Bit of Drinking Advice

[newspapercowboy]

Saw the "favorite cocktail" thread, had to add this bit of advice from my deceased Pop, born in 1920 and a bit of a sport.


"A man never drinks anything with more than two ingredients...and ice counts."

 

[Mojito]

Phew - I'm glad I'm a woman, then, and thus exempt from that advice! lol

 

[Fletch]

Let's see - water, barley, hops...that means
NO MORE BEER!

:cry:

Enjoy what's in the frig, fellas, then kiss it goodbye.
:beer: :cheers1:

'Course there's always single malts, rye, vodka and Everclear. No gin, no blended goods, no brandy unless it's clear grappa, slivovitz, etc.
And wine's ok as long as it has no sulfites.

Non-alcoholically speaking, you have your choice of black coffee, black tea, water, milk, fruit juice you squeeze yourself...am I missing anything?

 

[Lady Day]

...am I missing anything?

A lot of delicious beverages. *if you strictly follow said advice*

LD

 

[Fletch]

No more martinis. OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER.

Hmph. I'm beginning to think this man stuff ain't all it's cracked up to be. Tomorrow I think I shall wear brown riding boots in the street for no reason at all, oogle Us and In Style for the photographs of leggy actresses, and drink sidecars until my vision resembles the optical montages of Slavko Vorkapich. What do I care.

 

[Story]

Real men (TM) drink anything they damn well want to.

 

[newspapercowboy]

LOl Pop meant a mixed drink..he drank a martini..up...I drink bourbon...straight...under this way of explaining his rule beer's fine...

Let's see - water, barley, hops...that means
NO MORE BEER!

:cry:

Enjoy what's in the frig, fellas, then kiss it goodbye.
:beer: :cheers1:

'Course there's always single malts, rye, vodka and Everclear. No gin, no blended goods, no brandy unless it's clear grappa, slivovitz, etc.
And wine's ok as long as it has no sulfites.

Non-alcoholically speaking, you have your choice of black coffee, black tea, water, milk, fruit juice you squeeze yourself...am I missing anything?

 

[funneman]

Sage advice..

Saw the "favorite cocktail" thread, had to add this bit of advice from my deceased Pop, born in 1920 and a bit of a sport.


"A man never drinks anything with more than two ingredients...and ice counts."

I find myself drinking a lot of Vodka on the Rocks lately, my idea of a "mixed drink."

 

[Viviene]

The best drinking advice I ever received was from my Italian grandfather. "Never mix your drinks. Stick to one for the night." I have to say he was right.

 

[griffer]

I never mix my drinks, i have a bartender do it for me.

 

[Beer Baron]

Thanks for the clarification Cowboy, a world where a man can't drink beer and still be a man wouldn't be a place worth living in.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

The best drinking advice I ever received was from my Italian grandfather. "Never mix your drinks. Stick to one for the night." I have to say he was right.

I've found that i can mix wine (red or white) and beer (ale not lager) or beer and rum or whiskey (the only spirits i drink) but not wine and liquor. That, for me, is a recipe for disaster . . .

bk

 

[Fletch]

Real men (TM) drink anything they damn well want to.

<pounds bar> Bar'k*hic*p...'nother sizecar, 'm make it shnappy, I gotta make 'em li'l erector set thingies move y'knowhuzzImean...

Montage by Slavko Vorkapich
From The Life and Death of #9413, a Hollywood Extra, 1928

 

[beaucaillou]

I've found that i can mix wine (red or white) and beer (ale not lager) or beer and rum or whiskey (the only spirits i drink) but not wine and liquor. That, for me, is a recipe for disaster . . .

bk

I'm with BK here:
"Beer plus liquor, never sicker."

This rule would make Champagne Cocktails off limits. I don't like this rule.

Story: true, but when a man orders an Apple Martini and he's not doing it while standing next to his boyfriend, I do internally roll my eyes.

 

[Fletch]

I mentally throw up at the concept of an Apple Martini.

 

[dhermann1]

I've heard 2 dictums (dicta?) that I adhere to: 1 Never mix grape and grain.
2 (This one is often garbled) Beer ON whisky, mighty risky; whisky ON beer, never fear. Ultimately it all comes down to "Don't drink too much." Moderation in all things. Learn how to nurse a drink. Get a nice buzz, but don't get stupid. I once knocked down 2/3 of a bottle of Laphroaig, then 2/3 of a bottle of champagne (it was New Year's Eve). I will NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER do that again.
If it's separated by a meal, then I ignore dictum #1.

 

[Beer Baron]

Liquor before Beer, you're in the clear. Beer before Liquor, you'll never be sicker.

 

[Fletch]

And Steve a cold, and feed a favor...or izzit th'other way roundzzz.

Barcreep more sidecars plzzz. 'n one fer my friend...no wait thass my refleshshun.....aaaah ok bring'm one too, I'll drink it if he don't.
<Fletch collapses, his barstool clattering noisily to the floor.>

 

[Story]

<pounds bar> Bar'k*hic*p...'nother sizecar, 'm make it shnappy, I gotta make 'em li'l erector set thingies move y'knowhuzzImean...

Another round of paint thinner for the man with the swanky hanky in his pocket.

Barcreep more sidecars plzzz. 'n one fer my friend...no wait thass my refleshshun.....aaaah ok bring'm one too, I'll drink it if he don't.
<Fletch collapses, his barstool clattering noisily to the floor.>

Never mind.

He should be glad Keith Richards isn't in the 'hood.

 

[Cacklewack]

Story: true, but when a man orders an Apple Martini and he's not doing it while standing next to his boyfriend, I do internally roll my eyes.

Are chocolate martinis in the same boat? My roommate orders them without shame...

Matt