What are you drinking right now?

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I loved a good Dark 'n' Stormy back when I was drinking. We did ours with Bundaberg Ginger Beer, and Gosling's Black Seal Rum. But Fever Tree makes a damn good ginger beer to.

I'm not drinking anything, but I see chilled water in my near future.
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Quote from: LostInTheMist on August 17, 2025, 12:53:50 PMI loved a good Dark 'n' Stormy back when I was drinking. We did ours with Bundaberg Ginger Beer, and Gosling's Black Seal Rum. But Fever Tree makes a damn good ginger beer to.

I'm not drinking anything, but I see chilled water in my near future.
I prefer Mount Gay out of habit. When I was racing, it was free and plentiful, as they sponsored a lot of regattas, and I prefer it to Black Seal because Black Seal's sweetness approaches being cloying. Bundaberg is a great ginger beer, but hard to find down here, but Fever Tree is everywhere, so Fever Tree it is. As a mixer or on its own as an afternoon pick-me up, it's "Goddamn, I'm awake now."
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Quote from: JD on August 17, 2025, 06:59:11 PMI prefer Mount Gay out of habit. When I was racing, it was free and plentiful, as they sponsored a lot of regattas, and I prefer it to Black Seal because Black Seal's sweetness approaches being cloying. Bundaberg is a great ginger beer, but hard to find down here, but Fever Tree is everywhere, so Fever Tree it is. As a mixer or on its own as an afternoon pick-me up, it's "Goddamn, I'm awake now."
Yeah. My Dad's cocktail book calls for Gosling and Bundaberg "or it's not a real Dark 'n' Stormy," but I think the drink is in the ginger beer, rum, and lime, and the brand names don't matter that much. Just stay away from a "Lee Shore" and you'll be fine. (Lee Shore replaces the ginger beer with normal beer.)

And it's called that, because a lee shore will wreck you.
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Formerly chilled water that has had time to come to room temp, because I was distracted and didn't get it back in the fridge.
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Quote from: LostInTheMist on August 17, 2025, 08:21:38 PMYeah. My Dad's cocktail book calls for Gosling and Bundaberg "or it's not a real Dark 'n' Stormy," but I think the drink is in the ginger beer, rum, and lime, and the brand names don't matter that much. Just stay away from a "Lee Shore" and you'll be fine. (Lee Shore replaces the ginger beer with normal beer.)

And it's called that, because a lee shore will wreck you.
Had a Lee Shore once and only once, because it was free, and I was young and stupid. :) Rum and hops do not mix well. Whoever thought that cocktail was a good idea is hopefully dead by now, with their brain in a jar to be studied by science to find out what went wrong.
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Quote from: JD on August 18, 2025, 03:06:31 AMHad a Lee Shore once and only once, because it was free, and I was young and stupid. :) Rum and hops do not mix well. Whoever thought that cocktail was a good idea is hopefully dead by now, with their brain in a jar to be studied by science to find out what went wrong.
I never had one, because it sounded horrible and disgusting to me. Apparently such it was.

Chilled water is what I'm drinking. About to put some more water in to chill. (I have two one-liter Nalgene water bottles, which I fill with water and put in the fridge to cool down. (Water comes out of my kitchen tap, which is where I have to refill them at an unfortunately warm temperature, even when it's at its coldest. 
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Fortaleza Blanco tequila, chilled, sipping slowly, not shooting. It’s been a day. :) Topo Chico back.
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Beefeater and Fever Tree Tonic, lime.
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Ice water. Forgot to put my water bottles in the fridge last night, so the water wasn't cool. Had to add ice to one while I put the other one in the fridge to cool.
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