Your favourite bar drink

[Johnnie Red]

Mojitos, Long Islands and of course Johnnie Red

 

[Abz]

Mojitos, Long Islands and of course Johnnie Red

Surely Johnnie Black or Double Black over Red?

 

[Misanthrope]

The most pretentious beer they have, a CC & Dry, or an Old Fashioned.

Mojito if I'm feeling fruity.

 

[redvscotty]

Tooheys Old.

 

[Bazal]

Errr, beer followed by beer followed by beer
If they don't have any beer, I'll have a beer

I really, truly love Laprohaig, but I'm f**ked if I'm paying $10 for 3 millilitres or whatever the f**k the poxy measures they give you consist of

My favourite beer is either a Pilsner such as 4 Wives or The Pilsner or a hop driven Pale Ale such as Little Creatures or Four Pines or Young Henry's. I am also rather fond of an IPA. Australian craft beer ftw.

Hops, and lots of them please! Never understood why people want to drink beer that doesn't taste of anything? I mean, yeah, if I'm skint I'll just about drink anything but if I have the choice why would I go for Tooheys/VB/Carlton etc when so many pubs have good beer available now? Anyway...

If not beer (which is standard, obviously) I'll go for an Old Fashioned...the odd Martini (gin, dry as a desert) or Mojito/Caiparinha in summer. Not big on mixed drinks generally though. Big night on the spirits will normally be some kind of spiced rum, or vodka and ginger beer/gin lime and soda because I can drink hundreds without much of an issue the next day.

Love scotch, but not worth it at a bar and most of them force you to pollute it with ice. Yech...

 

[sensesmaybenumbed]

Hops have their place, but some of the mega ipas now are ridiculous.

More of a malt fan anyway tbh.

 

[GongPanther]

Cointreau and ice.

Great in a large glass with big ice cubes.Rasp or grate some fresh orange peel on the ice,then pour the Cointreau over it...beautiful.

@ mongoose...not fond of Bundy....my fave dark rum,Frigate Rum sticks to your ribs with a great full bodied taste.;-)

Killkenny on tap or in cans is a good Ale.

ALDIS' Storm Brewing Co Pale Ale is the best cheapest Ale on the market.

 

[Skinner]

Always been a bit of a home made cocktail fan - usually the more basic, the better.

If anyone has any nice easy recipes, just with the stuff that is usually in the grog cabinet, I would be very appreciative. If you google it, it's a bit overwhelming. Cheers.

 

[_snafu_]

Reschs Pilsener.

 

[Dogs Of War]

Always been a bit of a home made cocktail fan - usually the more basic, the better.

If anyone has any nice easy recipes, just with the stuff that is usually in the grog cabinet, I would be very appreciative. If you google it, it's a bit overwhelming. Cheers.

Just grab the bartenders bible to Chuck in your liquor cabinet. Hell of a lot easier

 

[Johnnie Red]

Surely Johnnie Black or Double Black over Red?

Of course....but they can get expensive as a basic drink.

Actually the Japanese whisky Suntory have a really nice range.

 

[Skinner]

Just grab the bartenders bible to Chuck in your liquor cabinet. Hell of a lot easier

Cheers mate, I'll get one.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Great in a large glass with big ice cubes.Rasp or grate some fresh orange peel on the ice,then pour the Cointreau over it...beautiful.

@ mongoose...not fond of Bundy....my fave dark rum,Frigate Rum sticks to your ribs with a great full bodied taste.;-)

ALDIS' Storm Brewing Co Pale Ale is the best cheapest Ale on the market.

Considering Cointreau is made from oranges, wouldn't having grated orange peel be a bit of an overkill? Might try it one day out of curiosity.

Having lived in Bundaberg for eight years until recently, I found Bundy Rum to be the tipple of bogans and ferals. The stuff tastes like paint stripper and has a 24 hour aftertaste.

Is that the ALDI'S stuff that's $8.99 for a six pack of 335mL at 5.0% alcohol? Tried some the other week and if it's not almost frozen, it tastes like shit.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

Tooheys Old.

Tooheys Country Special.

Just kidding!!

 

[Frank Discussion]

Having lived in Bundaberg for eight years until recently, I found Bundy Rum to be the tipple of bogans and ferals. The stuff tastes like paint stripper and has a 24 hour aftertaste.

For a country that prides itself on smashing piss the taste of the average Australia drinker is dreadful to say the least.

The amount of blokes who drink schooners of VB and then move to pre-mixed Jim Beam and Coke (which is glorified rot gut) when they are bloated from all that shit beer is astonishing (or XXXX Gold and Bundy or Tooheys New and Jack Daniels). Then there are the f**kwits who look down on these bogans with an air of superiority because they drink Corona and then move to Canadian Club because the advertising is a bit smoother and the tastes more subtle, but it's really the same shit.

For me this question is like asking what your favourite song is. It really depends on the situation.

If I go to my local pub I want a schooner of Coopers Pale.
If I am at a gig I want a semi decent whiskey with a dash of water or ginger ale.
If it's an afternoon at a beach bar like the bucket list then I want a spiced rum with ginger ale and lime.
If it's late and I am in a nightclub I want Patron.
Down the snow? Get me something European.

And on it goes, but for the love of God if you drink VB and Jim Beam you are depriving yourself of a world of deliciousness and almost guaranteeing a hang over far worse than it needs be. Wake up.

 

[Gina Minehart]

Have to agree with frank

I drunk new and vb when I was a penniless Uni student

If you can afford better but choose the above, you have terrible taste and/or are a massive tightass

I'm a beer sort of lady. Will admit to the occasional bundy or Jim beam but it's very occasional

 

[Rhyno]

Lately I've been drinking Canadian club dry when I go to the club it's nice

 

[Chicken_Hunter]

Pilseners are pretty much the lightest body beers you can get. Why drink a pilsener when you can upgrade to a pale ale which generally have row 2 grains which are a slightly heavier body, normally combined with a small amount of Munich or caramalt grains for some extra body. If it's hop flavour you want then either pilsener or pales have a pretty much unlimited amount of flavour as far as hop profile goes.

I find with IPAs you lose a lot of hop flavour as the hop boil is generally really long which creates that high bitterness flavour. Your standard Australian and American pales have a lower ibu and are more aromatic and flavour hops for a better finish IMO.

 

[Mogsheen Jadwat]

I sample the residue of bar stools after the occupant has departed.

 

[veggiepatch1959]

I sample the residue of bar stools after the occupant has departed.

Commonly known as a Bloody Mary you sick merkin.