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UConnChapette said:
Singapore Sling....is that made with sloe gin? I can't even think of that stuff without getting a seriously upset stomach and headache. Kind of a minor form of post traumatic stress disorder or flashback to some foolish actions as a teen.
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UC, it's a gin based bomb... the ones I liked the best were made up of gin, cherry herring, a frothed up pineapple, benedictine drizzled over the top with small chunks of pineapple in the mix....

They also had an even better version that had a whole host of fruits juiced up much like they were making a sangria over crushed & shaved ice. For this version, they brought a cart with all the fruits and booze to you and made it all up fresh in front of you... Delicious... The only problem was it took so long to make that you basically had to start them on your second one as the finished your first one...

I don't know if Raffles is still there , but it was a great place back in it's day. Actually Singapore was one of my favorite during my traveling days... you just had to put an extra effort into obeying even the most minor of Singapore's laws as the penalties were a bit strict. Do we all remember the caning penalty dispensed on the young man for what was essentially some sort of act of graffiti or vandalism?

Your Ol' Pal Gin-Boo
 
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Summertime: Arnold Palmer
Alcoholic: whiskey sour or a microbrewed amber ale
Breakfast: orange or cranberry juice
 
For those of us located in the CT/RI area, there is only one SUMMERTIME DRINK

DELL'S LEMONADE.
 
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Watermelon Cooler, 4 cups watermelon, lemon sorbet to taste, blend, pour into tall glass with some club soda if you want something sparkling, add mint leave and small slice of the melon
 
Non-alcoholic: water or homemade lemonade.
Beer: Two-Hearted Ale (an especially delicious IPA from Bell's Brewery in Michigan)
Mixed: frozen Margarita or homemade Mojitos (the premixed ones are foul)
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Sun tea - combination green tea & a flavored tea from Teavana
Hendricks & tonic, w/ lime
Poquito Picante (drink with gin, Cointreau, cilantro, jalapeno and cucumber, among other ingredients)
Seltzer water
 
I'm seriously hooked on the new "skinny" drinks like the Skinny Pomegrante Cosmo.

I can fool myself into thinking less calories and fruit flavoring could possibly be healthy:)
 
hmmmm....
ice cold sparking water with a splash of "simply Lemonade" or "Simply Grapefruit"
Hot black coffee - a good strong brew
Pink Lemonade,
Stella Artois (tap)
Gin (Bombay Blue Saphire) and tonic with extra lime (at leat two pieces)
a crispy Pinot Grigio
Tea - Earl Grey - hot (Harney and Sons of course)
Bloody Mary with lots of horseradish garnished with celery AND some cold, cooked shrimp.....

mmmmmmmm....
 
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Gin & Tonic made with Brokers Gin

Any of a number of great Oregon IPAs

Portugese Vinho Verde
 
Iced tea (sweetened with Truvia), vodka/ Fresca, coffee (half and half, Truvia)
 
rwdinsalem said:
Gin & Tonic made with Brokers Gin

Any of a number of great Oregon IPAs

Portugese Vinho Verde
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Which ones, praytell! I am an IPA fanatic. Nothing that isn't dry-hopped ever makes it into my kegerator. Have you ever tried Two Hearted Ale? Simply transcendent!
 
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OneTrickPony said:
Bottle of chilled Cakebread Chardonnay!
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I'm with you and Ozzie. Excellent quality. The "regular" wines are very nice. The wines from the more localized Cakebread vineyards are even better.
 
Duplin Winery here in NC produces a wide range of "southern" muscadine based wines that are good for summertime sipping.....
 
Had a great time performing at the local winery celebrating their first anniversary this past weekend. Three days of great fun with wine, music, magic, vendors and food.
 
Smoothies, milkshakes, lemonade, basically any cold drink.
Where I live it's 70 degrees or hotter pretty much all year. In the summer it gets into the hundreds.
 
Malibu Rum and Pineapple juice. Malibu is only 40 proof so you can drink several and still walk to the kitchen to make another ;)
 
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Everyone, even the driver:
Coke slushie from Circle K -- they got the machines working consistently after all these years
Home-made lemonade from neighborhood lemon trees

Adult:
Limosas: 45% cheap champagne, 45% lemonade (see above), 10% Midori melon liquor
Mojitos: backyard spearmint, neighborhood limes

Local citrus is partial compensation for Arizona summers
 
Absolut and soda with a lemon wedge.

I can't begin to tell you how many of these I've had over the years with never a hint of a hangover. When I was boating (pre-kids), used to kill a half gallon of vodka a weekend (Friday night, Sat and Sunday). Started with clamdiggers in the AM and transitioned to V & S at noon.

Had one legendary weekend when there was a navy frigate anchored off Milford. There were 4 sailors that had already seen all of Milford by Friday afternoon and were waiting at the yacht club for a tender to take them back to the ship. My wife and I were on our way to Port Jeff for the weekend and offered to take them back. They were on a weekend pass, so we decided to take them to PJ w/us. My parents (legendary party people and still in their prime) were already tied up at Danforth's with their boat along with about 5 other boats (all equally legendary), 2 of which the owners were WW2 navy guys. Those sailors didn't have to spend a dime in a weekend of drunken debauchery that culminated with me get taken to jail at 3AM Sunday while walking back to the marina for WWD (walking while drunk). They didn't actually charge me with anything, it was the Mayberry treatment, but the cop was thoroughly impressed with my ability to wake up in the AM fully functional.

We collectively almost ran out of booze, which was an amazing feat because they all stocked very heavily.

The best part of the weekend....on saturday afternoon Phil Donahue and his wife, Marlo Thomas, pulled up to the marina in a 60' Hatteras. We invited them for a cocktail and they were incredibly rude to us (big mistake) so we virtually ran them out of the marina. We all were regulars with standing weekend reservations, and the dockmaster, after getting verbally harassed by Marlo (she wanted all of our groups boats moved to another part of the marina, or thrown out) told her they should leave which they did after a few hours of serenading.

Those 4 sailors still stay in touch with us and one of them actually showed up at my dad's funeral, coming in from South Carolina, 14 years after that weekend.
 
Uconnrick said:
Absolut and soda with a lemon wedge.

I can't begin to tell you how many of these I've had over the years with never a hint of a hangover. When I was boating (pre-kids), used to kill a half gallon of vodka a weekend (Friday night, Sat and Sunday). Started with clamdiggers in the AM and transitioned to V & S at noon.

Had one legendary weekend when there was a navy frigate anchored off Milford. There were 4 sailors that had already seen all of Milford by Friday afternoon and were waiting at the yacht club for a tender to take them back to the ship. My wife and I were on our way to Port Jeff for the weekend and offered to take them back. They were on a weekend pass, so we decided to take them to PJ w/us. My parents (legendary party people and still in their prime) were already tied up at Danforth's with their boat along with about 5 other boats (all equally legendary), 2 of which the owners were WW2 navy guys. Those sailors didn't have to spend a dime in a weekend of drunken debauchery that culminated with me get taken to jail at 3AM Sunday while walking back to the marina for WWD (walking while drunk). They didn't actually charge me with anything, it was the Mayberry treatment, but the cop was thoroughly impressed with my ability to wake up in the AM fully functional.

We collectively almost ran out of booze, which was an amazing feat because they all stocked very heavily.

The best part of the weekend....on saturday afternoon Phil Donahue and his wife, Marlo Thomas, pulled up to the marina in a 60' Hatteras. We invited them for a cocktail and they were incredibly rude to us (big mistake) so we virtually ran them out of the marina. We all were regulars with standing weekend reservations, and the dockmaster, after getting verbally harassed by Marlo (she wanted all of our groups boats moved to another part of the marina, or thrown out) told her they should leave which they did after a few hours of serenading.

Those 4 sailors still stay in touch with us and one of them actually showed up at my dad's funeral, coming in from South Carolina, 14 years after that weekend.
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That's a great story. And this summer it's Brokers Gin martinis and tonics. Great, reasonably priced dry london gin.
 
Uconnrick said:
Absolut and soda with a lemon wedge.

I can't begin to tell you how many of these I've had over the years with never a hint of a hangover. When I was boating (pre-kids), used to kill a half gallon of vodka a weekend (Friday night, Sat and Sunday). Started with clamdiggers in the AM and transitioned to V & S at noon.

Had one legendary weekend when there was a navy frigate anchored off Milford. There were 4 sailors that had already seen all of Milford by Friday afternoon and were waiting at the yacht club for a tender to take them back to the ship. My wife and I were on our way to Port Jeff for the weekend and offered to take them back. They were on a weekend pass, so we decided to take them to PJ w/us. My parents (legendary party people and still in their prime) were already tied up at Danforth's with their boat along with about 5 other boats (all equally legendary), 2 of which the owners were WW2 navy guys. Those sailors didn't have to spend a dime in a weekend of drunken debauchery that culminated with me get taken to jail at 3AM Sunday while walking back to the marina for WWD (walking while drunk). They didn't actually charge me with anything, it was the Mayberry treatment, but the cop was thoroughly impressed with my ability to wake up in the AM fully functional.

We collectively almost ran out of booze, which was an amazing feat because they all stocked very heavily.

The best part of the weekend....on saturday afternoon Phil Donahue and his wife, Marlo Thomas, pulled up to the marina in a 60' Hatteras. We invited them for a cocktail and they were incredibly rude to us (big mistake) so we virtually ran them out of the marina. We all were regulars with standing weekend reservations, and the dockmaster, after getting verbally harassed by Marlo (she wanted all of our groups boats moved to another part of the marina, or thrown out) told her they should leave which they did after a few hours of serenading.

Those 4 sailors still stay in touch with us and one of them actually showed up at my dad's funeral, coming in from South Carolina, 14 years after that weekend.
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In the immortal words of John Winger (or in the words of the immortal John Winger) "Lee Harvey, you are a madman. When you stole that cow, and your friend tried to make it with the cow. I want to party with you, cowboy." :cool:
 
Ice cold Coca Cola in a bottle
Any good Wiess Beir with half a lemon
Sapphire and Tonic with lime
Strega on the Rocks
 
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