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What are you drinking?

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 20:38
by C00kiemonster
Highland Park - my favourite Scotch. Best man flu remedy i know.

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 20:41
by Kwacky
Tea.

It's very rare for me to drink in the house.

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 20:45
by D41
Nescafe.

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 22:11
by Deegee
Tea here, can't drink coffee after 4pm or I'm awake all night.... On a plus point I was hitting the Tanqueray and Schweppes earlier on this evening. :)

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 22:16
by kiwikrasher
Good work Cookie, I've long thought we need this thread but didn't want to highlight my alcoholism (lol)

Just a basic Hendricks & tonic with cucumber at the moment.

But in the interests of expanding my options I bought some Campari and Vermouth Rosso last week to make Negroni's.

Wasted my money, tastes like crap (imo) but Jess liked it.

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 28 Sep 2016, 22:38
by D41
Vermouth is the devil's apprentice....it's so dry you just want to drink more & more of it...which I guess is the whole bloody point. A couple of glasses of that and you'll be in Toxic City in no time.


Lemonade, at the moment. Delicious.

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 04:56
by kiwikrasher
I tried to isolate what I didn't like about the Negroni's by trying the Campari and vermouth separately. It was both, either one ruinings a perfectly good gin as far as my taste buds are concerned.

I'm if nothing, I'm thorough.

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 08:02
by Jack
ditch the Campari , equal amounts Gin and Vermouth and lemonade and lots of ice .

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 12:33
by Kwacky
Yellow sun oolong

Because I'm not an alcoholic like you buggers

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 16:02
by D41
Hey....I resemble that remark!!!

BUT.....I haven't had a drink in over a year now, so how cool is that!!!? (it's OK, I guess).

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 16:53
by duke63
Do men drink gin in Australia? (giggle)

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 17:16
by Kwacky
duke63 wrote:Do men drink gin?
No.

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 17:17
by Monty
Oh God! Where to start!

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 18:05
by D41
Gin tastes like you're drinking a bottle of perfume.

But seeing as the OZ drink of choice is Fosters, it's pretty safe to say that in technical terms, the Aussies are a bunch of abecedarians anyway.

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 21:09
by Blade
I agree with you on that D (lol) and not just any perfume, but cheap nasty sh1t perfume (giggle)

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 21:28
by Deegee
Kwacky wrote:
duke63 wrote:Do men drink gin?
No.
Yes we do and we pay for the pleasure, and no it doesn't taste like perfume, well at least not the stuff I drink - it smells and probably tastes nicer than most of the fetid offerings the painted ladies on the perfume counters are pushing anyway.....

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 21:39
by Deegee
kiwikrasher wrote:I tried to isolate what I didn't like about the Negroni's by trying the Campari and vermouth separately. It was both, either one ruinings a perfectly good gin as far as my taste buds are concerned.

I'm if nothing, I'm thorough.
I read up on the art of making a good Negroni and found I needed a strong gin with a decent amount of citrus in the flavour profile, plus the Vermouth was key.
I've settled on Antica Carpano which is a bit vanilla-ish if you use too much, but gives a nicely balanced flavour if you change the proportions and up the gin content. Sadly I'm on my own in my house as far as Negronis go, so don't have a second opinion, but it works for me!

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 21:51
by Monty
There in 10 Deegee!

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 29 Sep 2016, 22:20
by kiwikrasher
Gin is grain based vodka infused with flavour from bits of tree, sounds like a mans drink to me.

And as another thread attests to, a portition of you are too scared to even come to Aussie, so you girls sit there safe in the U.K. and sip your cups of tea :P

Deegee, Tony B & Monty, door is always open ;)

Re: What are you drinking?

Posted: 30 Sep 2016, 08:30
by Blade
Well I'm drinking Vimto this morning (lol) and me an my little lad think we both pretty manly (raaar)