christmas eve -- so what are you drinking?

[orleans]

me?






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cheers, bottoms up, skol, salud, here's mud in your eye

[Floyd R. Turbo]

1. No booze until tomorrow! Coming off a course of steroids. 😢

[OldBaldy1701E]

2. Irish Lady.

My own creation.

[orleans]

27. sounds exotic. more detail please nt

[OldBaldy1701E]

30. You bet.

12oz coffee mug:

1 oz. Irish Whiskey. (I actually know some Jamesons, so I usually use that.)
1 oz. Irish Creme. (I use Carolan's. Bailey's is too chalky tasting for me.)
1 oz. Creme de Cacao

Fill the rest with coffee. (I have to have decaf these days. Oh well. Better choice in the evening anyway.) Whipped cream if desirable. Same with chocolate sprinkles.

Enjoy! And, careful! They can sneak up on you.

[orleans]

35. sounds fantastic! i should give it a whirl when i'm feeling better. thanks for the recipe nt

[BOSSHOG]

3. A vintage Budweiser. 2024. As Navin would say none of that old stuff. Consistent Bouquet.

Packaged in a recyclable aluminum can festooned with Clydesdales, opened with a pop top headed for Ronald McDonald House.

[underpants]

5. We do the same but on Bubble's

This house (not me) drinks Bubble’s like a freshman dorm slam’s Milwaukee’s Best.

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Drank the last 3 beers this PM....now drinking gin bloody marys. On my 2nd, 3 is max. Martini's maybe?

Perhaps a Gibson or two.

[orleans]

26. oh, tomato juice and vodka sounds great! (note to self: put it on grocery list) nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

29. Gin is better for Bloody Mary's....trust me on this.

[orleans]

36. i've never liked gin -- my bloody marys were always w/vodka (lol) and they were still pretty good. it used to

be my drink of preference for a long time.

[catbyte]

6. Diet ginger ale

I live on the edge.

[orleans]

25. even diet ginger ale sounds good right now

this cold/sore throat/blabla came as a bit of a surprise. i wasn't stocked up or prepared.

admittedly i did get a small bottle of o.j. yesterday
maybe i should have more of that now.

enjoy that ale of diet ginger you got going on, you edge living kid you

[displacedvermoter]

7. Martinelli's Sparkling Cider

With tourtierre, pears&blue cheese&candied pecans, and Lake Champlain Chocolates. World is good right now.

[orleans]

24. wow -- the world is great right now (for you)

(i'm still alka seltzer girl)

what you're having all sounds delish!

[Drum]

8. Cellier des Dauphin Reserve Cotes du Rhone

🍷

[orleans]

21. me googling again to see what this drink is

(i'm not a wine drinker)
here's what i found

"Grown on sunny slopes and harvested at the peak of ripeness, Syrah and Grenache grapes give the wine its deep ruby colour. Extraordinary care during extraction accounts for its unctuous quality and rich mix of sun-baked black fruits. Astute élevage (aging, fining, filtering, and blending) yields a round wine with soft ripe tannins and long finishes. Grape varieties: Grenache Noir and Syrah
https://avonwines.com/shop/product/cellier-des-dauphins-reserve-cotes-du-rhone-2021-750ml/5dadd632d0e40027f3c93346


but you probably know all that already

sounds like it might be pretty good actually

[Drum]

49. Did not know all of that--thank you!

It was very good, we enjoyed.

[wcmagumba]

9. Can't drink the booze anymore so having some soda (its bad for you too I know)...but....

[Beatlelvr]

10. Me, too

Hot apple cider. I miss spiked eggnog, but it's rather good.

[orleans]

19. hot apple cider sounds really good. now i'm wishing i had some.

i'm gonna put it on a grocery list and look for little packets of it like they have for hot cocoa.

[Chipper Chat]

11. Coca cola.

With high fucktose corn syrup.

[orleans]

18. diet coke was my go to drink (instead of water) for years (along with coffee)

but a bleeding ulcer (surprise!) had me cut back drastically on the coke. now i don't really drink it at all.

truth be told: i did pour a 1 liter bottle of regular coke down the kitchen sink tonight when it started backing up for a couple seconds so i wouldn't have to use the draino. (neighbors upstairs dumping too much crap down the drain again and i'm on the first floor which gets the back-up. lucky me -- but at least i don't have to climb the stairs)

[dweller]

12. Plonk

I’m not proud

Cheers



✌🏻

[orleans]

16. i admit i never heard of "plonk" so i googled

the AI overview said:

""Plonk" is a term for low-quality, inexpensive wine, often used in a derogatory way. It's primarily used in Commonwealth English, particularly in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada.
The term may have originated from the French word blanc, meaning "white". However, it can refer to any cheap wine, including red or rosé. The term may also be onomatopoeic, referring to the sound a cheap bottle of wine makes when it's put down on a wooden table.

so i'm guessing you're not in nebraska or chicago
lol

[LoisB]

13. I hope you feel better. I am drinking coffee.

[orleans]

14. thank you. happy holidays loisB

[kacekwl]

15. Chocolate martini

with chocolate covered espresso bean.

[orleans]

17. oooh, that sounds fun! (but only with vodka - not gin) nt

[kacekwl]

22. Yes with vodka and

A slice of pumpkin pie.

[orleans]

37. oh yeah, sounds delightful! nt

[blue sky at night]

20. Buffalo Trace Old Fashioned...

OMG!

[kacekwl]

23. My fav

Maybe tomorrow.

[Enter stage left]

28. Red wine, like every other night.

[OAITW r.2.0]

31. Does anyone know if Sparling Burgundy is still a thing?

Got wasted on that stuff, a few times in the early 70's. Talking Thanksgiving dinner.

[chowmama]

34. I don't know, but Cold Duck is still around

[chowmama]

32. Coquito

A coconut/rum drink that resembles eggnog, but has no egg.

[orleans]

38. i never had that and i LOVE coconut

from google:

People also ask
What is coquito made of?
Coquito is a Puerto Rican beverage made with vanilla, coconut milk, coconut cream, rum and spices that is traditionally served during the December holidays. Coquito means "little coconut" in Spanish, and coconut provides the majority of the drink's flavor and texture.

that sounds fantastic! i'm putting it on my shopping list!

thanks for the idea

[chowmama]

47. Homemade

1 can (13-16 oz) Coco Lopez or other cream of coconut. NOT coconut milk.
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can evaporated milk
¼ tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 to 1 ½ cup rum – I split the difference at 1 ¼ cup. Actually, I use the 1 cup Pyrex measure and fill it to the bottom of the ‘P’ in Pyrex, which is about 1 ¼ cup. It’s plenty strong. White rum is the most common, but I only had dark rum this year and it's great!

Open all the cans, measure everything else – and mix. Period. A processor or blender is really required to get all out the lumps and my processor is too small for everything without overflowing; I just blend the canned stuff and stir it into the rum in the final container.

Best stored (in the refrigerator) in a container or containers with a tight cover. It may need to be shaken or whisked if it’s sat for a while; the fat tends to float to the top and solidify in a thin layer.

[orleans]

48. thanks for the wonderful recipe

if i ever get enuf energy i could try to make it.

sounds like a lot of work for a kitchen that needs to be bigger than the one i have (or at least more counter/table space)

i'll probably just look for it at the store for now.

but thanks again!

[surfered]

33. Too much!

[Dem2theMax]

39. Soy milk.

For those of us who got so old, our bodies no longer tolerate alcohol. Damn it!

Should have bought some hot apple cider.
Double dammit!

And hope you feel better!

[orleans]

42. thank you-- i'm hoping to be all better by tomorrow when i go to my daughter's house

probably won't be ALL better but i expect to be much improved.

i've been drinking oat milk lattes the last few months. started buying oat milk and like it by itself or on cereal (life)

several days ago i discovered a sugar cookie hot latte with almondmilk at starbucks. that's very good too.

[Aristus]

40. A glass of Shiraz with dinner.

Then two glasses of Glenlivet on the rocks.

Feels weird to be drinking when it’s not the weekend.

But I’m playing through it…

[orleans]

43. lol. play on. nt

[Meowmee]

41. So far coffee and water

So far I have had 2 cups of coffee and several cups of water. I will probably have some green tea later and maybe a small glass of some wine I bought with my dinner. Casa del Toro Sauvignon Blanc, the price was right 😹

[orleans]

44. enjoy! nt

[Meowmee]

45. Thanks 😀

[Easterncedar]

46. You made me laugh! Eggnog first

Then the alka seltzer for this highly inconvenient cold.