Still tweaking my recipe for a Mojotini:

Appleton white rum
shot of Minttu
generous dash of lime juice
squirt of Angostura

shaken

l rarely have a drink because it doesn't agree with me much and l don't get off on having a drink anymore.

*  Fosters Lager, V.B, Melbourne bitter (beers)
*  Vodka shots (much better than beer, but l usually avoid because l don't wanna get pissed)
*  Gin with dry ginger (again, only once every few years)

My number one rule for myself is; drink rarely and drink very little. l had 3 hangovers when l was a lad and found it so painful that l could never over-do it again: hangovers do deter. l've never been much of a drinker.

Booze, a magnificent friend and ally, a terrible and cruel mistress.

Real alcoholics, as opposed to those who drink too much, are saturated with alcohol.  Every cell, every sodden nerve and sinew. It takes three years for the body to come clean again.

I've drank a fair bit in my lifetime and in my degenerate stage I could drink nearly a bottle of whisky with other substances in one sitting.  Still, never hurt me to stop, never needed it to get through the day. Never became bloated, or suffered from a red blue veined nose.

The worse hangovers I ever had were Stella Artois ones, the worse ever Stella with speed. Lasts for days.

Thank god for soberness.  Just a little tomorrow night, maybe a Guinness and a couple of whiskies whilst listening to Pepper or 'Trane.

beer.. and it shows. i like all kinds, from cheap lidl lager to tasty real ales. main rule for me: summertime, more lager and pilsner, wintertime: more real ales and stouts / porters. the only kind of beer i'm not that keen on are the german 'weissbier' types made from wheat.

needless to say, i also love wine, be it red or white. i'm far from being an expert but as for red's, i'm into italian ones such as valpolicella's and barolo's and i think south african, australian and argentinana syrah / shiraz types also do the trick. as for white's, i'm into anything if it's dry and well chilled. of course, alsatian gewurtzraminers are the ones i love the best. south african wines of the type are also great in my book. + one can buy them half the price of the alsatian ones.

champagne.. not too much into that, i somewhat reject the snobbery connected with it. however, i learned to leve catalonian cava's when in barcelona in 2001.

as for booze, i don't do it that much these days, a calavados or two with my coffee or presso will do. occasionally i take a sip of single malt but i'm still trying to learn the joys of whiskey. vodka is the thing i never do tjese days, too many hangover days / puking malarkys caused byt russia's greatest. when i go serious drinking, though, i always go for gin & tonic in the late hours and it shows on the next day.

when younger i drank anything i could get.. beer cider booze + a strong finnish wine named sorbus, very popular among winos, street people, punks, skinheads, thugs, troublemakers etc. i certainly don't do it these days. also, had my fair share of - er - recreational drugs, everything from dope to e's & speed. didn't do much charlie though as it was expensive as f--k back in the day here.. quit the all serious 'recreational going to every day' shit when a mate of mine began to inject the big bad H.

so now it's beer, beer & beer and it f---ing shows lol

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^definitely. also their 'finkbräu' i find very drinkable in long hot summer nights.

That's right '66. Or 'A bad pint...'.
That's one of the reasons I stopped drinking. I just couldn't do the hangovers anymore. When you're young you can drink all day and all night and still get up for work. It's as you get older you really suffer. Aches, pains, sweats etc. I can really do wthout all that.
Plus, the tremendous sense of smugness that you feel when someone else is really suffering makes up for it!

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Last edited by The_Shooman (2009-08-14 10:14:27)

fermented water made from soaked 2 day old wheat sprouts is my favoutite drink. lt has a nice tarty flavour and is one of natures best health building drinks, loaded with acidopholous and bifidus.

pea shout juice (7 day pea sprouts) is a nice refreshing drink too.

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