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To: JoeProBono
I have long since retired from my drinking career, but I never stood the attraction of fru fru drinks like the margarita. I generally enjoyed a good single malt in the fall and winter, and a nice dry gin martini in the spring and summer.

Occasionally I would get semi-exotic; if you're in a place that puts the little onions in your martini instead of olives, you're probably south of the Mason-Dixon line and the martinis will suck, so you order a whisky sour. If it's cold outside and you can't access a good single malt, Jack Daniels and apple cider will warm you right up.

The two 'girliest' drinks I would ever admit any affinity for whatsoever were particularly pleasant for very hot days at the beach and they were simply Malibu rum and pineapple juice (tastes like suntan lotion smells) or Blueberry Schnapps in lemonade (don't knock it 'til you've tried it.)

5 posted on 02/22/2013 5:13:24 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

A good top shelf tequila and mixing by hand, not relying on margarita mix, then serving it rocks (not slurpee-style) in a highball glass makes a very decent beverage that is not froufrou at all. Salt optional. Cuervo Gold at a minimum, Patron if you’re feeling flush.


7 posted on 02/22/2013 5:20:08 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: Joe 6-pack
so you order a whisky sour.

No, we order an old fashioned.

10 posted on 02/22/2013 5:33:36 PM PST by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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11 posted on 02/22/2013 5:36:18 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: Joe 6-pack

“....but I never stood the attraction of fru fru drinks like the margarita.”

I hear ‘ya brother.
Retired drinker myself - but to me a real drink was Jim Beam over ice in a tall glass.


31 posted on 02/22/2013 6:46:38 PM PST by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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