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79 replies

broccoliduns · 11/06/2020 09:01

Aka alcohol.

Gone off my regular cider and quite fancy trying some other drinks. I like sweet (but not sickly sweet). Wine is ok but I'm incredibly picky so just don't buy it. I love bison vodka apple juice but it's bloody expensive!

Any suggestions? Sick of watching my dad drink a glass of wine like it's water and sitting their with my can of Pepsi Grin

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luanmapo · 11/06/2020 15:52

Kraken dark rum with Coke Zero and a load of ice is divine!!

Home42 · 11/06/2020 15:55

Margaritas. I make really nice ones 😁

NiceLegsShameAboutTheFace · 11/06/2020 15:57

Nothing, if we're talking alcohol.

NiceLegsShameAboutTheFace · 11/06/2020 15:59

Actually, not totally true: the Blood of Christ – when church reopens for business Grin

massistar · 11/06/2020 16:00

Ahem. The only way to drink Aperol is as a Spritz with Prosecco and a splash of soda/sparkling water. Married to a Venetian for 20 years so I'm a purist.

Madein1995 · 11/06/2020 16:01

Ciders- rekorderlig BlackBerry violet and juniper is yum, also like old mout raspberry and pineapple. Must be frozen first

Love baileys strawberry and cream. Can only have a few as is basically milkshake, but is lovely.

Really enjoy a nice ice cold prosecco with ice too

Strawberry beefeater gin with cloudy lemonade (in the posh little glass bottles you get in waitrose), with ice and sliced strawberries, is delicious and awfully moreish

Imissrealcoffee · 11/06/2020 16:03

Amaretto and cranberry juice. Tastes like a cherry bakewell.

ChipsAndKetchup · 11/06/2020 16:04

Jaffa Cake Gin with tonic. Lush!

Purplephonecover · 11/06/2020 16:08

G&t with a dash of elderflower cordial

devildeepbluesea · 11/06/2020 16:11

Beefeater blood orange gin is lush and dead cheap, drink it with cheap ass lemonade (or better quality stuff if you prefer but I don't really have a sweet tooth).

I love a white wine in the summer, sauvignon blanc or viognier or pinot grigio - well I'll drink most tbh.

Vodka with pineapple juice

Moscow mule: vodka, lime juice and ginger beer, delicious

Espresso martini if my BIL is mixing them

timeforawine · 11/06/2020 16:15

Pink gin and lemonade
Coconut rum and pineapple or lemonade
Dark rum and coke
Asti

I need to try some more gin's i think, the lemon one and the blood orange are tempting, anyone suggest a mixer for them?

Pieceofpurplesky · 11/06/2020 16:28

Fever tree do a blood orange soda that goes with orange gin

GinWithRosie · 11/06/2020 16:30

This...I know you said you weren't keen on gin, but honestly, you don't really taste the gin in this and it's simply delicious!!

www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2011/06/time-for-a-drink-the-gin-gin-mule-cocktail-recipe.html

GinWithRosie · 11/06/2020 16:32

It's also really simple to make (the sugar syrup takes seconds...you just boil a bit of sugar in water! But I usually don't bother and just add a bit of sugar around the damp edge of my glass 😊)

GreyGardens88 · 11/06/2020 16:37

I like wine but it's started giving me acid reflux. I stick to spirits and a mixer, usually vodka and coke or bacardi and coke with lots of ice x

BigusBumus · 11/06/2020 16:43

@zingally You sound like a proper Fun Sponge.

broccoliduns · 11/06/2020 17:05

@zingally I'm aware of this, I'd just like to have an alcoholic drink occasionally as I'm a growd up Grin

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broccoliduns · 11/06/2020 17:08

There are so many suggestions on here. I might just start from the top 😅

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BlackForestCake · 11/06/2020 17:14

Really interesting how few women say they drink beer.

PhilTheGroundhog · 11/06/2020 17:26

Disaronno and coke.

Or Cointreau, lemonade and lime.

getdownonit · 11/06/2020 17:27

Promise you'll post when you reach the bottom of the list GrinGrinGinWine

NoMoreMaths · 11/06/2020 17:33

My #1 is pink Gordon's gin with the orange coloured (botanical) Fever Tree tonic.

Ellapaella · 11/06/2020 17:33

Red wine mostly - I love a glass of Malbec at the end of the day.
Occasionally I like a gin and tonic, I have a bottle of Sicilian lemon and a bottle of gooseberry gin on the go at the moment which were lovely and refreshing when we had hot weather but I haven't been so tempted by them since this rain set in.

GinADingDing · 11/06/2020 17:35

Gin, gin I drink all the gin!

You can check out my collection here! Let me know if you want any recommendations!

ginadingding.com/my-collection/

AgeLikeWine · 11/06/2020 17:38

Beer is definitely my favourite tipple. I love many different styles, and British cask ales, Bavarian Weissbier, Czech Pilsner and American IPAs are among my favourites.

I also love big, complex red wines and malt whiskies.

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