Do you drink?

[Aeolius]

General practice here is to ignore most American name brand beers....Then again Im partial to SuperShine 11% malt "wine" from Grand Ridge brewries

I make my living selling Budweiser in North Carolina. Granted, years ago Anheuser-Busch forever altered my taste buds, when they began experimenting with specialty beers. Their first try, Elk Mountain Red, was their best, IMO. They also offered a Muenchener and a Pale Ale. A-B owns 25% of the Redhook brewery, so I can enjoy a cold Sunrye (current seasonal...Redhook's rye beers are superb) or a Redhook IPA. I like a hoppy, bitter beer, but not one with darker chocolate-tasting malt. I'm also fond of Kirin Ichiban, again brewed in the States by A-B.

North Carolina is about to pass "pop the cap", rasing the alcohol limit in beer from 6% to 15%, similar to Virginia. That ought to be interesting.

 

[Kanegrundar]

I drink, and I have the gut to prove it!

Alaskan Amber is the finest beer on the planet, IMO!!! (I just wish I could get it here in MO rather than waiting for one of my friends in Washington state to bring me a case. )

Kane

 

[Kanegrundar]

I actually did more drinking, and getting drunk, before I turned 21 than after. It's not much fun when it's legal.

Same here. I started up in High School (shame on me) and through my first three years of college, but after I turned 21 I lost the desire. I don't really know why, I guess the thrill was gone (what little thrill there was). I still go to the bar with friends upon occasion, and there's usually beer in the fridge, but I don't have more than a bottle or two of beer or a glass or two of wine a week. There are a couple times I have more than I should, but I'm smart about it (like I always have been) with no drinking and driving. I cut back even more these days since my fiancee and I don't go out a lot, so it's down to 4th of July parties and whenever we go to a sports function (we tailgate at Royals, MU Tigers football, and Chiefs games...too expensive to buy beer in the stadium).

Beer is my drink of choice (Bud Select is a good, cheaper beer, and my current mass market fave), but I do drink Southern Comfort (either with cranbeery juice or straight), Jack, the occasional margarita, and wine. (There's a winery about an hour from where I live that makes the best peach wine I've ever had.)

Kane

 

[Masquerade]

I'm underage now, but my family has a history of alcoholism, and I've seen terrible things first-hand that would never have happened were it not for alcohol.

I do not intend to ever drink.

 

[Campbell]

I get drunk socially about 2-3 times a month, and I also tend to have a beer or wine at a meal if it compliments the food I'm dining on. I just turned 21 today so I went to the bar with a friend and had a couple mudslides (as I'm a sucker for vodka-based drinks). In contrast to a lot of folks here I rather enjoy the slight loss of inhibitions that comes with being mildly sloshed. I feel like I'm a little too uptight when I'm completely sober, and a little social lubrication can go a long way. However, I haven't gotten trashed since my first semester at college.

 

[Teflon Billy]

...I just turned 21 today...

Seriously? I had you pegged as quite a bit older.

You are big SOB

 

[Aaron L]

Ive been drinking a lot more in the last few months than I ever had before (bad things have happened, but I still dont enjoy it all that much, it just helps things a bit sometimes) Its just something do do in this god forsaken flea speck of a town I live in. Given all that, I just HAD to come across this poll when I had in fact just gotten back from a bar and am drunk. Go figure!

 

[MonsterMash]

These days socially, but for a short period about 10 years back it was on a daily basis which is not too good.

Got to admit I'm happy enough to have a pint on my own sometimes, particularly at one of the pubs near work on the Thames, sit and read the paper while relaxing.

 

[diaglo]

These days socially, but for a short period about 10 years back it was on a daily basis which is not too good.

Got to admit I'm happy enough to have a pint on my own sometimes, particularly at one of the pubs near work on the Thames, sit and read the paper while relaxing.

my wife and i did a bike tour of the Isle of Wight. rode from pub to pub.

10-15 miles at a time. stop and have something at the pub for lunch and then ride on to the next stop for supper/tea/dinner. then stay at a b&b. wake up eat breakfast. ride to the next pub.

went all thru the new forest too.

best vacation we had over on your side of the pond.

 

[Wyn A'rienh]

I drink occasionally. I'm drinking a bit more now than I usually do, just because a nice cold beer is so yummy in the summertime.

Favorites include red ales, white russians, and red wines.