What are YOU drinking right now?

[ken k]

had a littel egg nog yesterday myself with a little Aruba rum in it. Not a big egg nog fan but had to be sociable....

Also had some Sam Adams Infinium Champagne Ale to celebrate the holiday.

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[Donn]

Honestly, I'm never drinking anything "right now" - i.e., while posting. I usually drink up, then post. Or post, then drink, but anyway not often concurrently. So I guess it hardly matters that the following drink was not only not right now, it was several days ago. And very far away, on a small island near Puerto Rico.

On our recent visit to Puerto Rico, one of my objectives was to have a daiquirí per what I understand to have been the original recipe: white rum, lime juice, sugar, on cracked ice. Like a caipirinha, but with rum instead of cachaça. I thought that might be an instantly recognizable concept to Puerto Rican bartenders, might even be something like the national drink. Instead, they mostly seemed to have a frozen drink in mind and were perplexed by the choice of lime instead of strawberry or banana. One bartender professed to recognize a "classic daiquirí", but I take points off because it was on slush, not cracked ice. I usually settled for a mojito.

Anyway, Tuesday we dined at a small, casual place on this small island, and I indulged in a second drink and launched into my description. The bartender/waiter/owner interrupted me with "lime, rum, on the rocks?", and repeated this formula, so I assented, and that's what he delivered. No sugar, just lime juice (from limes grown in his back yard), and rum, on ice. At first, of course it was pretty sour, but the combination grew on me, and it went very well with my food. I'd do it again, given 1) good, fresh limes and 2) food.

That drink was food for thought. I propose that mixed drinks at the dinner table might be better a little drier (and conversely, wine for non-dinner purposes could be a little sweeter - moscato is a particularly delicious example.) Next time I'm at a Mexican restaurant I'll see what they have instead of the usually punch-like margarita ... may have to settle for a straight tequila or mescal.

[bearphonium]

Sailor Jerry spiced rum and local dairy eggnog.

[bort]

The Glenlivet. I dont know if this is good/okay/bad/great Scotch, but I sure like it an awful lot!

[Dan Schultz]

The Glenlivet. I dont know if this is good/okay/bad/great Scotch, but I sure like it an awful lot!

It's one of my favorites!

[Rev Rob]

Bort and Tubatinker - try McAllen 18 year old; a little pricey but oh so good!

[Chuck Jackson]

Sierra Nevada Torpedo Pale Ale. Not nearly as uber-hoppy and bitter as I like, but a nice ale with my soup.

[ShoelessWes]

Lucky Buddha Lager

[The Jackson]

I'm having a really Seinfeldian moment right now drinking milk "the day after the day".

[arpthark]

Sonic Limeade. None of that cherry-lime garbage; bonafide limeade. Mmm.

[PMeuph]

Bort and Tubatinker - try McAllen 18 year old; a little pricey but oh so good!

You mean the MacAllan, right? (I think "Mc" is usually more the Irish version and "Mac" the Scottish)

I have a bottle of the Fine Oak 10 year old Macallan and it is exquisite. Eventually, when i have a lot of money (or when I visit another country and can buy alcohol duty free, I might pick up a bottle of the 18 yr old)

[DonShirer]

A nice Chianti riserva. (Along with a garlic shrimp with pappardelle.) One of the few times I saw this thread when I was actually drinking something.

[ShoelessWes]

Monchshof Kellerbrau.... tastes like frosted flakes. MMmm.

[bearphonium]

bloke, I hope you got a filter. This is what we've had locally:

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I, on the other hand, am enjoying a cup o Joe for the first time in four days, thanks to a migraine attack. Peet's Christmas Blend, to be precise.

[bearphonium]

Taking a single shot of Maker's Mark tonight. My friend, Jerry Webber, was killed in an accidental shooting a year ago today. The shot is for him.

[bort]

Fat Tire... Probably not exciting for a lot of folks, but they only recently started selling it out east. And not in NY yet, so I had to get my folks in MD to get some for me. Still a hassle, but easier than going to Ft Collins again.

[Donn]

Bitter melon "tea" (i.e., infusion) is what.

Earlier, a liqueur `Dumante Verdenoce', which is supposed to feature pistachios. I would have said almonds, but probably a little more subdued than in amaretto. I don't expect any ill results, but a cup of bitter melon tea doesn't hurt anyway (and doesn't taste as bad as it sounds - fresh bitter melon is bitter as all get out, but the tea is not a bit bitter.)

[bearphonium]

Right now, a nice Peet's Coffee blend while I sit in a coffee shop and suck up free internet. (Been staying with my sister as she recovers form surgery and she has no 'net). Tonight, nothing at a wedding rehearsal open bar as I run interference for a good friend in a tough family dynamic time. After the rehearsal dinner, perhaps a martini. We'll see.

[tbn.al]

Just finished a late lunch/early dinner at my favorite SOTB kitchen and asked the bartender to pull this for me. Really nice. Light, refreshing, bit of lime. Very nice.

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[Rev Rob]

Michelob Amberbock dark lager - split with my wife.