drinks you like but would never in a million years order in a pub

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ok, this is a bit of a bloke thread and may be seen as sexist (in its own way), macho and reactionary by some, but i realised last night that there are certain drinks i would never order and consume in a public place that i do actually happen to really like - often far more than what i end up ordering - and am annoyed at myself for being victim of the male-oriented hegemony of beer drinking when quite often i'd rather have something else. i came to this realisation while sitting at home drinking a very nice glass of vodka and peach juice and thinking to myself, "this is quite possibly the gayest drink ever" until jody sagely pointed out on AIM that it could be worse, it could have been a bellini (i was also listening to violent dancehall at the time, just to balance things out. anyway chaps (and ladies, if you feel it applies), the key questions are: does anyone else do this and if so what would you be drinking if you could free yourself from the shackles of the pint glass?

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

Pimms. Although I don't mind ordering a pitcher of it at the height of summer.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't have that problem---I drink whatever I want to, it's really easy to do.

― Gregory Di prinzio (diprinzio), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

The reason I mainly drink beer in pubs is cos I can't get it out of barrels at home (I'm a Guinness drinker). Though having said that these days I normally drink poncey bottled foreign lagers, as my long-wounded guts can't deal with much that isn't pure and light and crisp.

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

i hate ordering something like a gin gimlet (which is just gin and lime juice - manly enough) and it comes in a martini glass. it happened one time and i refused to leave the bar until the drink was done (about 2.5 gulps)

― JasonD (JasonD), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bacardi Breezers OWN this thread.

The male fear of ordering "girls drinks" - classic or dud?

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

Oh Matt, but alcopops are foul sugary mulch! Surely noone apart from tiny babies could ever want to drink one...

― Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:27 (twenty-one years ago) link

Bacardi Breezers would own this thread if they didn't taste like shit. I'd say Bailey's, but you can get away with that by following the lead of roly-poly TV garden type Tommy Walsh, and drinking it in pints.

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― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

I'll order anything EXCEPT beer - headache inducer, yes even after one - but it's a waste of time and money to ask for, say, a White Russian at a pub. And usually pub Bloody Marys are rather basic so it's a bonus that my local has bar staff that really love to make them well.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

Rum and Clove - haha.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

but your non-beer-buying is because you don't like it, not because you feel you shouldn't, isn't it. You are not bound by the "glass of liebfraumilch for the lady" diktat are you? consider yourself lucky

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't like beer and feel that I shouldn't drink it because it gives me a headache for two days if I have even one of the fuckers.

Eeeuwwwww, Liebfraumilch. That's known in my mum's house as 'divorce wine'.

― suzy (suzy), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

Rum and Clove - haha.

when i worked in a pub, many moons ago, we had a bottle of "alcoholic cloves" behind the bar. this always conjured up a lovely cartoon-like picture in my mind of glaswegian cloves slugging on cans of tennents super in doorways. in a similarly whimsical vein, i also get a great mental image when i see a box of stoned prunes.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

i remember ordering a Lemon Hooch in a pub once (i was 18) and getting a very funny look from the barman

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

girls who order guinness in pubs to thread! (the wee lass ailsa)

― youn, Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

lemon hooch was great with a large gin in it

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 09:59 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think there's much more of a stigma for a bloke to order a 'girls' drink that for a girl to order a pint.

I hate getting half pints, it makes me feel like a giggly girl who can't take her drink. I'd much rather order a G&T

― Vicky (Vicky), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:02 (twenty-one years ago) link

In the same vein, whats with pubs where, when you're female, if you order a drink they ask you if you want a glass? I ask for a bottle of cider, they say "want a glass with it?". Ive asked bartenders if they ask guys the same thing and they're often flustered/defensive. Whats with this?

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:11 (twenty-one years ago) link

I get asked that as well. The idea of "girls' and guys' drinks" sounds very odd to me. I guess it's the cultural difference; there's no "lad" culture here in Finland, alcohol drinking is pretty unisex in all of it's aspects.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

I drank beer through a straw in a pub once

― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

i get pissed off i they don't ask if i want a glass, less so with small bottles but deinitely with anything over a half-pint. (obv wine needs glasses but i would never order it in a pub - mainly because most pub wine is hite or massively overpriced)

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

I would never ask for a cup of tea in a pub but I like cups of tea.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

American Werewolf in London to thread

"A campari and soda please my good man"

― Matt (Matt), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

a mate of mine swears by campari and soda as a hangover cure - it's actually really bloody nice and works, too.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Mojitos, you've got to get the sweetness just right.

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:36 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have actually ordered a cup of tea in a pub once before. It was on a Sunday afternoon and myself and a mate were trawling round several establishments in Canterbury in an attempt to scientifically prove whether tea was better than coffee.

The barman gave me a withering stare and said "this is a pub", before swiftly pouring me a lager. We never finished the experiment.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:40 (twenty-one years ago) link

The barman gave me a withering stare and said "this is a pub", before swiftly pouring me a lager.

in which case, you should have replied: "well, give me some proper beer, then - you know, stuff that's brown, tastes of something, isn't pasteurized and pumped full of shit, please my good man."

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:44 (twenty-one years ago) link

I don't think I'd be embarassed at all, what are they going to do, glare at me? I don't really like bacardi breezers or those kind of things, bad memories of underage drinking/vomiting. In fact I only ever drink beer these days, I'm loathe to have a vodka unless there's nothing else left and it's late/early.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

I think the ultimate Gurl's Drink is probably now the already infamous Bailey's Glide. My local is currently doing a promotion where you get a free Heat magazine with every Bailey's Glide - making it impossible to order a drink without seeing the phrase ATKINS DIET SIDE EFFECTS! OH NO! glaring at you behind the bar over a pic of Jennifer Aniston looking less attractive than usual so the readers can laugh at her.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 2 October 2003 10:57 (twenty-one years ago) link

I hate it when you buy something with a mixer, say vodka & tonic, & they pour the mixer in. It's like, no, I do that, not you, I might not want it all in there!!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 2 October 2003 11:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

ahhhhhh...ladyboys....

― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 2 October 2003 11:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's annoying when they pour *some* of the mixer in but not all of it, even when the glass is big enough. If you're going to let me add the mix it myself, you may as well let me choose how strong I want it to start off.

I think there's much more of a stigma for a bloke to order a 'girls' drink that for a girl to order a pint.

cf. men wearing skirts vs. women in trousers.

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 2 October 2003 11:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

Well I ordered a Bailey's Glide last week. Thnen someone put vinegar in it. Hmmm.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 2 October 2003 11:31 (twenty-one years ago) link

I wussed out of buying a Tia Maria and coke for a friend the other night. Does that count?

― David. (Cozen), Thursday, 2 October 2003 11:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yup. In fact, not ordering a drink for *someone else* because you've wussed out of buying that type of drink is even worse, I'd say.

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 2 October 2003 11:38 (twenty-one years ago) link

way worse, you should order it, point them out and say to the barman, raising your eyes to heaven and sighing: "it's for him over there"...

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:23 (twenty-one years ago) link

The only time I ever order a mixed drink in a bar is if I'm all dressed up and want to hold a swanky glass. It's like an accessory. If I'm gothed up it's a G&T (semi-tough, and it glows under blacklight!) if I'm swanked up it's a sidecar with a twist. Otherwise it's beer for sipping and wine with meals...you can never trust a bartender to mix a drink the way you like it.

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

oh yes and mr teeny's strawberry margaritas to thread.

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

a cup o' mushroom tea

― half jack, Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:28 (twenty-one years ago) link

never knew you "gothed up" teeny! had you down as swanky prada-type dresser

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:34 (twenty-one years ago) link

Obv she means she's dressed up in Ann DeMeulemeester.

― nathalie (nathalie), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

The only drinks I like that wouldn't generally order in a pub would be the ones that are too expensive (eg. champagne) and the ones that the pub is unlikely to do, or do well (eg. cocktails).

I have little problem ordering girly drinks.

― N. (nickdastoor), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:42 (twenty-one years ago) link

if any woman here wears demeulemeester, i will marry them on the spot.

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Thursday, 2 October 2003 14:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

I love wine but have not yet once ordered it in a pub...huh, hadn't even really ever thought 'bout it before.

I'm not sure if this is appropriate for this thread, but it's good advice nonetheless: don't order bloody marys at Mexican restaurants. I got one last Sunday afternoon that might as well have been straight tequila and a shot glass of chunky salsa. Ugh.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

I have to admit, the main reason - in fact, the *only* reason - I started drinking G&Ts is that tonic water glows in UV light. It's probably my drink of choice now.

― caitlin (caitlin), Thursday, 2 October 2003 15:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

chloral hydrate

― duane, Thursday, 2 October 2003 16:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

red wine, white wine and grapefruit juice cocktail.

― nickie (nickie), Friday, 3 October 2003 11:41 (twenty-one years ago) link

There is a difference between girly and emetic.

― N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 3 October 2003 14:10 (twenty-one years ago) link

Usually the drinks I like the best are much more expensive than most, so therefore I would never order one for reasons of being thrifty. But if it's happy hour you could see me with chocolate clowns or random sugar rainbow wuss-drinks filled with umbrellas.

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 3 October 2003 15:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

i drink tea in pubs all the time
pints are like four euros here,fuck that
i went through a phase of drinking tia maria and milk a while ago,i was down the country with a group of friends and once they tried mine,everyone ordered one
so there was about seven of us in this really traditional old man pub in the country,and all the other customers were drinking guinness,and looked like they'd never drank anything else
anyway,we kept on ordering tia marias and milk,and after a while two of the old men at the bar ordered one as well!
you probably had to be there

― robin (robin), Friday, 3 October 2003 18:39 (twenty-one years ago) link

That does sound a heartwarming tale. I am really never sure of the etiquette of ordering hot drinks in a pub. I kind of think it has to be a country pub during daytime unless they are specifically advertising it. I mean I guess it's a bit of a pain for the bar staff if they're busy.

We were in the Golden Heart one winter's afternoon and all feeling a bit worse for wear. One of us (maybe it was) me really had a cold coming on so someone suggested ordering a hot toddy. I said "you can't order that" and they said sure you can, and so they ordered it for me and sure enough, Sandra put on the kettle. It really hit the spot, so much so that everyone else started ordering them until our whole table was like a whisky sauna. Someone else tried their luck and at that point she said "That's it, I'm not making any more hot toddies". Fair enough.

― N. (nickdastoor), Saturday, 4 October 2003 11:14 (twenty-one years ago) link

It's very funny when HSA and I go to pubs and the drinks order is "a pint of Olde Wette Dogges Organic Real-Ale Bitter (made from authentic rats testicles) and a glass of red wine, please" and the barman tries to give *me* the wine. Erm, no.

― kate (kate), Saturday, 4 October 2003 11:24 (twenty-one years ago) link

girls who order guinness in pubs to thread! (the wee lass ailsa)

Is this that unusual? However when me and mr ailsa go the pub and order a pint of Guinness and a diet Irn-Bru, the Irn-Bru invariably comes in a tall glass with a straw and gets directed at me (we are Kate and HSA obviously). Straws are the work of Satan in pubs, and I can't think of a single reason I may conceivably want to use one.

(I am more impressed that Youn remembers that I am a Guinness drinker, having been in a pub with me once - about four years ago)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 5 October 2003 09:16 (twenty-one years ago) link

Also, crap as JD Wetherspoon pubs generally are, they have no objections to serving tea and coffee to you whatever time of day (not that I have ever had a cup of tea or coffee in a pub, but I know people who do and JD Wetherspoons are the pub of choice for this activity)

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 5 October 2003 09:25 (twenty-one years ago) link

And last time we went out for a bar meal, mr ailsa ordered a glass of milk, which I would never think of asking for in a pub.

I really should think all these things through rather than posting three times in a row.

― ailsa (ailsa), Sunday, 5 October 2003 09:26 (twenty-one years ago) link

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