What sort of drinker are you?

[Eran of Arcadia]

I know that my dad is allergic to the hops or something in the beer, so he is often found sneezing after drinking.

I like that he is allergic to it, but it doesn't stop him.

Anyways, never had a drop in my life.

 

[Dragonlord]

Am an adult and drink like an adult.

This.

I regularly drink red wine with dinner, plus often a good whisky or a grappa afterwards. I drink for the taste, not to get drunk.

 

[Onionsoilder]

I don't drink, and it's not just because I'm underage. I've had the opportunity to drink (legally) on numerous occasions, and I've tried it several times, and every single time I hated it. I think booze is disgusting.

 

[Phlegmak]

I like that he is allergic to it, but it doesn't stop him.

Anyways, never had a drop in my life.

You're not missing anything in my opinion.

 

[Munch]

I don't drink, and it's not just because I'm underage. I've had the opportunity to drink (legally) on numerous occasions, and I've tried it several times, and every single time I hated it. I think booze is disgusting.

When I was underage I felt exactly the same. Never saw the point in it, disgusting tasteless rubbish. My opinion changed over time of course, but back then I thought I would never drink.

 

[Red Door]

- how often do you drink?

It depends on the week. Sometimes it's up to 3 times a week, sometimes never. It's always binge drinking though, so I'm pounding a lot of alcohol into my system on a night of drinking.

- do you drink wine? beer? spirits?

Cheap beer, especially the sweet nectar of the gods, Natural Light. Sometimes we have 40s of cheap malt liquor. Other nights we have liquor. But mostly cheaper beer.

- are you a fan of hard liquor? do you drink it straight or do you mix?

I love hard liquor and I handle it a lot better than I do with beer. I do both, but I enjoy drinking a straight shot of liquor to start a night.

- do you enjoy putting down shot after shot?

Hell yes.

- what's your limit?

I've thrown up with as little as 7 beers with some circumstances going against me. I've also put down 13 shots and been fine. I'd say my limit is around 10-11 standard drinks. It takes me about 4 beers to get drunk (or enough to pretend to for that matter).

- do you chase?

Sometimes, it depends on the night.


Most of my beer drinking comes in games, especially our good old friend beer pong, some civil war, flip cup, and occasionally chandeliers.

 

[warpus]

how often do you drink?

Every once in a while. I pick up a large regiment of beers every couple weeks, so that I can enjoy a refreshing cold lager after work, if I feel like it. This probably happens every 1-3 days.

Other than that, I'll drink a bit more on weekends and during football matches.

do you drink wine? beer? spirits?

Depends on the situation. If it's a post-work "I am sure glad to be out of *there*" type of drink, it's going to be beer - likely a red, a czech lager, or a german weissbier... or possibly an innis gunn & oak, or something belgian, or just some random thing I picked up to try.

If I'm having dinner @ my parents, every once in a while we do shots of vodka (it is a Polish household after all). I can pound those back one after the other - if it's Christmas, Easter, or some other festive thing, we usually finish off at least a bottle.

My parents also like to make their own lemon-flavoured vodka - from ~96% alc. spiritus. It's good stuff - usually around 30-40%, and goes down way too smooth.

I have wine from time to time too, during meals, and when I just feel like having a relaxing night and sipping on some. I stick to the Chilean stuff.

When I'm camping, it's usually beer, but every once in a while somebody will bring some Jagermeister, which I partake in.. because it messes me up, and camping is all about being messed up and trying not to get mauled by a bear.

Then there's whiskey, which I used to be a big fan of. I can take the stuff straight, but I don't really like to do that anymore. Whiskey and coke is okay, but if I'm at a club, I might get a rum and coke instead, or a tom collins.

I also like to sip on rum on the rocks from time to time.

Holy crap, I'm an alcoholic!!

are you a fan of hard liquor? do you drink it straight or do you mix?

I usually drink vodka straight. I also enjoy lemon rum on the rocks, or any other sort of rum mixed with coke.. tom collins is great too, and a gin and tonic ain't bad.

do you enjoy putting down shot after shot?

If it's a worthy event, such as a friend's birthday, or xmas eve, and I'm having fun, doing a bunch of shots one after the other is def. a possibility. It doesn't really get me too drunk, so I don't find it as a "crazy" thing to do, unless we're talking about 15+ shots, after which I would probably start getting somewhat incoherent.

But yeah, pounding back shots can be fun, if the event and the atmosphere calls for it.

what's your limit?

I don't really know - I don't really get anywhere near it. I suppose I don't really drink to get drunk as much these days, so I haven't really thought about it.

I guess if I had 10 beers and 10 shots, I would probably not enjoy many drinks after that.

do you chase?

No, I'm Polish.

 

[Adria]

I don't mind a beer now and again. Some days it's great to sit down with a beer after work. Oddly enough, this tends to happen more frequently during hockey season...

I usually drink beer these days - microbrews, none of the big cheap macros. I don't drink much hard alcohol these days, and it's mixed when I do drink it. I've had a hard time with hard liquor since getting what might have been a mild case of alcohol poisoning; it was a long while after that before I could even smell liquor without my stomach turning.

I don't binge drink anymore these days; I did plenty of that in university. The only exception is the annual beer festival (coming up in a few weeks ).

My limit's lower than it used to be, but I'm not sure what it's at. I just stop before I start feeling at all sick.

 

[Brighteye]

I drink cider or spirits, unless someone's brought a bottle of wine to have with dinner. At home it's always spirits: typically a nice cognac or maybe sherry or port.
When out cider is nice. In the US there's not much cider and the spirits are hugely expensive, but thankfully there are always tasteless beers so I drink that.

I can take quite a lot of alcohol but my limit is always the sheer volume of fluid my stomach can hold, or the lack of money in my wallet.

 

[Greizer85]

I never drink... Wine. Or any alcohol for that matter. I've tried it once but the results were non-encouraging: first an empty feeling, then a numb feeling, then "ok the walls are spinning around" feeling, then "I think I'm gonna puke" feeling. I'm not one to preach but I can't understand how most people do this every weekend. Then again maybe I had the wrong drink (it was some cheap red wine... which is why I said what I said to begin with).

Anyway, I bid you farewell. Got some nights to roam, minions to command, necks to suck dry... *receding maniac laughter*

Edit: Iirc Dean Martin has said something like "If you can lie on the floor without holding on to anything, then you're not really properly drunk". I'm sure many Finns can symphatize...

 

[LucyDuke]

I drink moderately. Anywhere from once in a month to every night for a month. When it's all the time, it's rarely more than one or two drinks most nights, usually wine. The only thing I don't really drink is rum. I love wine. I'll drink tequila, or whiskey straight, though I usually mix 'em. I'll do shots, but they're not my favorite.

My favorites... red wine, particularly pinot noir, though my taste for white is growing, Sapphire & tonic or martini, anything Belgian, and good tequila. I'd rather sip rocks Patrón than drink a friggin Cosmo. And cheap American beer can go suck a frog.

I'm kind of a girl with limits, I can get wobbly pretty quickly if I'm not paying attention, but I usually manage to check myself before I start feeling sick. I get loud when I'm really drunk. Really, really loud.

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

This thread is meant to be a light-hearted discussion about people's alcohol drinking habits. By the question in the title, I mean:

- how often do you drink?

Depends. It ranges from several times a week to a few times a month.

- do you drink wine?

Occasionally. I have to be in the mood.

beer?

Yes and heartily. A good pint makes my night.

spirits?

When I was younger, but hard ever now.

- are you a fan of hard liquor? do you drink it straight or do you mix?

Not really. But when I do, its always mixed.

- do you enjoy putting down shot after shot?

No. Shots are dumb.

- what's your limit?

Depends on how much I've eaten and how strong the alcohol is. After a large dinner, 9 beers is my absolute. On an empty stomach, two or three will do me in. I tend to drink this way more often, as it saves me lots of money.

and last, but still importantly:

- do you chase?

No, because I don't do shots. I drink because I like what I'm drinking, and if I have to chase it, its because I don't like it. Therefore, I do not chase.

 

[mrt144]

This thread is meant to be a light-hearted discussion about people's alcohol drinking habits. By the question in the title, I mean:

- how often do you drink?
- do you drink wine? beer? spirits?
- are you a fan of hard liquor? do you drink it straight or do you mix?
- do you enjoy putting down shot after shot?
- what's your limit?

and last, but still importantly:

- do you chase?

Of course, feel free to add your own.

I'll chime in a while after this thread is going.

(Note: let's keep this thread clear of discussions about obtaining alcohol, and focus on the act of drinking itself)

3-4 Times a week
Vodka, Tequila, every kind of beer except light beer (So i'll still drink American Style Lagers but not light American Style Lagers beers), Almost any wine except White Zinfandel.
Yes. I usually mix it.
No. How can one possibly enjoy them that way?
2-3 drinks in an hour usually is my limit. I don't drink more than that in one day either, but part of that is due to consuming wine with dinner. I recently joined a wine service at a local shop that picks out 12 bottles every month that fits me and my gf's taste and with all that wine, you've got to drink it (or regift it during the holidays).
With beer only when it's whisky.

 

[PaulusIII]

- how often do you drink?

At average, it's probably one or two times a week.

- do you drink wine? beer? spirits?

Mostly beer, and then usually some of the heavier ones (think Duvel and the like). Rarely wine, because it's rarely available at the places I go to, and I'm not that big a wine fan. Rarely spirits, because I tend to get sick from them.

- are you a fan of hard liquor? do you drink it straight or do you mix?

No. As said before, hard liquor doesn't agree with me.

- do you enjoy putting down shot after shot?

Nah. I don't drink to get drunk anymore.

- what's your limit?

Around 15.

- do you chase?

Nevar.

 

[warpus]

I never drink... Wine. Or any alcohol for that matter. I've tried it once but the results were non-encouraging: first an empty feeling, then a numb feeling, then "ok the walls are spinning around" feeling, then "I think I'm gonna puke" feeling. I'm not one to preach but I can't understand how most people do this every weekend. Then again maybe I had the wrong drink (it was some cheap red wine... which is why I said what I said to begin with).

It probably has more to do with drinking too much your first time

 

[Greizer85]

It probably has more to do with drinking too much your first time

Well... It is the Finnish way. My little brother drank half a bottle of Vodka for his first drink (or so I hear), and passed out almost instantly. But anyway that stuff tasted so horrible that I hardly noticed any other effects than those on my taste buds... Until I started to feel sick and dizzy already. Maybe I should try it in company with some other drink... Pity I don't have any rl friends left. My brother has been luring me to drink for some time now, but seeing as how alcoholism runs in the family I think I'd better steer clear of it. It's a huge money sink; and an active social life has more costs than benefits for me for now. Furthermore, I have too many secrets to drink too much. If the inane sentimental babbling and pointless yelling and fighting are anything to go by, I'll keep to my lonesome snobbery for now... Maybe when I lament the loss of my one and only youth in a decade or so I'll have less brains and more time and money for it.

 

[Virote_Considon]

I drink whenever I have money, so this is perhaps 2-4 times a week, depending on the circumstances of drinking (for example, if I'm off for a night on the town, I'll probably not drink an awful lot, since it's expensive).

I like drinking beer, although I get on with rum better (which I usually mix with coke). I used to like wine, but I haven't been able to drink it since it gave me a hangover one time, a few years ago. I like drinking shots, particularly tequila. I also used to drink quite a lot of absinthe, both shot-wise and regular wise, but haven't been able to since around Christmas time, due to financing the damned stuff! If I'm drinking shots of absinthe, I'll usually have a coke as a chaser. If I'm drinking absinthe or tequila, I'll tend to drink shot after shot, but with other shots I won't.

My limit varies. Usually, it's my wallet. I think my record when out is 6 shots of absinthe and 5 tequila, although I had some more absinthe that night before I went out, don't know how much though.

 

[RedRalph]

A binge drinker. One night a week I drink 12 or 13 pints, dont touch a drop for the rest of the week.

 

[warpus]

Well... It is the Finnish way. My little brother drank half a bottle of Vodka for his first drink (or so I hear), and passed out almost instantly. But anyway that stuff tasted so horrible that I hardly noticed any other effects than those on my taste buds... Until I started to feel sick and dizzy already. Maybe I should try it in company with some other drink... Pity I don't have any rl friends left. My brother has been luring me to drink for some time now, but seeing as how alcoholism runs in the family I think I'd better steer clear of it. It's a huge money sink; and an active social life has more costs than benefits for me for now. Furthermore, I have too many secrets to drink too much. If the inane sentimental babbling and pointless yelling and fighting are anything to go by, I'll keep to my lonesome snobbery for now... Maybe when I lament the loss of my one and only youth in a decade or so I'll have less brains and more time and money for it.

You know, you could just have one or two beers and leave it at that.

 

[Greizer85]

You know, you could just have one or two beers and leave it at that.

Sure I could, but would I?