What's your poison?

iSon · Wed 08 Jun, 2005 21.15

I am SURE I have done this topic before...

But as the summer month's approach, I often change my choice of beverage down the watering hole.

Just yesterday as the nice weather kicked in, as I sat by the canal I decided I would go for cider, changing from my usual choice of Stella.

During the summer I also enjoy drinks such as cheeky vimtos and Southern Comfort, lime and ginger ale (in one glass - TRY IT...you'll never look back)

So what's your sunshine drink of choice?

Jamez · Wed 08 Jun, 2005 21.22

Red Bull & Vodka (NEVER EVER mix it with Whiskey - it will make your head explode!)

DAS · Wed 08 Jun, 2005 21.38

Jamez wrote:Red Bull & Vodka (NEVER EVER mix it with Whiskey - it will make your head explode!)

On that note, can I just conduct a quick straw poll among the wonderful members of this place:

Red Bull and vodka smells like strawberry jelly. I believe it does, my friends disagree.

Red Bull and vodka is a lady's drink. I won't say whether I think IT IS or not.

Purpleduck · Wed 08 Jun, 2005 21.42

Red Bull and vodka for me too. Has that nice effect of getting you sloshed, whilst still feeling remarkably energetic. 8)

Dr Lobster* · Wed 08 Jun, 2005 22.18

i do like a vodka redbull, except in certain drinking establishments in my area, it can cost £7.

usually on a night out, i'd start with a bud or stella

after 3, i'd have an aftershock

more bud, then once it's time for last orders, i'll get a vodka redbull or vodka and coke.

it's then over to the 'club' where the vodka/coke drinking will commence until i order an orgasmatron (cheese and bacon pizza with no tomato)

Gavin Scott · Wed 08 Jun, 2005 22.32

Generally I enjoy a refreshing Dry Blackthorn. If a spirit is in order then nothing but a voddy and red bull seems to spring to mind these days. It tastes good and gives an amphetamine-like buffer against getting sloshed too quickly.

As for smelling of strawberrys, I really don't know. But I think CK Obsession smells of tangerines, so I'm not the one to ask.

Nick Harvey · Wed 08 Jun, 2005 22.35

An interesting question.

I don't change drink by season. The only thing the seasons do to me is very occasionally make me hot enough to down a pint of weak (Wadworth's IPA) shandy on a hot summer day when I'm very thirsty.

I started my drinking life on vodka for just a year or so; got totally out of my mind on a whole bottle of the stuff one evening and had to be coaxed back indoors one night in Greatstone-on-Sea, near New Romney in Kent, after (reportedly) having a deep, meaningful discussion with a lamp-post.

I then spent about forty happy years drinking large quantities of scotch, until I suddenly (whilst feeling poorly for other reasons) found I couldn't stand the taste any more.

Since autumn of 2000 I've been on the red wine (see glass in picture on left) and am continuing to enjoy it.

ashley b · Wed 08 Jun, 2005 23.23

Have to say tis Vodka for me, with anything, (well just about) Coke, Red Bull, Lemonade, Ribeana... That is if I actually plan to get pissed in any way. I can't get drunk on pints these days, get me too bloated which slows my drinking and I need quite a bit to get me drunk. I do drink them, but just a few to start the night off or if I'm just down the pub for a few. But Yes Vodka for me.

Cheese Head · Thu 09 Jun, 2005 12.51

Nasty!

I love nastys...

Half a pint of beer, half a pint of cider and blackcurrant cordial.

Has many different names (Snakebite and black, Purple) and gets you pretty plasterd. Taste funky too.

Gavin Scott · Thu 09 Jun, 2005 13.30

Cheese Head wrote:Nasty!

I love nastys...

Half a pint of beer, half a pint of cider and blackcurrant cordial.

Has many different names (Snakebite and black, Purple) and gets you pretty plasterd. Taste funky too.

That's a pink panther, if my memory serves. And after a few it doesn't.

Purpleduck · Thu 09 Jun, 2005 13.32

And if my memory serves me correctly......purple vomit.