Drink of choice?

I love fruit beers, though, like Lindeman's Frambois, Peche, and Kriek, but haven't seen them here. The frambois is lush when poured over vanilla ice cream!

http://www.utobeer.co.uk/  will deliver if you are desperate...though it might be cheaper just to go to Belgium and buy there.  I've a Timmerman's Fruits of the Forest in my dishwasher (the only place in the flat with enough room to store our beer) and I do like the ice cream idea.

My drink of choice....here's a shock...beer!  But I couldn't say my favourite.  At the moment I am rather fond of a Belgian beer called Tripel Karmaliet http://www.bestbelgianspecialbeers.be/main_eng.html

but this is obviously not widely available in the UK.  My favourite beers which are commonly found in pubs are Caledonian's Deuchers and Timothy Taylor's Landlord.

Jewlz, where do you live?  I'll see if I can investigate where to get the beer you desire.


Vicky

Because I am actually a 15-year-old girl...coconut rum and fruit juice.   I prefer Parrot Bay and pineapple or OJ, but here you can only get Malibu.   I'm allergic to coconut but love the taste, and coconut rum uses fake coconut flavouring!

I also like sweet Rieslings - especially ice wine! - as well as port, and I've never met a pear cider I didn't like.

Because I am actually a 15-year-old girl...coconut rum and fruit juice. ;

Port is fantastic...and I certainly drank Malibu and pineapple when I was 15, as did most girls I know.   One of my clients bought me a bottle of Malibu a few months ago, I might risk a trip down memory lane...

 

Vicky

I certainly drank Malibu and pineapple when I was 15, as did most girls I know.   

See, I spent waaay too much time with my old friend vodka at that age (it was the only thing we could get a hold of!), which resulted in a spectacular falling-out my first year at uni.  Still can't stomach the stuff.  I think I'm aging backwards - I'll be on alcopops before I hit 30!

Real ale. Bradfield brewery (near Sheffield), Kelham Island, Thornbridge (Jaipur IPA), Wentworth and Acorn breweries.
I like to try the local brews where I go.

In the US - Sam Adams, and also the various micro brews.

Also whisky - Jamesons, Jim Beam black, single malts.

White Russians (though my local doesn't serve them anymore:( )

Cider (prefer Strongbow, but I don't mind Bulmers)

I'm not a big beer drinker, but I love trying drinks with different spirits.  I loved anything with tequila in the states (btw, am I the only one who thinks it's odd to get a Cuervo shot here with a lemon and not a lime?) but it's too expensive here, so I tend to drink vodka now.  I do really like Smithwick's, even though the first time I ordered a pint of it when I first came over, I pronounced it just as it's spelled.

Red wine or G & T, but I love plum sake martinis.

MMMMMM..... mojitos! I'm trying to grow some mint in my window that might one day be a yummy mojito!   

Unfortunately, I've never been able to make a decent one myself. I was happy to find I can generally get a mojito-like substance in most London bars, but they are bloody expensive!

I do really like Smithwick's, even though the first time I ordered a pint of it when I first came over, I pronounced it just as it's spelled.

Hehehe!  I've done that before!  I hate Smithwicks though...it is difficult getting decent ale in NI, you really have to know where to look.

Vicky

Guinness in the day, vodka tonics at night, and wine for all other times (dinners, etc).  I'm always willing to try new things, although these are the things that will always make me happy.

Pre-diet: White russians (I am actually surprised that so many people on this board like them), ale, and beer.  I like wine, but I am really sensitive to tannin, so most reds are out, and some whites as well.  I went through a really serious margarita phase and before that a vodka martini phase.

Now: diet soda and vodka

I do really like Smithwick's, even though the first time I ordered a pint of it when I first came over, I pronounced it just as it's spelled.

How DO you pronounce it, then?  I'm forever leaving consonants in words that no self-respecting Brit would include!

I love a white russian, but man..do they ever pack the calories. 

It's funny, way back in the day, a friend of mine was ordering one at her local bar, and the stereotypical grizzled old alcoholic sitting at the bar turned around and informed her that the white russian was "a whore's drink".  We don't know if he was calling her a whore, or warning her that she might be mistaken for a whore by ordering said drink, but it amused us to no end, so every now and then, we decide to have a couple of whore's drinks.

My friend does refer to them as the Caucasian, a'la Big Lebowski.

How DO you pronounce it, then?  I'm forever leaving consonants in words that no self-respecting Brit would include!

Smith-icks.

Generally, a 'w' in the middle of a word should be ignored, unless it is part of a discernable other word such as 'wood' (as in 'Wytchwood', another fantastic ale).

Vicky

I love a white russian, but man..do they ever pack the calories. 

It's funny, way back in the day, a friend of mine was ordering one at her local bar, and the stereotypical grizzled old alcoholic sitting at the bar turned around and informed her that the white russian was "a whore's drink".  We don't know if he was calling her a whore, or warning her that she might be mistaken for a whore by ordering said drink, but it amused us to no end, so every now and then, we decide to have a couple of whore's drinks.

My friend does refer to them as the Caucasian, a'la Big Lebowski.

I ordered my first one because of the Big Lebowski, but I also remembered old women ordering them when my mom used to tend bar.