Lets Settle Something Else, Once And For All

[launderess]

Is it "drinks", or booze? Or do you get really specfic and state what is on offer/desires? Do you request a liquor, or alcohol?

Mines a gin and tonic, but in a pinch will settle for shandy pints. Anything but Watney's Red Barrel.

Do you order "beer" when you want lager or ale, thinking everything is the same?

 

[j2400]

Well, if one is a host, it's probably better to be specific. As someone (was it Miss Manners?) commented, if you aren't specific, you only have yourself to blame when you have to make that super complicated drink.

It's probably best to be specific when requesting too, so as to avoid lousy drinks.

Drink vs. booze? Drink sounds classier. Booze gives me the image of super cheap, nothing to offer but alcohol.

Usually in any sort of social setting, I'll have wine. Although, that's mostly because that seems to the the most standard offering. A lot of people now never drink anything harder. Wine, in Washington, is also a bit more convenient for hosts, since wine and beer (unlike some states, I'm told) is carried in regular grocery stores. Harder alcohol is carried by liquor stores (most, maybe all, owned by the state), and the ones I've been in, have an atmosphere that make me feel like I'm a drunk wino bum just by entering the front door.

 

[polkanut]

When I'm socializing, it's a drink, nothing more, nothing less.

 

[dj-gabriele]

Anybody is for a plain, delicious, worldwide known Martini!?

 

[whirlcool]

To us it's a cocktail! Or a Beer or a glass of wine.
Bacardi & Coke is my favorite, and just any old rum won't do. It has to be Bacardi.

 

[rp2813]

The term "cocktail" seems to be used a lot in my circle of friends. It tends to suggest a mixed drink rather than a straight shot. I've also heard the term going out for "drinks" or "a drink" used a lot. I only use "booze" when I'm making my shopping list.

Generally I drink more "cocktails" during the summer. Gin & Tonic, gimlets or a collins of some sort (hard to find collins mix just anywhere though) but during the cooler months or when I'm feeling lazy I simply pour some Gentleman Jack in a glass and enjoy. Oh, and there's nothing better than ice cold beer on a hot summer day.

 

[joeinfl]

MARTINI!!! Dirty, Up and with Blue Cheese Stuffed Olives and don't you dare get vermouth anywhere near it! (I'm getting thirsty)

Most of the time we will say martini or tini's and if we are going out, then it's cocktails.

A favorite quote:

I really love a martini,
Two at the very most,
Three and I'm under the table,
Four and I'm under the host. -Dorothy Parker

 

[ptcruiser51]

Foofie Friends

We just say "smart cocktails" Or "smart ones" (NOT the Weight Watchers entrees!)

I don't have many friends who drink beer, but they usually refer to it in the plural: "Lets have some beers"

I think my pals are just weird sometimes. Must be all the pollution here in Jersey. >wink<

 

[sudsmaster]

Um, this is the SF Bay Area. Tres sophistique.

At an establishment, one never orders just a "drink" or a "beer". I usually ask what sort of beer they have, and then select from the list given. Or look at the spigots and bottles on display and select accordingly. With wine, I'll look for the list. If no list, I'll ask the waitperson, and usually I'll ask what they recommend. I don't often go to bars and order a mixed drink, but when I have, I generally keep it simple, as in screwdriver or greyhound or maybe if I think the barkeep is more than minimum wage, a tequila sunrise. Not big on hard liquor but a good scotch with a lager can be nice.

If at someone's home, I'll also ask what they have, unless I've already been handed one or just watched it being poured. I don't expect a host to be able to summon up custom drinks, specific varietals, or obscure microbrews. That would be rude.

 

[goatfarmer]

Draft beer, if you please. If you have Yuenglings, or Rolling Rock, or Mich Amber Bock on tap, set me up!

If I'm drinking liquor, it's Jim Beam, on the rocks, with a diet Pepsi to chase.

 

[DADoES]

I don't drink alcoholic beverages ... except the rare bit of wine if offered, but I don't ask for it.

 

[qsd-dan]

Tanqueray on the rocks most of the time.

Tom Collins on hot summer days.

Pecan Punch in the rare occasion when I can find somebody who'll mix one up (or even know what the hell it's).

Black Russian when I'm tired of the above.

 

[whitekingd]

When I am at work,

I call it a "Fun - Filled Cocktail!" (I am a bartender)