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Drinking in a pub.

119 replies

Deshasafraisy · 18/01/2018 22:49

I haven’t been out to a pub in years, am going out to one this weekend. Aibu to ask you what you like to order to drink? I need ideas so that I look like I know what I’m doing when I get there.

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Deshasafraisy · 18/01/2018 22:49

I drink red wine at home but I don’t want to drink this in a pub.

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19lottie82 · 18/01/2018 22:50

Eh? Confused

Order what YOU like to drink. Not what some fandoms on the internet like.

19lottie82 · 18/01/2018 22:50

If you like red wine why don’t you want to drink it in a pub? I’m even more confused now!

SavageBeauty73 · 18/01/2018 22:51

Why not red wine in a pub?

Baffled

Wolfiefan · 18/01/2018 22:51

Well I wouldn't order 17 bottles but why wouldn't you order a red wine?! Confused

KeepServingTheDrinks · 18/01/2018 22:51

No one's actually drunk in a pub since about the mid 90s. Go in and ask for a library book - that's what they're all doing these days.

Or, you could just ask for whatever it is you enjoy drinking when you're not in a pub.

HTH

welshweasel · 18/01/2018 22:51

If you like red wine, drink that! Or beer, cider, G&T, Smirnoff ice, coke, orange juice.
It’s just a drink!

Deshasafraisy · 18/01/2018 22:52

I like to eat when I drink wine. Won’t be eating at the pub.

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Nicknacky · 18/01/2018 22:53

What else do you like drinking?

Justmuddlingalong · 18/01/2018 22:53

What other alcoholic drinks do you like apart from red wine?

DonnyAndVladSittingInATree · 18/01/2018 22:54

Jameson’s with ginger and lime or Morgan’s and orange.

TinWhistleTunes · 18/01/2018 22:54

I haven't been to a pub in many years, but remember that the red wine was usually a bit grim. (Unless you are going to a better class of pub than I used to frequent?)

In pubs, I used to drink half pints of cider (the scrumpy sort, as I live in cider country), or sometimes gin with slimline tonic. But each to their own. Have fun Smile

SequinsOnEverything · 18/01/2018 22:56

What kind of pub is it? Country pub, wetherspoons style pub, fancy cocktaily sort of pub?

FrustratedTeddyLamp · 18/01/2018 22:57

Sorry OP you remind me of this episode of the inbetweeners

Seriously drink what you like i may like i dunno vodka blackcurrent and lemonade or a pint and everyone else may think its awful

egginacup · 18/01/2018 22:58

I agree, I drink red wine at home but never in a pub- expensive to buy by the glass and often not nice. If I can’t decide what to drink, I go for a gin and tonic. Works any time of day Gin

If it’s a sunny afternoon I might go for a cider. If I’m driving either half a cider or a lager shandy.

Jaygee61 · 18/01/2018 22:58

I like red wine, but rarely drink it in public as it stains my teeth! In a pub I will have white wine.

MyOtherProfile · 18/01/2018 22:58

I usually have sparkling water if I don't want wine. Or gin and tonic.

Snowysky20009 · 18/01/2018 23:05

Depends on the type of pub- larger, beer, cider, cocktail, gin and tonic, vodka and orange, vodka lime and lemonade, Malibu and coke, perno and black, cinzano and lemonade, baileys, whisky, Malibu baileys and whiskey.......

BonnieF · 18/01/2018 23:05

Beer, obv!

The choice of different beers available these days is amazing, and modern 'craft beers' are both delicious and very trendy.

wobytide · 18/01/2018 23:07

Order a snakebite and black and a jaeger bomb then everyone will think you're a regular pub goer

Davros · 18/01/2018 23:08

Pint of Guinness for me

HariboForBreakfast · 18/01/2018 23:11

Well, you need to have at least 3 selfies taken in the loos otherwise no one will believe you're in the pub.

gingerbread88 · 18/01/2018 23:11

Pub wine is normally over-priced and a bit grim so I wouldn't order a glass of red (also the teeth stain thing)
I'm a wine drinker at home but go for a bottle of lager or a g&t when out at a pub....
Have a good time :)

kaytee87 · 18/01/2018 23:13

Weird but ok. I drink bottles of lager on the odd occasion that I drink now.
What else do you like to drink? Just order that.

RyanStartedTheFire · 18/01/2018 23:15

Disaranno and coke is nice and inoffensive - tastes just like Dr Pepper.