I like parties, but can do without alcohol in most cases, so you can count on me if you need a designated driver.

If I take a drink though, it means I'm going to stay wherever I am for a while, so be prepared to put up with me. I don't like getting drunk, so It's usually one drink or a max of two when I do.

My wife likes Strongbow, but only has it once in a great while. She'll usually just have a few sips of whatever I'm having. Between the two of us, we can make a single drink last an hour.

I like Guinness and prefer Extra Stout. It's not easy to find in Texas, but we have loads of Guinness Draught here. It's an adequate substitution in some cases.

For whiskey, I like Jim Beam Rye. Crown Royal comes in a distant second and then Johnny Walker Scotch (Red or Black. My palate isn't that refined.)

I've heard that you go with white wine for fish and chicken and red wine for red meat. I've found (and had some waiters/waitresses agree) that it's better to just order whatever wine you like with whatever meal you're getting. That means a Shiraz, Cabernet or Merlot on those occasions when I order wine.

[starts tossing quotes around] "The real test of an individual's character is not who their friends are, but how they treat someone who can do nothing for them" - "Predictability is a virtue of Slaves, not free men" -

and one of my favs, by Epictetus: "If, therefore, any be unhappy, let him remember that he is unhappy by reason of himself alone."

Yea, it was the family pet. Beauty is fleeting, and if you miss it, you have to make do with whatever you get. I chose the family pet, you got me.   

That quote dousn't seem to have much purpose? From a logical point of view, any sentient being could be unpredictable regardless of being a slave or whatever.

Predictability mainly depends on how well you know them not who they are! One example being your parents.... I think most of us when growing up could at some stage be capable of predicting our parents actions so precisely that they may as well be mindless drones! lol,

Subjective anal-y-sis? Hmmm. I suppose.

How's your speech for Saint Peter coming? I hope you know that he can just snap his fingers and take away the effects of alcohol. He's had a lot of practice.

Not sure if I'm a qualified drinker anymore, the ever-worsening hangovers and family life has been toning down my drinking habits considerably... but anyway, I don't mind a cool bottle of beer now and then

I live in Finland, so I've mostly consumed finnish lagers, for the sole reason they're the most affordable here... nothing much to say on them, not exceptional, not bad, they'll make you drunk eventually.

Don't really have a wide range of experience on foreign import beers, but my absolute favorite beer has been Pilsner Urquell from Czech Republic. It has a distinctive taste, don't know how to describe it english really, you guys&gals try it out! Czech beers in general are good, at least for my taste.

Finnish coctails = mix Koskenkorva Vodka 50/50 with whatever, and there ya go, nothing much to tell on the coctail frontier either

Dystopic asked about jagermeister... I have fun tip for that drink which occured to me in Prague while I was obviously under heavy influence of excessive amount of Czech beer and remnants of last nights sips of absinthe: I woke up, noticed I had bought a bottle of Jagermeister, but didn't really want to start sipping it raw from the bottle... but I had to even up the hangover a bit. Well, I only had berry-flavoured yogurt, so I decided to add the jagermeister to the yogurt: and voilá! It was damn good!

Well, to be honest, I've tried to serve the "Jageryogurt" as a dessert for some of my friends, they didn't appreciate the taste as much as I did on that hangovery morning in Prague... guess it was the absinthe in my head that deluded me

About absinthe, I really recommend to try it out (not in too big doses, and not if you're under 18! ) as it really does some strange tricks to your mind & body, quite unlike any other alcohol drinks. At least that's the experience me and people I know have had. I think the thujone is to blame for those effects...

that's hilarious. i've noticed certain diners produce food that's only edible when drunk or hungover, but that's just hilarious.



Pilsner Urquell is one of my favorite beers. i'm not sure how to describe it in English either, and I'm a native speaker. it's definately light. crisp? yeah, but it's still got a hearty and full taste. it's also the traditional recipie that eventually became Budweiser in the U.S.

i think it depends on the wine and the food. when you pair the right wine with the right foods, they enhance each other's flavor exponentially. however it's not easy to know what could go best with what unless you drink a lot of wine, and that gets expensive. i think both your statements are true in general; whites generally pair better with lighter meals (usually fish, chicken, turkey and eggs), and reds with heavier meals (beef, pork). but there are definately exceptions there; for example i'd serve a red with jerked chicken or paella (probably a port and a sangria respectively), but might pick a dry white with shabu-shabu (even though sake would be my first choice) or a riesling with a roast beef sandwich. of course, if you're eating a sandwich, beer might be a better match.

the most important thing is to avoid poor matches, and any match is a poor one if you don't like the wine to begin with, so unless you're the advernturous type it's good to get what you know you like.

i think the best advice i've heard was, "if it grows together, it goes together." when i follow that guideline, it seems to work really well.

I could see that, but boredom hasnt yet struck me as an icentive to drink.

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I agree with Dystopic (damn hard to disagree with him on any subject really!). I've noticed if I'm eating in a decent enough restaurant, the wine recommendations for meals are really carefully picked to suit with the meals in the menu. In the end, of course, this all boils down to the expertise of the waiter who recommends a wine or whoever compiled the menu with wine recommendations. "Wrong" wine can totally ruin a meal, and a "right" wine, as Dystopic said, really enhances the experience you get out of your meal!

In my opinion, if you just pick the wine you're comfortable with with every food, you're not using wines to their fullest potential

Personally, I´m also a member of the dont like beer but do drink it club too.

I´m quietly enjoying a bottle of Westons Strong Organic Cider at the moment, which is my drink of choice (not necesarily Westons, I like K when I can find it etc), but I also have a couple of 12 packs of local cheap lager in the fridge for when the cider runs out! I´ve got 5 bottles of cider, so by the end of those (it´s 6.5% ABV) I doubt I´ll be able to taste whatever I drink!    Or feel much of anything for that matter!

eh? I dunno, personally i do not keep tabs on St Peters post scripture activities?

jag-gurt shots all around!