Hey guys, Ray here. I'm a bartender for real, and I'm wondering what your drink of choice is when you go out! That is, if you are old enough to go out to bars!
For me, I prefer a Churchill martini: drinking gin while looking at the vermouth.

Bars? Jack and coke. You know, simple pleasures.

At home, beer, maybe rum and soda if I'm really in the mood, but usually once I'm there it's a small leap to 'liquor from the bottle,' so I don't waste much time on cocktails at home *shrug*

Straight whiskey and beer chaser; Boston guy, so I keep it pretty simple.

Gin and tonic works too.

HeySeuss said
Straight whiskey and beer chaser; Boston guy, so I keep it pretty simple.Gin and tonic works too.

I sometimes have nightmares about ordering something that the bartender doesn't recognize, and then I have to spell it out. I might order more snakebites otherwise.

I do not often go out to drink, but when I do, Jack on the rocks or with coke will do. Maybe cherry Vodka if I am feeling cheerful.

General rule: "Go hard or go home."

Brovo said "Go hard or go home."

Brovo said
cherry Vodka

.....I tease. I fucking love hurricanes and irish coffee and probably wine coolers, I mean, who are we kidding.

Sailor Jerry's and coke/ginger ale for me as a general relaxed drink.

Happy to pick up cider or straight bourbon/whiskey as some variety

You all have excellent tastes, though personally I'm not too crazy about flavored vodkas, except for maybe pepper vodka. If I'm at home, I a little zinfandel red wine always hits the spot with dinner or date night, but if I'm alone, I'll go for whiskey and water. A classic in my eyes.

Bartender Ray said
You all have excellent tastes, though personally I'm not too crazy about flavored vodkas, except for maybe pepper vodka. If I'm at home, I a little zinfandel red wine always hits the spot with dinner or date night, but if I'm alone, I'll go for whiskey and water. A classic in my eyes.

There's actually a subreddit for the TV show 'Archer' -- bear with me here.... One of the guys who works on the show (in no super-significant capacity, or so I'm told) shows up every week to recommend a drink to share with the characters on screen (they're booze-hounds, if you haven't seen it). Anyway he'll give you a little backstory on the drink you're making, then spell out the recipe and then you snarf it while the show is on and get progressively more drunker during the live commentary. It's actually a highlight of my week now.

AND I SAID ALL OF THAT TO SAY -- now I know what *real* whiskey and water means. Because the Tactical Intoxication Program (that's what he calls his 'TIP') explained that scotch on rocks is basically a hate crime against kilts and haggis, and you're supposed to appreciate your Glen Fiddich with a little bit of water to taste. And now I drink scotch, too.

So back in uni, we had this thing called the Gamer shake.

1 third absinthe
1 third vodka
1 third zamboka

Shake untill violent green.

Say good bye to memory.

mdk said
There's actually a subreddit for the TV show 'Archer' -- bear with me here.... One of the guys who works on the show (in no super-significant capacity, or so I'm told) shows up every week to recommend a drink to share with the characters on screen (they're booze-hounds, if you haven't seen it). Anyway he'll give you a little backstory on the drink you're making, then spell out the recipe and then you snarf it while the show is on and get progressively more drunker during the live commentary. It's actually a highlight of my week now.AND I SAID ALL OF THAT TO SAY -- now I know what *real* whiskey and water means. Because the Tactical Intoxication Program (that's what he calls his 'TIP') explained that scotch on rocks is basically a hate crime against kilts and haggis, and you're supposed to appreciate your Glen Fiddich with a little bit of water to taste. And now I drink scotch, too.

Well now....that's one way of looking at it, ha ha ha! But true in the essentials! It's better to have whiskey with water instead of whiskey on the rocks in my eyes. The water brings out the aromas better, whereas ice just chills it too much and beats the flavors down.

Bartender Ray said
Well now....that's one way of looking at it, ha ha ha!

I might be paraphrasing

mdk said
I might be paraphrasing

Statement of the century. :)