Quick Questions

[Stroopy121]

I don't think I've tried good gin. Got a bottle of Gordon's someone left over at my stag weekend and that's what I'm basing my distaste of gin on.

 

Very good rum can be very very nice, similar to whisky. Think I've got some crap rum in a cupboard but suspect it'll be a bit meh like JD and coke.

 

Depends on the rum tbh, more and more places are selling the likes of Kracken now though. Morgan's Spiced is baws, but Captain Morgan's is awright. Make a mission of getting blasted one night in the moorings asking the bar staff to give you random combinations of shit. Or point to random strangers who aren't drinking beer and say "I want what they're having."

 

Also, Tia Maria and orange Lucozade = DA BOMB.

 

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[Soda Jerk]

I dig Bourbon and Coke, but it has to be coke with sugar. Diet Coke just doesn't have the same taste. It's much sharper, and has an unpleasant bitterness to it. Adding a splash of Lime cordial is great too, but you're getting into girly cocktail territory. I do it at home, when nobody is looking and is able to judge me. I usually go for Jim Beam (preferably the cherry flavored Red Stag) or Buffalo Trace over JD though, though I had some JD Gentleman Jack recently and it was awesome.

 

Dark Rum and Orange Juice is great too, and usually cheap, as it's usually just that cheapo OJ out of a carton which if often cheaper than a glass of Coke.

 

Are you a cider man? Again, most pubs have mostly crap cider like Strongbow or Magners, but better stuff creeping into the fridges of some places now. Some places have started serving the boxes of the non-carbonated scrumpy. That stuff is the bomb.

[Stroopy121]

+1 for good bourbon. Woodward Reserve, Wild Turkey or Maker's Mark are all awesome with coke (as Joda says, no diet pish) and a lime wedge.

 

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[Adam Easy Wishes]

What can I drink instead of beer on a night out?

 

Chris, check out Hendricks if you want to try out a decent gin. It's pretty commonplace in a lot of bars now, I like it with soda but works as well with tonic. Served with cucumber rather than lime and tastes delicious. Made in Scotland, too.

 

http://www.hendricksgin.com/

[Chris]

I dig Bourbon and Coke, but it has to be coke with sugar. Diet Coke just doesn't have the same taste. It's much sharper, and has an unpleasant bitterness to it. Adding a splash of Lime cordial is great too, but you're getting into girly cocktail territory. I do it at home, when nobody is looking and is able to judge me. I usually go for Jim Beam (preferably the cherry flavored Red Stag) or Buffalo Trace over JD though, though I had some JD Gentleman Jack recently and it was awesome.

 

Dark Rum and Orange Juice is great too, and usually cheap, as it's usually just that cheapo OJ out of a carton which if often cheaper than a glass of Coke.

 

Are you a cider man? Again, most pubs have mostly crap cider like Strongbow or Magners, but better stuff creeping into the fridges of some places now. Some places have started serving the boxes of the non-carbonated scrumpy. That stuff is the bomb.

Not a cider drinker, but have started drinking the odd bottle of good cider in summer. But switching to cider is going to give me the same problem as beer. i.e. feeling bloated from drinking large pints and a crap hangover.  That's why I want to switch halfway through the night.  Need something I can sip that won't get me too trashed.

 

I might experiment with bourbon and rum.

 

I do like cocktails but that's an expensive way to go.  I have had some success with vodka and cranberry but it's not the manliest drink to order...

[Adam Easy Wishes]

Also, because gin and soda are clear liquids the hangover is less severe. I learned this on an 'alcohol awareness' course at work.

[framheim]

Chris, check out Hendricks if you want to try out a decent gin. It's pretty commonplace in a lot of bars now, I like it with soda but works as well with tonic. Served with cucumber rather than lime and tastes delicious. Made in Scotland, too.

 

http://www.hendricksgin.com/

I love hendricks.  not tried it with soda though, might give that a go tonight. 

[Adam Easy Wishes]

I find with soda it's just a bit of a cleaner taste. Tonic can get a bit bleh if drinking a lot of it (well described). It's all in the measures too - tall glass, cucumber, lots of ice, double Hendricks, soda. Bangin'.

[The Milner]

Cucumber in drinks.....get out.

[Surfer_Rosa]

Vodka or rum + ginger ale = YASS.

[Adam Easy Wishes]

Vodka or rum + ginger ale = YASS.

 

Excellent shout.

[HateEvent]

Makers Mark & Coke

Flor De Cana 7 year Grand Reserve & Coke

White Russians (using either Grey Goose or Kettel One as the Vodka)

 

Those are my usual choices when it comes to bourbon, rum and A.N.other if I'm on a non-beer night.

[Jaaakkkeee]

I can't remember my plan, but if I'm being told unknown minutes remaining, I have unlimited eh?

Edited March 6, 2013 by Jaaakkkeee

[Chris]

I have some ginger ale in the house... will give that a go with some rum once I have a bottle.

 

I fucking love white russians. Couldn't drink a lot of them though.

[ca_gere]

+ 1 on ginger ale being a better alternative to most sodas.

 

Also, I quite like getting straight liquor and putting some lime syrup in it. Not quite a cocktail but still very sippable.

 

A fairly unpopular drink I like is Pernod/Pastis with water and a few ice cubes. I don't like sweet drinks and this has a lot of volume. An aquired taste for sure though. Possibly my favourite summer drink.

[Soda Jerk]

Not a cider drinker, but have started drinking the odd bottle of good cider in summer. But switching to cider is going to give me the same problem as beer. i.e. feeling bloated from drinking large pints and a crap hangover.  That's why I want to switch halfway through the night.  Need something I can sip that won't get me too trashed.

 

I might experiment with bourbon and rum.

 

I do like cocktails but that's an expensive way to go.  I have had some success with vodka and cranberry but it's not the manliest drink to order...

 

I get the bloatyness too after about 5 pints, without even feeling remotely cut. Probably doesn't help that I drink quite fast too, so it just builds up and I feel like I've eaten a huge meal. Then again, I find I have killer hangovers if I drink different drinks throughout the night. If I stick to one thing, I tend to wake up fine. I think starting on beer and moving to spirits would make me head cave in 12 hours later.

[Eupraxia]

A house blended whisky is good with ginger ale too. A twist of orange peel adds some welcome zest. Although you're unlikely to get a  twist of orange peel in a bar unless you go to a cocktail bar or a bar that carries Blue Moon and tends to serve it with the slice.

 

I definitely endorse Adam's suggestion of Hendricks with soda water and cucumber.

 

How about a nice Bloody Mary? That said, it's hard to find the appeal of drinking more than a couple of those.

Edited March 6, 2013 by Eupraxia

[neepheid]

I know what you mean, I'm a Guinness man and I'm tapping out after 4-5 pints and looking for something less ... physically substantial.

 

Gin?  Look for Caorunn http://www.caorunngin.com/ or Blackwood's http://blackwoodsgin.net/.  Hendricks is nae bad but there are better out there.

 

Rum?  Angostura 1919 http://www.angostura.com/ is pretty damn nice, and Brugal http://www.brugal-ron.com/ is decent too.

 

Agreed about some ginger ale for a change of mixer.

[Guest Cool Thinker]

When was there a Dunkin Donuts in Aberdeen between what years and is there any evidence like pictures that is was there ?

[ca_gere]

It was at the top end of union street if memory serves me right. Although when I was a kid anything past Belmont street was considered the 'top end'. 

 

Google tells me it was 198 Union Street. Pictorial evidence is lacking right enough.

[framheim]

was it not where the ART shop was beside the music hall? or close to there?

 

edit: i typed 198 union street into google maps and it looks like it was indeed the old ART shop.

Edited March 6, 2013 by framheim

[fatboy]

When was there a Dunkin Donuts in Aberdeen between what years and is there any evidence like pictures that is was there ?

 

 

It was next to where Presto used to be.

[ca_gere]

Cool, did you not used to work there when you were 8?

[fatboy]

I got a trap in Dunkin Donuts when i was about 12 one lunchtime......

[Paranoid Android]

Take a leaf out of Snoop Dogg's book and drink Gin 'n' Juice. Gin and fresh orange juice is great. 

 

My standard drink to go to after beer these days is Rum and Coke. Can't really go wrong.