Tipple of Choice?

[Wickerman]

Double Diamond works wonders…

I remember the advertisement well Wick. Remember ‘beer at home means Davenport’s.’

That must have been after my time, but my memory isn't all that great.
I do remember up our way the strongest beer was claimed to be Greenhall Whitley, they said stronger than Nuki Brown (Newcastle Brown), though I never tried it. I moved on to John Smiths just before I got married. Not that it was great, I just got to know the landlord & his wife at the Cross Pipes, a Smiths house, and practically lived there.

[c.d.]

I enjoy Pallini Limoncello Liqueur in the evenings during the summer.

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[Ms Diddles]

Red wine
G & T
Beer

Margaritas and Bloody Marys for medicinal purposes!

[Ms Diddles]

Cold beer. The colder the better. Hey, I'm an American.

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No offence c.d. but I've yet to meet an American beer that I like.

I'm sure there must be some good ones, but here it's mainly Bud, Coors or Miller.

Just awful!

Any recommendations?

[Ms Diddles]

I've tried most of them and my favourites are Laphroaig, Lagavulin, The Dalmore and the original Glenmorangie. At the blended whisky budget end, I really like Whyte and Mackay and Cutty Sark. Some favourites no longer available in Australia are White Horse and Black and White. On a hot day, nothing better than a really cold Heineken.

My mum was Scottish and loved her whisky.

I love the idea of a nice single malt (perhaps sitting in a chesterfield, by a fire on a stormy night!) but I've never managed to acquire the taste.

TBH I never really persevered, deciding instead not to add another vice to my ever-growing list!

[Ms Diddles]

Those two look good

I’m a bit of a real ale fan but I’m not a buff. I love bitters and stouts. I love malt whisky too witn Laphroaig being my favourite although I haven’t tried that many. I like JD and coke. Rum and coke. In fact, come to think of it, I’ll drink pretty much anything.

It's rare that I come across it up here, but I do love a Sam Smith's stout.

I probably have one every five years or so, but I always enjoy it when I find it!

[C. F. Leon]

Champagne tickles my nose and makes me sneeze.
Brandy makes me forget... damn, what was her name?
Margaritas make me sing Jimmy Buffett songs on the beach.
Irish Cream lets me see Little People.

Jack the Ripper's favorite drink?
Bloody Marys, of course!
(Was that too much? I think maybe that was too much. )

[c.d.]

No offence c.d. but I've yet to meet an American beer that I like.

I'm sure there must be some good ones, but here it's mainly Bud, Coors or Miller.

Just awful!

Any recommendations?

No offense taken, Ms. Diddles. Most American beer is nothing to write home about. I drink Yuengling. Yuengling was founded in 1829 and is the oldest operating brewery in the U.S. Samuel Adams is fairly decent too.

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[c.d.]

I like to have a martini
two at the very most
after three I'm under the table
after four I'm under my host

Dorothy Parker

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I feel bad for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they're going to feel all day.

Frank Sinatra

[c.d.]

It's five o'clock somewhere.

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[Herlock Sholmes]

It's rare that I come across it up here, but I do love a Sam Smith's stout.

I probably have one every five years or so, but I always enjoy it when I find it!

I’ve never tried that one Ms D but I’ll definitely keep an eye out for it. When you’re in London next try the Kernel Brewery. It’s in Bermondsey in an area of railway arches which are small craft breweries (also food as well I think but I didn’t really look). They do some great stouts. Saturday morning is the best day I think. If you Google Kernel Spa Road Brewery and click on ‘photos’ there’s an imbedded 10 second video which scans around the bar area. There’s a guy in a dark shirt sitting at the last table on the right near to the bar. That’s where I sat with my friend from America (the bloke isn’t me btw) We tried all of the stouts and they were all great. The next day we ended up in a pub in Notting Hill and we couldn’t believe it but they had 4 Kernel beers on the menu. I was a happy man. That was also the first time in my life that I tried oysters (which I liked)

What do you normally drink when you are out in Glasgow?

[Herlock Sholmes]

No offence c.d. but I've yet to meet an American beer that I like.

I'm sure there must be some good ones, but here it's mainly Bud, Coors or Miller.

Just awful!

Any recommendations?

My friend is from San Fransisco and he tells me that there are a lot of great craft beers over there. Stouts, bitters, lagers etc. I hate Bud but I’m not much of a lager man as a whole.

[C. F. Leon]

No offense taken, Ms. Diddles. Most American beer is nothing to write home about. I drink Yuengling. Yuengling was founded in 1829 and is the oldest operating brewery in the U.S. Samuel Adams is fairly decent too.

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Agreed, but I did love the old Rainier Beer commercials done by Will Vinton. RaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaanier!

[mikey559]

Gin and Limeade, but then I'm always the "different one".