I'm not a fan of beer, however I'm a huge fan of cake flavored vodka & other fruity drinks

I've heard a lot about that cake flavored vodka! I'm not so sure I'm a vodka person, but fruity things... well, sure! XD

Spicebox is a really terrific flavored whiskey. The latter two words in combination usually make a whiskey snob's stomach churn, but it's really good!

Rum and coke (cheaper) or whiskey and coke (more expensive) are really nice go-tos for mixed drinks.

For cheap beer, I'm a big fan of Busch. If you can find Honey Brown at your local grocery store (cheapish bottled beer) it's usually well received. Dos Equis Brown (amber) is pretty darned good for a mid-priced beer.

If you like mead, try your hand at dessert wines, especially Riesling and Gewurztraminer - both of which are often pretty good as non dessert wines, too.

Hahaha, I also like flavored stuff, so I'm definitely willing to give it a shot. The name itself is certainly appetizing.

My brother's girlfriend's family is fan of Busch. I might need to snag one to try sometime!

Thanks so much! I'll keep an eye out for some of these! :D

Isopropyl alcohol

YUM

Oh yes, mead is some lovely stuff! My favorite is aged single-malt scotch (Glenlivet) in a coffee cup (for that extra bit of class). Mexican white rums (from Mexico) goes down nice and soft (though I forgot about mine for a few years, so that might have been it). Bailey's is something easy and tastes pretty good too.

Three Olive root beer-flavored vodka's hellarious (smells moreso than it tastes). Crown Royal and Dr. Pepper's pretty fly too.

All of that sounds wonderful. Thanks for the scotch suggestion- it sounds beautiful. I feel like I could easily be a Bailey's fan. I've already had a little in Blowjobs. LOL

Thanks so much!

Glad to hear I'm helping.

Last time I had 'blowjobs' was for the youngest of my friends' 'finally legal' birthday bash. Thinking he'd get us all back for each ordering him one (and we made him drink them properly), he returned the favor. I sexualized that drink for all its worth much to the lady bartender's amusement. Those were good days.

Hahaha! Somehow I've narrowly avoided ever having to drink one the real way. I need to get my hands on a solid shot glass and practice a little so I don't look like a total chump. LOL

I was there when some really really drunk chicks tried them the real way for the first time and one of the girls like... almost swallowed the glass. It was terrifying.

Ah! That's hilarious!

How come you've avoided trying it? Showmanship lightens the mood for all parties involved, haha!

I wouldn't necessarily say it is a good thing for me, but it came pretty easily, to do the "blow-job" correctly the first and following times. Lawds, I just love the innuendos that think oozes.

Hahaha, no one's made me do it yet. LOL I wouldn't mind giving it a try sometime. LOL

It's just a hilarious concept in general. I watched the bartender make them for a bunch of chicks once, and they were like WHAT'S IT CALLED and he was too embarrassed to tell them so he made me do it because I was sitting there GRINNING.

Noice one! But shame to the man if he couldn't say it with a straight face. Bet the bartender's the same way with sex on the beach?

Hahaha, I can only assume! XD Maybe he feels a need to be gentlemanly for the ladies.

In a bar. LOL

Kahlua's lovely- I'm kind of a sucker for stuff that's a "flavor" like that. I think I've tried a Black Russian-- I might like the White better.

Don't do Beer much. Usually raw vodka, or some Gin is I want something flavorful.

Vodka and gin are kind of WHOA for me straight for some reason. At least the few times I've had them. I'll try like, anything... 200 times LOL.

Spiced rum - goes well with coke and lime in a cuba libre.

If you like desert wine, Tomasello Winery's blackberry wine is excellent, and their cranberry wine is a little less overbearingly sweet.

Regarding cheap beer, PBR is actually among the best of the worst. Milwaukee's Beast - uh, best - is also pretty good. Yuengling's Black & Tan is delightful, and hits way beyond its price class.

Öktoberfest beers are typically great, and pilsners are interesting but nearly never nasty.

I'm going to stop there; I could ramble on the subject of good beer for as long as you'd like if you'd prefer. ^_^

Wow, thanks a lot! Like... all of that sounds beautiful.

Hahaha, my brother and I joke a ton about trying PBR. We'll give it a shot sometime. I'll definitely keep an eye out for some of this other stuff too.

Too bad I live in the middle of Kansas. Sometimes it's hard to find a really decent selection. Like, you wouldn't think it's that different, but when I cross the state line, I'm FLOORED at how much more liquor is available in even just grocery stores. Kansas is the uncool. LOL

Noted! I may need to take you up on that at some point! :)

Good Scotch. My absolute favorite.

I have a feeling I have the potential to have this on my list as well. :)

I keep some cheap Chivas 12 or Johnnie Black on hand for the usual, and have a more expensive one for special occasions (usually 18+ aged years)

Oooh, noted! The place where I housesit has a cocktail bar that I'm allowed to dink around with since they know I won't overdo it, and the people are kind of connoisseurs so I've tried a few lovely things. It can get really special. :)

If you're used to stuff like Jack Daniels/other US whiskeys, then Scotch is a bit of a delight to expand into. Despite what the connoisseurs would say, you can mix it with coke, and it does taste fantastic. Just mix the cheap stuff and drink the good stuff neat/on the rocks.

If you get a chance, I would recommend using red label Johnnie Walker/Teachers/Label 5/Black Douglas/The Famous Grouse/Glen Moray (cheapest ones) with coke, because they're not tasty enough great straight, and better ones like Chivas Regal or better Johnnie Walkers over ice as they are for blendeds, or any single malt (Single malts are usually all expensive however, bit of a snobs thing. They're not any better than blends, despite what the 'connoisseurs' would scream from the rooftops). I often prefer the taste of Chivas 18 to the same age single malt Glenfiddich or Lagavulin, it's a personal preference.

Otherwise, Irish Whisky is a nice alternative. Jamesson springs to mind, along with Tullamore Dew. Both are delicious any way you like them, neat or in cocktails. I like both, they're often sold side-by-side in most liquor stores.

When I was 18 I started my own minibar in my room to entertain friends that came to hang out, and I found a lot of very bad drinks and a few very good ones. You just keep experimenting until you find something that hits that sweet spot for you, and disregard what everyone else says about your own habits. I was never one for vodka and Jagermeister and hammering down shots, I drink purely for the taste alone (probably because I just embarrass myself when drunk).

Mainly, just have fun :P I have probably one-two glasses twice a week, usually when watching a movie at night. It's always amusing when people accuse me of being an alcoholic because I enjoy a light drop every third/fourth night on my own in comfort, when they're out slamming down 20 shots of Jim Beam at the local pub and staggering out vomiting. I love social standards :/

Brown Ales (Rogue Hazelnut, Newcastle, Downtown Brown), Belgian Ales (Leffe, Chimay, Grimbergen, Affligem), Dark Germans (Weltenberger Asam Bock, Spaten Optimator, Hackleberg Humorator, Schneider Aventinus), unfiltered Hefeweizen (Franziskaner, Maisel's Weisse, Weiheistephaner, HB), and Zwick'l Kellerbier.

Wow, thanks for the detailed suggestions! I wonder if anywhere around here might have anything like this! :)

Beer gives me the grumblies in my tumbly, so I stay away from it (also because my relatives have had real bad alcoholism) But I'll take a shot of whiskey if it's like a party or something... just... no beer

Hahaha, I like it! I didn't think I would. the first two times I tried it it was super gross. But gah, it never gave me gut issues either.

I like Jack a lot. A lot a lot. My friend got something cheaper once and tried to get me to drink it and I thought it was swill. LOL

I remember the first time I tried Jack Daniels, my brother's friend told me to take a sniff of it, and it was like walking up to a bucket of turpentine and putting my face near it.

Augh yeah. When I first tried gin, it was kind of like that... it tasted like rubbing alcohol smells. Yeesh.

if ya wanna try a pretty good mixed drink my favorite right now is the charlie chaplin. it's a pretty great. :3 http://cocktails.about.com/od/brand.....ie_chaplin.htm

That looks WONDERFUL! O.o

I wonder if my local bars are equipped to make that! I know squat about the average collection a bar carries. LOL

My favorite beer so far is probably Yuengling Traditional Lager.

I'm also a fan of Jack with Honey. There's a cheaper Wild Turkey that's a pretty good imitation. Pretty much anything that tastes tart/bitter/whatever you'd call it. So whiskies, gins, and all that stuff are good with me. I can't drink any of the vodkas or even most wines, though I do like some white wines.

Noted!

Is that that Tennessee Honey Jack stuff I see sometimes? Or is it something else?

I haven't warmed up to vodka much either for some reason. I like wine though, mostly.

I'm actually a fan of this Samuel Adams White Christmas junk that's come out recently. XD

Uh, I think Tennessee Honey Jack is right. Pictures on Google look familiar. ^^

Meeeeeeeeeeeead (^. .^) a great mead is so sweet and tasty it goes down a treat, just be carful as its a very high percent hehe

Yes! Mead has surprised me a couple times! LOL Too bad my liquor stores have a very limited selection. Otherwise I'd be a bit of a mead connoisseur by now! XD

its even better when you get a big barrel of it and pop a tasty human in who decides to try and train you ;) hehe

Ohoho!

Only the best!

He's a Viking! We could probably find him at a time when he has a lot in his own bloodstream! :9

sounds like a rather enjoyable beverage to me :P the his flavour adds to the mean and the liquid makes him slide down a treat (^. .^) keeps me murring all night hehe

Yuuuum! :)

spiced rum in root beer. wonderful, wonderful stuff.

That sounds wonderful! :D

A cap of Anisette mixed in a glass of sparkling water :D

Wow! That sounds special! :)

I like to mix spiced rums with cherry sodas. Preferably if it is a cola with an ample amount of grenadine. Also apple juice/cider with spiced rum tastes like a hard cider. You can warm the cider as well, helps deliver the alcohol into the system.

Ooooh, all that sounds lovely. Sounds like spiced rum is one of those things you could keep around and do a lot of nice things with, then! :D

Spiced rum, unclear rums, and vodka are good to keep extra around because they mix well. In fact, they tend to be components of mixed drinks.

Noted! Thanks so much!

If you like the raspberry beer, you should look into trying some Belgian beers. Lambics frequently come in fruit flavors, although typically called by French or Flemish names. Cherry (Kriek) is really popular, but raspberry (framboise) also is pretty common. Some such beers can end up almost tasting like soda, although there is enough of a spectrum to find less fruity or less sweet ones (although that style does tend to be more on the sour side). A friend was a big fan of the cherry flavoured Kasteel Rouge, although I wasn't so much. Opinions seem more polarized on that kind of beer. Anyway, it might be more expensive than domestic microbrew, but the nice thing about getting into beer, is even high end beers can typically be found for less than $10 for a 750 mL bottle.

I feel like I could really get into that! Cherry sounds really interesting too!

Thanks so much for the advice! I really appreciate it! :D

I bearly drink these days. I'm fairly antiparty also, don't like clubs or going out on the town. I really only like private get togethers and quiet pubs and those are the times when I have a couple. To be honest I like driving more than I like drinking. :P
Don't like beer. At all. The amount of people I have had give me a beer and say "seriously, it tastes completely different, nothing like beer" and I taste it and its exactly the same as every other beer.
I don't mind a cider. Rekorderlig is a personal fav. The only downside is that ciders are so sweet you can usually only have about two.
For spirits it is usually bourbon and coke. Real classy I know.
Our local pub has a drink that's sole purpose is to get you drunk. 1 shot of vodka, 1 shot of Jagermeister, 1 can of Redbull. They call it a cardinal, and they make you have weird half awake half sleep dreams.

I keep forgetting that your legal age is 21. By then I could drink for 3 years. I sometimes wonder if it would help here raising the age to 21. It would stop schoolies. (wiki it if you dont have it in the US, too long to explain :P). But it might just offset the idiocy for 3 years.

Yeah, I much prefer things quiet too. I've mostly just enjoyed beers with my brother or at my friend's apartment. Even when I go to the bar, I go to the least popular one in town and just draw the three other people in there or something. LOL

It's probably for the best! I hear beer is kind of bad for you compared to like, literally everything else. I like it though-- gotta say, so far it's the only thing I get active cravings for.

I think I would adore a cider! I think my brother got something called Angry Orchard once... That sounds beautiful though.

Whiskey and coke for the win! LOL

That sounds... interesting. That redbull and vodka stuff! LOL

Honestly literally no one waits til 21 at all. I was rather exceptional in that I had never even been in a bar or anything until I was 21. Then again, I can't imagine it's much different anywhere else. Where I lived (which granted, is a relatively liquor-free state compared to most) we didn't seem to have anything that sounds as near stupid as that schoolies thing, but I know for a fact that there were crazy kids here and there.

Our usual pub is pretty much the only real pub left in the town. The rest are bars overrun by bogans (equiv. of white trailer trash) and have cover charges.

It's kind of annoying, because whenever someone has an event it's always "free beer and wine", and I don't like both :S

Rekorderlig also make a pear cider which is err my gerd awesome. Some people also like to heat it up in winter, although I never really got into that. I need to try mead one day.

Redbull and alcohol messes you up. Really does. One of the only nights I have ever got really drunk I started with Cardinals, then moved onto Jager bombs. Pretty much every single drink that night was Red Bull based. I couldn't stay awake, but I couldn't sleep after that. Weird hybrid state of sleep. Then I went to a family BBQ the next day. NODOZ FTW!!!

I think I drank a couple of times when I was 17 but it was meh. It's still meh but I'll just be DD :D
Schoolies is nuts. Some girl died last week because she fell from a hotel balcony drunk. You would probably have something like that in Florida or California.

Oh my god, that pear cider sounds incredible.

Heated mead is delicious. With spices, oh my god.

Yeah, I don't really get the point of drinking lots of stuff... I like the taste more than anything. I've been drunk a couple times, but meh. It seemed kind of pointless. YAY I'M DIZZY... what do I do now? Um.

Chocolate milk with lots of sugar hmm

YUM

Lots of comments! XD

But anyways, I love Sex on the Beach, which is peach schnapps, vodka and orange juice, with maybe a few others added depending on where you get it. And one called a Tight Snatch that I get from Green Turtle. Buffalo Wild Wings has the same thing called a Knockout Punch. It's all sorts of fruity and good. Kahlua is awesome, but a bit expensive. I put it in hot chocolate or just drink it on ice. As for beers, I've only found one I can tolerate. Flying Dog Cujo. It taste like coffee, almost. I love wines. Moscatto, Zinfandel, some reds, but mostly blush.

Something everyone has an opinion on! LOL It's great!

Thanks for the tips! I keep wanting to try mixed things and never know what to ask for.

I like Kahlua. Seems like another one that would be nice to just keep around and dump into stuff.

Cujo sounds good! LOL Is it a stout, then?

I like Moscatto, but wine is something I haven't explored very much yet either... All I know is that I like it... and it's fun to do art after drinking it. LOL

Yea, that's pretty much what I do with my Kahlua XD And I've no clue what Cujo would be XP I'm not a beer drinker. There is a LOT to explore with wine. There are so many and even if you get the same type from two different wineries they can be completely different! It's crazy!

I think I'm the only one here who likes sake
Its really the only alcohol I truly enjoy... Smooth and sweet if I had to describe it.