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I drink none of those. Give me a good dark beer (Ayinger's Celebrator doppelbock is my all-time favorite), or an ice wine (Reif is my go-to winery). Mixed drinks? Pimm's Cup or a Southern Comfort Collins. I learned the latter as my grandfather's drink of choice at weddings; I don't know if it is actually a real drink... it seems impossible to find the recipe anywhere online, but I remember a decade or two ago no bartenders questioned it or how to make it. So it must have existed at some point?
Some drinks are that way. My grandfather liked this white Jamaican rum that you just can't find nowadays no matter what.
The west has a great drinking culture in terms of availability.
Are there any cocktails that you make at home regularly or would recommend I try making. Irish cream is the only one I can make since it's quite simple.
I mean, rum & coke (or black/spiced rum and Dr. Pepper) is easy and simple, as is a gin & tonic, or coffee with whiskey/sambucca/irish cream. Hot toddies and hot buttered rum are excellent on a cold day or when you've got a cold. I'm a madman and enjoy a warm milk with sambucca or brandy. On a hot day, you can also got for a radler (hard cider or beer and lemonade) or a half beer half root beer.
I don't really do the fancy cocktails, although I should probably learn at some point. At least a few of the stand bys.
Toddies are great even without liquor. I had it once with some Danish tourists in during polo and ended up drinking 5 glasses. Warm milk with brandy? What's that like
Beer here in India is terrible. The best sparkling beverage I've had has to be shoju or whatever the sparkling Korean flavored liquor is?
I had a few of those on the night I met those two Danish chicks that later unfortunately passed away in Laos. There were some people in our group and we downed that and some whiskey in front of the liquor shop in Pai. Sweet memory.
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If I were a bartender I'd probably assume that the customer wants a Tom Collins with Southern Comfort instead of gin?
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Being from Wisconsin, Brandy is my #1 liquor. Most frequently to fortify hot tea, nog, mulled wine, or even just hot water and bitters. But also brandy, bitters, ice and soda for a refreshing sort of an old fashioned. In the dog days of summer though I'm more likely to reach for a G&T as a cocktail.
But overall, good light lager is just the best. You can drink it at a reasonable pace almost indefinitely while maintaining a warm, good-feeling buzz. Just about my favorite way to spend a summer afternoon is at the park beer garden under the oaks, with a book and a block of cheese, drinking a couple of liters of Spaten or Hofbrau helles for several hours.
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