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Old 23-07-2013, 22:54
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Not much talk of alcohol in general in this forum so I thought I'd start a thread to explore what people like to buy at the supermarket or when they are on a night out.

What is your favourite alcoholic beverage?
Do you like wine, beer, cider, alcopops?
Loads of breweries have disappeared over time. Are there any particular drinks you miss which aren't around any more.

Typically I like a white wine. Loads to choose from at the supermarket. I like sweet low strength wines however at the moment I'm quite liking viognier variety of wines.

I do also quite like a Smirnoff Ice every now and then too.
I do miss Reefs if anyone remembers them.
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Old 23-07-2013, 22:58
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Do you like wine, beer, cider, alcopops?
Yes..
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Old 23-07-2013, 23:47
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I'm a wine girl. I 'like' all three colours but red is definitely my favourite. I also like a couple of pints of lager in a beergarden if its hot, and I'm partial to a vodka and a disaronno too, but not too many or I'll be sick. Baileys at Christmas.


Wow I'm starting to feel guilty now
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Old 24-07-2013, 18:43
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Wow I'm starting to feel guilty now
Nothing to be guilty about. We all like a cheeky drink esp at Christmas and other special occasions.

There is nothing better in this weather to be sitting in the garden enjoying the sun with a cold glass of wine.
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Old 24-07-2013, 18:49
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Vodka in England. Beer abroad.
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Old 24-07-2013, 18:50
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I'm a beer drinker mostly. I originally stuck to lager, but I've now branched out into ales.

I do enjoy a Glayva from time to time, especially at Christmas or after a meal out.
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Old 24-07-2013, 18:58
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Anyone tried Parrot Bay frozen cocktails which I have seen advertised, they look quite nice.
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Old 24-07-2013, 20:03
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I like white wine with soda water, sometimes rose but never red. I enjoy a nice cold lager or a fruity cider on a sunny day, vodka I also like but the hangovers are awful so I rarely drink it. Saw the parrott bay cocktails advertised and just ordered a few in my shopping for the weekend
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Old 24-07-2013, 20:27
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Anyone tried Parrot Bay frozen cocktails which I have seen advertised, they look quite nice.
Yes, I like these when the weather is hot, they're very nice, especially the red one. You do need to take them out of the freezer 15 minutes or so before use if they're frozen solid though.

The MyCocktail frozen Margaritas and strawberry Daiquiris are good too. They come in packs of 4 and were on offer at £6 a pack in Asda recently.
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Old 24-07-2013, 20:48
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I love English wine, but it is so expensive so I treat myself once in a while.
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Old 24-07-2013, 20:48
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Nothing beats a few ice cold guinness in this weather or a few cocktails. My favorite is ..
70cl white/dark rum
20cl vodka
35cl peach schnapps
3-4 pints of pure orange
loads of ice and a pint glass
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Old 24-07-2013, 20:49
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Anyone tried Parrot Bay frozen cocktails which I have seen advertised, they look quite nice.
they are nice but contain no more alcohol than a mild beer, very overpriced and not worth the money.
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Old 24-07-2013, 20:54
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Anyone tried Parrot Bay frozen cocktails which I have seen advertised, they look quite nice.
Cheaper to make them yourself.
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Old 24-07-2013, 21:23
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I mostly drink liquors. Baileys, Tia Maria, Cointreau, Southern Comfort. Occasionally beer and very rarely wine.

Baileys is a pain because they keep bringing out variations of it that aren't as good. They should stick with what they've got. Cointreau is good because it's made from oranges. If you have a double it counts as one of your five a day.
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Old 24-07-2013, 21:48
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Vodka red bull.
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Old 24-07-2013, 22:00
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I am partial to a glass or two of Pinot Grigio.

I also love Prosecco.

Not a fan of red wine but can drink a very light rose.

Beer is for BBQ's (I like something you can stick a lime in so Corona or Sol)

Cocktails are for girls night out. Cosmo or Porn Star Martini for me

Bailey's is for Crimbo

Grey Goose is for when we are rich!

I love booze, but don't partake too often anymore.
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Old 24-07-2013, 22:14
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I mostly drink liquors. Baileys, Tia Maria, Cointreau, Southern Comfort. Occasionally beer and very rarely wine.

Baileys is a pain because they keep bringing out variations of it that aren't as good. They should stick with what they've got. Cointreau is good because it's made from oranges. If you have a double it counts as one of your five a day.
Try the "Queen Margot "copy of Baileys from Lidls, same alcohol content and a lot cheaper @ under a fiver a bottle, you would be hard pushed to tell the difference.
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Old 25-07-2013, 18:47
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we've always got at least 3 bottles of wine in, nothing fancy, just plonk from Tesco usually. We always keep one of those big glass bottles of cloudy cider in, too, mainly for cooking with, but on a warm summer evening, we've been known to knock back a glass or two. Also, I've usually got some Glenmorangie in, it helps when the pain killers don't.

Oh, and occasionally I'll get a bottle of Grass Vodka in, tastes great

Neither of us like beer or lager, so we never have it in, unless I need it for cooking
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Old 25-07-2013, 19:05
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White wine & rose (the cheaper supermarket plonk does me), lager (never the strong ones, sometimes happy with the weak Skol type), the odd beer like John Smiths, maybe now and then a real ale. Used to drink Vodka quite often when i was younger but those days are long gone, the hangovers were terrible, couldn't handle them now.
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Old 25-07-2013, 22:54
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Cocktails!
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Old 25-07-2013, 23:32
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Peroni beer or sweet sparkling Rose Wine

I have vaguely expensive tastes

I hate just about all other alcohol.
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Old 26-07-2013, 08:07
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Normally:

Guinness Original
Tesco Pear cider (tastes ok and very cheap)
Cains/Thwaites dark mild. (Prefer Cains but it's difficult to get)
Morrisons medium dry cider. (tastes decent and cheap)
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Old 26-07-2013, 09:09
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the odd beer like John Smiths
That certainly is a very odd beer It's usually considered undrinkable by somebody who's partial to a good real ale.
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Old 26-07-2013, 09:13
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The drink I have more often is dry white wine, preferably a sauvignon blanc, have it with meals out, just relaxing in the house or going to the pub for a few

If I go on a night out I have cocktails, usually a frozen daquari, either strawberry or mango, a cosmopolitan or a bellini/rossini. I used to drink a lot of vodka, but for some reason it has started to make me feel sick after 2 or 3, no matter what mixers I have with it, so I've started drinking amaretto.

For pre-drinks before I go out or a beer garden/BBQ, I have cider, usually strawberry and lime, mango and raspberry, toffee apple brothers or a bulmers or magners.

Not a fan of lager, but I do have a shandy sometimes or one of those low alcohol ones like Fosters Radler

I like champagne/cava/prosecco for special occasions, as long as it's cold
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Old 26-07-2013, 09:27
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For bbqs and festivals I fill a big ice chest with ice and lager

Thursday is wine night, we have a bottle or two of red.

Other notable quaffage, quite partial to Red Stag
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