What your drink of choice says about you

[feinbera]

Not all cyclists think "share the road" means "get the *#&%! outta my way, I get to do whatever I want regardless of traffic law" .... but you do tend to notice those ones more as they're cutting you off in traffic or trying to run you down in the crosswalk.

Anyway, a little San Francisco flavor:

Tecate (if Hispanic): it's been cold and foggy all summer, why the heck is it sunny and 86 in october?! I need a cold one that won't break the bank.

Tecate (if white): I liked PBR before it was cool. Yes, I am aware of the irony of that statement -- I am being ironically ironic.

 

[BBL_Brewer]

Well, I must be a *********, because on the rare occasion I find myself in a bar I always check to see if they have Sierra Nevada. Most of the time they just point at the large selection of ****ty beer that they carry and look at me like I'm stupid. Once in a while I get lucky. I was at a small bar in Alaska a couple years back and they only had two beers, period. Pabst Blue Ribbon, and SNPA. I felt like I had just won the lottery. You've gotta love the simplicity of those two choices.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I will say, grouchy as I can be, that I was surprised by my reaction to something bike-rider related the other day.

Late 20something guy in my neighborhood wearing a derby and riding a unicycle. My first impulse was rage and annoyance.

Here is a guy harming no one, just out for a ride on his stupid stupid one wheeled lookatmewagon, and I feel like he has affronted me by being in my neighborhood.

 

[Subsailor]

[/QUOTE] Scotch - You are my grandfathers age and have a great story about back in the day. If you are under the age of 35 odds are good that you hate drinking this stuff but really hope everyone heard your order, as to show you are a man. You are also wondering how you can have a Mike's Hard Lemonade delivered to the privacy of the men's bathroom stall so you can shame drink.
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Definitely good Scotch, neat or rarely with a drop of water. I also have over a dozen bottles of Mike's assorted in my fridge with a couple dozen bottles of various ciders. Although my wife will not drink the Scotch, I will drink her cider or Mike's.

 

[mike280Z]

I think that like most things this post is funny because a lot of people can relate to something (mines probably the gun and juice part the most) and can also tell that most is over generalized for humor. Also surely Sierra Nevada isn't something most haven't heard of, they sell it in my kcal food lions an Walmart!

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I think that like most things this post is funny because a lot of people can relate to something (mines probably the gun and juice part the most) and can also tell that most is over generalized for humor. Also surely Sierra Nevada isn't something most haven't heard of, they sell it in my kcal food lions an Walmart!

How many average Walmart shoppers even look at beer other than their favourite BMC though?

 

[mike280Z]

What does BMC stand for? I swear I'm not up on the homebrew forum acronyms.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Boors Mud Ciller
Or is that Bud, Miller Coors.

 

[mike280Z]

Oh ok, not really a fan of any of em but I will give coors light the distinction of only beer I can drink in 100 weather while exerting myself and have no ill effects. Not sure if being the nearest thing to water that can still get you buzzed is exactly a complement though.

 

[Airborneguy]

Coors like can cause a buzz? Wow, you learn something new every day!

 

[mike280Z]

If you have a 18 pack on hand and are willing to put in the work, somewhere before passing out from dehydration it can be found.

 

[landshark]

Coors like can cause a buzz? Wow, you learn something new every day!

Takes 2 hours at a party and you have to put down the full 30 pack in that time. You will be out $15, and a cheap bottle of whiskey would have done it quicker and cheaper. But it works. The rest of the night at the party will be spent either pissing in the bathroom or wanting to kill yourself for your stomach and head aches, possibly both.

 

[Krovitz]

Know what would cause hair pulling for me? (almost does as a non-bartender)

having 23 varieties of awesome beer including 6 cask ales, and 90% of people order a michelob ultra.

Call me crazy, but I could not just hold my tongue.

Ha. There's a bar/ BBQ joint just north of Boston that always has 20 craft brews on tap, 5 Belgians, 1 cask, and a couple dozen varieties of whiskey and tequila. I love the place but it is always filled with college hipsters drinking PBR.

 

[cheezydemon3]

Ha. There's a bar/ BBQ joint just north of Boston that always has 20 craft brews on tap, 5 Belgians, 1 cask, and a couple dozen varieties of whiskey and tequila. I love the place but it is always filled with college hipsters drinking PBR.

Honestly, I could handle that easier.....michelob ultra is the most vomitous concoction imaginable.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

PBR is, honest to God, a perfectly lovely beer to marinade wings in or drink while you are standing over the grill. The fact that the Williamsburg set will pay $8 a can for it drives me crazy, though.

Which reminds me, I got another one...

PBR- I am trying to take home the girl with the huge vintage glasses and she'll think I'm cool.

 

[Zuljin]

Honestly, I could handle that easier.....michelob ultra is the most vomitous concoction imaginable.

Have you tried Budweiser Platinum? It tastes like a fumigated building that has sat closed up for a while.

PBR is, honest to God, a perfectly lovely beer to marinade wings in or drink while you are standing over the grill. The fact that the Williamsburg set will pay $8 a can for it drives me crazy, though.

Which reminds me, I got another one...

PBR- I am trying to take home the girl with the huge vintage glasses and she'll think I'm cool.

PBR is an award winning beer.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I can't drink PBR for some reason. Gives me acid reflux.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I can't drink PBR for some reason. Gives me acid reflux.

I get acid flashbax too.

 

[landshark]

Have you tried Budweiser Platinum? It tastes like a fumigated building that has sat closed up for a while.

I have still yet to figure out people's fascination with this beer.

I mean, the Lime-a-rita at least taste almost like a cheap margarita and comes in a 24oz Can. The Platinum.... Bad beer that is bland. I just don't get it.

Really I am just mad they come in blue bottles but are twist caps and not pops. Therefore I hate them.

 

[sonofgrok]

I distinctly remember a time in my fraternity days where we hid liquor bottles around campus for the brothers to find. They left us a pyramid of beer (coors and natty light). The goal was to finish the pyramid before they found the bottles, drank them, and returned. I drank something like 30 coors and natty lights that night and not only did I not die, I made it to a party that same night. Drinking 30 12 oz waters might be enough to drop you so what does that say about coors?

 

[Barnzy02]

I lol'd at the whiskey/rocks line ... so me, hahaha.

Although some of the bars i go to now, it's all genesee instead of PBR.

Sometimes, it's a shot and a beer night ... all night. For those nights alone and for $5, i love pabst.

 

[Whattawort]

I love a neat Fiddich or Livet and the occasional Sapphire and 7. Unfortunately the bar I play in for pool league is neither beer savvy or regularly has a decent selection of liquors. Usually start the night with a couple of Laughing Skulls (best beer they've got) and then we move on to a pitcher or 2 of AmberBock. It's $1 more for a pitcher of AmberBock than a single bottle of Laughing Skull after 7.

 

[Subsailor]

Have you tried Budweiser Platinum? It tastes like a fumigated building that has sat closed up for a while.

My youngest son brought some of that home the other day and said "you really got to try it, it's smooth and tasty! It's the best store brand beer I've ever had!"

So I tried it. I think Zuljin hit it dead on.

 

[bobbrews]

It's amusing to me when someone says their favorite liquor is vodka. It's a colorless, odorless, and flavorless spirit (if you actually get it without the crazy added flavors). What you should be buying it for is for the smoothness and it's ability to be hidden in a mixed cocktail.

"Patron - You hate tequila." Haha, so true. The best tequilas are those you've probably never heard of. Patron is a step above Cuervo Gold and other $15-20 mixtos... that's about it.

 

[mbobhat]

I lol'd at the whiskey/rocks line ... so me, hahaha.

Although some of the bars i go to now, it's all genesee instead of PBR.

Sometimes, it's a shot and a beer night ... all night. For those nights alone and for $5, i love pabst.

For whiskey shot and beer night, all you need is like one or two bottles of bud the whole night and some good live blues. Take any one of those items aways and you are in a world of hurt

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

I can honestly say that I know jack **** about tequila. Any time I have had it, I can't remember what I did or didn't like about it. For some unknown reason it is my Achilles heel of drinks. You know how some people say whisky makes me frisky or vodka makes me angry? Well, tequila makes me fall face forward into a pool of my own piss. Luckily, I don't remember the experience myself, but this is what my friends tell me.

 

[bobbrews]

I can honestly say that I know jack **** about tequila. Any time I have had it, I can't remember what I did or didn't like about it. For some unknown reason it is my Achilles heel of drinks. You know how some people say whisky makes me frisky or vodka makes me angry? Well, tequila makes me fall face forward into a pool of my own piss. Luckily, I don't remember the experience myself, but this is what my friends tell me.

Try these blancos, they're smooth as can be and full of flavor:

Siete Leguas, Ocho, Penca Azul, Siembra Azul, 4 Copas

There is a forum on tequila.net if you're interested in learning more about quality tequila. Who knows... you could have a change of heart.

If you want to savor the complexity, then avoid triple-distilled tequilas. Double distilled is the way to go for those who want to appreciate their tequila. The more distilled, the less the agave character.

Also, highlands agave lends a much fruitier, citrusy, bright character than lowlands agave, which is more stoney, vegetal, grassy. One is not better than the other, but those who are new to tequila generally prefer highlands. Connoisseurs will enjoy both.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

My wife's friend from highschool just finished her doctorate on a thesis that basically concludes that agave is the soy bean of the 21st Century. Apparently it does everything from save the whales to feed the homeless to get your back in the shower.

 

[Whattawort]

I can honestly say that I know jack **** about tequila. Any time I have had it, I can't remember what I did or didn't like about it. For some unknown reason it is my Achilles heel of drinks. You know how some people say whisky makes me frisky or vodka makes me angry? Well, tequila makes me fall face forward into a pool of my own piss. Luckily, I don't remember the experience myself, but this is what my friends tell me.

I experienced this phenomenon myself only it was with mescal. All i remember from the last time was waking up in soiled clothes with only one shoe in sight (on my foot) and I was in some stranger's house. She was cute, but I still have no idea who she was. I know we didn't do the horizontal mambo though. I was still dressed. The taste that was left in my mouth hung out for a few days too.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Try these blancos, they're smooth as can be and full of flavor:

Siete Leguas, Ocho, Penca Azul, Siembra Azul, 4 Copas

There is a forum on tequila.net if you're interested in learning more about quality tequila. Who knows... you could have a change of heart.

If you want to savor the complexity, then avoid triple-distilled tequilas. Double distilled is the way to go for those who want to appreciate their tequila. The more distilled, the less the agave character.

Also, highlands agave lends a much fruitier, citrusy, bright character than lowlands agave, which is more stoney, vegetal, grassy. One is not better than the other, but those who are new to tequila generally prefer highlands. Connoisseurs will enjoy both.

Thanks, but no way. I once won a wine drinking contest in Spain which involved dancing around like a fool squirting wine from a goat bladder into my mouth at arms length and not spilling a drop.
I also lost a tequila drinking contest to a girl which involved drinking a bunch of tequila, dancing around like a fool, and falling into a puddle of my own piss (According to my friends)

I'll stick with drinking grape juice out of random animal organs thank you very much.