time.

Ack, mead....


My drink of preference is ALE, 'cos i'm BRITISH. On the other hand, if it tastes nice, chances are: i'll drink it.

[Em]

*Walks in and turns around immediately*
Wrong place. My mistake.

[Lady Penelope]

I don't remember much about the last time i drank mead, but i'm left with 2 very clear images:
1: it was insanely sweet, and smelled like beeswax.
2: In light of the above, it's now easy for me to understand why the vikings were so angry all the time.

Ack, mead....

LOL!  Not all meads are that sweet.  Of course, if you prefer very dry wines, you might consider any beverage with a hint of sweetness to them to be overly sweet, but I've had meads that are only lightly sweet rather than cloyingly so.

And I don't recall any of the ones I've tasted smelling of candles, but then again, maybe I was too busy drinking them rather than sniffing at them to notice.   

[Justinian Muir]

I've had some great home brewed mead, which I loved. I'm very fond of scotch, but I'd have to say my alcohol of choice is Ale. Ales and Lagers and I'm happy.

[groomporter]

I don't remember much about the last time i drank mead, but i'm left with 2 very clear images:
1: it was insanely sweet, and smelled like beeswax.
2: In light of the above, it's now easy for me to understand why the vikings were so angry all the time.

Ack, mead....

LOL!  Not all meads are that sweet.  Of course, if you prefer very dry wines, you might consider any beverage with a hint of sweetness to them to be overly sweet, but I've had meads that are only lightly sweet rather than cloyingly so.

Well... it probably should smell like beeswax since they both contain honey. 
But I agree, some of the commercial ones like Chaucer's are drier, but I have yet to have a homemade mead that I didn't think was too sweet. -And then there's the homemade bottle we were gifted with that wasn't finished working and burst it's cork all over the inside of our icebox (aka refrigerator). What a sticky mess!

[The Infamous Red Bixby]

Anyone have any meads they could recommend? I would not be against trying some one day.

[Flynn MacCallister]

I'm a scotch drinker myself, partial to the Islay single malts. I really like 'em smokey and peaty. Currently in the bar is "The Ileach", "Oban", "Smokeshead", "Bowmore" and "Laphroaig". Nothing wrong with the Irish though, I tried Bushmills 16 yo a while back, and it is very pleasant indeed. I never mix, occasionally ice, but mostly just straight - no ice. If I ever drink for effect rather than taste, i go for Stoli, and to show off: Sambuca on fire(while in the mouth).

I do not drink a lot by the way, some of my bottles are over 5 years old. I just really enjoy it...

Me mum is a scotch drinker (well, she doesn't have very much of a choice: severe food intolerances have narrowed her choices down to whiskey, vodka and gin. No beer, no wine, nothing else) so I've been introduced to scotch recently. My grandpa buys her some really good ones (think Chivers Regal) out of sympathy... and I have to say wow. She got a really smokey one recently, though, and I think it is definitely an acquired taste. (Read: I thought it was disgusting.)



But, generally, my "poison" is beer or ale (brown to dark). Been meaning to try Guiness for a while now, but I have a rule regarding beers and ales: if it is in a can, I'm not going anywhere near it. Thus far, I have only found Guiness in cans.

I bought some plum wine the other day. Made up like cordial with mineral water it was quite nice; probably a good summer drink if I ever didn't feel like a beer. But who am I kidding?

[groomporter]

Anyone have any meads they could recommend? I would not be against trying some one day.

Chaucer's Mead seems to be fairly popular around here
http://www.chaucerswine.com/mead.asp
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Oh, and on the subject of beer I've always loved the comment I heard a few years  ago that
"Light beer is just mineral water with a yeast infection"

[Prof. George of Chaos]

One of the main things I like about Merrydown is that it comes in a glass bottle none of this ugly platic crap-

Hang on, surely no-one would be unstylish or fool enough to sell alcohol in plastic. Serving it that way is bad enough...

As for me, I'm not adverse to absinthe (gotta get a spoon made up so I can try it with a tad more ceremony) or the occasional screwdriver. I'm on a quest for the perfect Snakebite, and usually up for whatever I've not yet tried.
Gin has proved a reasonable companion to guava and apple juice before, and Bombay Sapphire has such a pretty bottle that, like my father's whisky's former receptacle, it is currently serving as an ornament.

If I had a standby it would probably be Lemon, Lime and Bitters.

[Mrs. Sullivan]

But, generally, my "poison" is beer or ale (brown to dark). Been meaning to try Guiness for a while now, but I have a rule regarding beers and ales: if it is in a can, I'm not going anywhere near it. Thus far, I have only found Guiness in cans.

Surely, any pub worth its salt should have Guiness on tap!  Although I have tried the Guiness in a can, and it tasted fine to me.  They put some kind of a marble in the can that is suppposed to do something or other to make it more like the true draught experience.

[Pheobsky]

Arsenic all the way!

Actually I have given myself Zn. poisoning before- not a nice experience, to be honest I'd rather not be poisoned at all!

Seriously though I generally drink cider (I don not count white star as a cider, & strongbow I generaly avoid where possible) Or G&ts -although occasionaly I am partial to a dash of 'G' on its own -After all I live in London, & it does happen to be the gin capitol of the world!

[Sir Nikolas Vendigroth]

Madame Geneva can be a fickle mistress indeed....

Well, after last night's excesses, 12 vodkas seems to be mildyly effective.

Ah..poisoning.

Carbon monoxide poisoning is very not fun. Seriously, when doing something that involved this most onerous gas, keep a window open, or even better, do it outside. Not fun in hte least.

[Tanvi_Sunil]

From the Pirate/gypsy/Puerto Rican?

Rum, pure and simple...

(Though a good pale ale like Blue Moon or hefeweizen will do, like I had today with a yummy Schnitzel Sandwich.)

[Mercury Wells]

I'm on a quest for the perfect Snakebite, and usually up for whatever I've not yet tried.

I would recconmend a very good scrumpy (oo-arr) and a IPA, tastes much better than using Gnat's Piss  sorry I meant lager.

They put some kind of a marble in the can that is suppposed to do something or other to make it more like the true draught experience.

The other name for the marble is a "widget".

Good Beer Guide West Coast USA

[Vienna Fahrmann]

     My "poison" would be limoncello and cherry brandy, not together.

      Vienna

[blacklines]

lagavulin: straight
dewars: rocks
blantons: rocks

sierra nevada: cold

[Flynn MacCallister]

But, generally, my "poison" is beer or ale (brown to dark). Been meaning to try Guiness for a while now, but I have a rule regarding beers and ales: if it is in a can, I'm not going anywhere near it. Thus far, I have only found Guiness in cans.

Surely, any pub worth its salt should have Guiness on tap!  Although I have tried the Guiness in a can, and it tasted fine to me.  They put some kind of a marble in the can that is supposed to do something or other to make it more like the true draught experience.

Nope. The darker beers that everywhere has on tap here are local: Toohey's Old and James Squire Amber Ale. Old isn't bad, and it's the thing to ask for if you don't feel like producing ID (no matter how young you look, there is no way you could possibly be under thirty if you're drinking Old!) and I am very fond of James Squire's. (They also make a pilsner, India pale ale, porter and a golden ale, and I really think that they are all chemically-tasting and crap. The amber ale is wonderful, though.)

There are a few Irish pubs near uni, but they are exceptionally rough, and even the promise of Guiness will not draw me in.

Beer in glass bottles I'll go with, (particularly if I want a larger and the best that's on tap is VB, or Hahn and I don't feel like Hahn), but I'm sticking with "no cans" for now. I might eventually be able to make an exception...

[minalth]

As a student, I can only afford alcohol in cans or 2/3 litre plastic bottles (unless I'm going for spirts) and it generally tastes awful. This results in me putting it in the freezer for a while before drinking, so that it has flecks of ice floating in it but hasn't formed chunks of ice yet. At this temperature, even strongbow is tolerable.
When I have more money, I shall begin my alcohol education, starting with scotches, moving through meads and other more exotic things to good beers.

[Tis Tom]

Well when I'm at home I drink cider however when im out painting the town red, I tend to go for vodka. Or whiskey on the rocks

[Cerridwen]

New medications mean no alcohol.  Technically no caffeine either, (*glance at mug by her arm) but I can't punish myself THAT much.

[Abigail Ross]

Some people are lightweights in regards to their ability to handle alcohol.  Sadly I would be considered a featherweight drinker, therefore I only have a few drinks a year.  A bit ago I was introduced to Goldschlager.  Strong stuff, that cinnamon delight.  A downside being that I (apparently, according to a roomie) have a tendency to demand people's shoes whenever I drink it.   

[Tanvi_Sunil]

Some people are lightweights in regards to their ability to handle alcohol.  Sadly I would be considered a featherweight drinker, therefore I only have a few drinks a year.  A bit ago I was introduced to Goldschlager.  Strong stuff, that cinnamon delight.  A downside being that I (apparently, according to a roomie) have a tendency to demand people's shoes whenever I drink it.   

Better than asking for their Trousers I always say. I am a "one and done" myself, though my tolerance has built up greatly since dating my boyfriend (He's an Irish/german boy from Philadelphia, man can hold his liquor).

So now I'm a 3 and done (heheh).

I was told that there is some rule to taking your shoes off when having too much to drink, so perhaps you are helping them  out??

[Abigail Ross]

Perhaps, though I seem to wear them.  Shirts too if there's a tall gent in the room.