Favourite tipple?

[Flying_Monkey]

I just can't drink much anymore without getting drunk very quickly.

This is a great shame, because I like:

Ice-cold sake (yes, you can drink it that way before anyone tries to tell me it must be body temperature).

Full-bodied red wine, in particular those of the Minervois region of SW France, Sicily and Sardinia.

Hungarian Tokaji (5 puntas or more only, please), but also the the most green minerally Chablis of the old school...

Bone-dry sherry of the finest quality, with big, big green olives. But really rich sticky oloroso too (with cake)...

Islay single-malts, Calvados, Appleton's (Or Mount Gay) aged golden rum (especially in a mojito). I can do Bourbons too...

Martinis, as simple as possible. Stirred not shaken, Mr Bond.

Proper stouts, and I don't mean Guiness here, I mean Lion Stout from Sri Lanka or Dragon from Jamaica, even Young's Oatmeal. Even better, a decent Porter (rare these days) - Wylam's is very good, as is Russian Imperial, if you can find it - and Deuchar's India Pale Ale.

 

[marinyork]

Very interesting. Deuchar's IPA won at CAMRA a few years ago.

 

[User169]

Duvel and Westmalle Tripel tick all the right boxes.

Good call from FM regarding fino sherry, although I'm not sure what the "finest quality" bit's all about. I reckon Domecq's "La Ina" is pretty unbeatable and that costs under a tenner.

 

[longers]

Very interesting. Deuchar's IPA won at CAMRA a few years ago.

I can get this occasionaly in a couple of pubs round here and it's damn good

 

[monnet]

Deuchar's IPA? I love it. We have plenty of it up here in the North West.

 

[longers]

Monnet, whereabouts in the glorious NW are you?

 

[monnet]

Preston currently, although on my bike in the middle of the Trough of Bowland as often as I can. Yourself?

 

[monnet]

Swallow's Wood. I see. Pay attention monnet.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Proper stouts, and I don't mean Guiness here, I mean Lion Stout from Sri Lanka or Dragon from Jamaica, even Young's Oatmeal. Even better, a decent Porter (rare these days) - Wylam's is very good, as is Russian Imperial, if you can find it - and Deuchar's India Pale Ale.

Guinness Foreign Extra stout is a quality drink. Not at all like the feeble extra cold pop you get in pubs.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Faves are Landlord and any Islay Malt except Laphroig

What? I mean, what? Laphroig is one of the best!

 

[longers]

What? I mean, what? Laphroig is one of the best!

Isn't that the one that tastes quite like TCP?

 

[Rhythm Thief]

... philistine.

Actually, it does, now I come to think of it. Very nice though.

 

[HJ]

Very interesting. Deuchar's IPA won at CAMRA a few years ago.

I can hear the brewery now, literally, it is just over the railway at the end of my road...

 

[strofiwimple]

Another real ale anorak- so many i could list but mordues brewery in the north east have a fabulous range.
If we ever get a summer then my favourite is aspalls grand cru cider- no other cider i have tried (and i have tried lots) comes close to it, clean, refreshing and no petrol aftertaste that you get with some ciders.

Someone mentioned pimms at the beginning of the thread- try austins sold at aldi- a fraction of the price of pimms and once its mixed with lemonade, mint and oranges i defy anyone to spot the difference.

 

[SamNichols]

Martinis, as simple as possible. Stirred not shaken, Mr Bond.

To be a bit of a nerd; in the book of Casino Royale, Bond invents his own martini - the Vesper - which contains both gin and vodka. I made one once, and it was absolutely horrendous. I love a dry martini, with either Tanqueray or Plymouth gin, stirred with two olives. Dry as possible. Could do with one now in fact.

I am also an ale fan: the badger/otter breweries are great. I prefer it fruity over hoppy myself.
Ciders are good - the Thatchers Gold in a bottle is easily accessible, or Weston's organic (the one thing that I learnt in 6 years of living in Devon is that cider is yummy).
Wine - a solid, traditional French wine; maybe a Beaujolais, or if i can afford it then a Chateauneuf du Pape. Either way I don't like it with the really high alcohol counts that the new world reds have.

Whisky - not Laphroig as it's too peaty. At the moment all I have is Talisker, which i got a bottle of for my birthday, but I have been known to enjoy Aberlour, Knockando and Glenmorangie before now. Irish whiskeys are great too.

Either way I drink what I like, and I like what I drink.