What's your relationship with alcohol?

[Tony Baloney]

Don't care for wine at all.  Weareros speaks for me on Whiskey/whisky.

For a cheap but decent drink, I go for Teacher's scotch.

Opposite. Love wine but can't be doing with the whiskey. Love an Old Fashioned or a Sour but just outta the bottle - no thanks.

[JoG2]

I love a drink, even though I'm not a heavy drinker. Having a drink means I'm either unwinding with the ball and chain or socialising with friends/family.

Tonight - working late and in the door after 9, dying of thirst. Ice cold bottle of cider just hit the spot. Guzzled inside a minute.

I'll have a bit of a knees up later this month but apart from that I don't know when I'll have another drink.

Been told by a few people to steer clear of cider. Easy done for me, as not a big lover of it. But had heard it's one of the worst drinks for your health. Not sure if it was scaremongering but haven't had any in years. First ever drink was a pint of snake bite.

Cider... I'd say proper cider would be as clean an alcoholic drink as you could get. I've had some great pints / jerry cans in Somerset. White Lightning on the other hand....

[trueblue1234]

True, I'd have definitely been more a white lighting than a Maison Sassy kinda guy. The high sugar content gives it a bad name I suppose. That and the fact I couldn't manage more than 2 pints of it without feeling queasy.
Do many still drink it? Don't see as much Magners about as you used to.

[An Watcher]

Nothing like it on a scorching day in a glass of ice

[burdizzo]

What are people's favourite wines and whiskeys?

Irish Whiskey: Redbreast

Exquisite good taste.

[brokencrossbar1]

I have to say I love my drink and live my nights out but I'm trying to go drier for a while. We like heading for afternoon food on a Saturday and then trying to get the last bus home ( that is generally dependent who we fall in with in Maddens!). The thing is though I can take it or leave it. I drink to enjoy it. Generally too we are at live music somewhere so they're not big drinking sessions.

As for favourites definitely Chateauneuf de Pape for red. Like whiskey and gin and picked up a few bottles of Islay single malt in Scotland recently which are deadly and always have a variety of gins,  with Dingle a particular favourite.

Monday night football generally sorts out any weekends as does Sunday rooting about the garden or going for a good run.

[trailer]

Whiskey drinkers are always arseholes. Waistcoats with jeans and stupid beards. Wear those converse or vans trainers even though they're over 40. 
Sorry, but you all know this to be true.

Bordeaux reds are the best. Californian reds can be lovely as well. Love a nice Chablis. Also like the odd Australian Syrah.

[bennydorano]

Got a sickner of Whiskey one night in my late teens, have never touched it since.

Was drinking a White Wine called Pata Negra (Verdejo grape) on holidays in Spain in the Autumn and it was class. Cheap as chips over there but any Verdejo white here (if u can find them) are relatively dear from what I can see.

[ONeill]

Whiskey drinkers are always arseholes. Waistcoats with jeans and stupid beards. Wear those converse or vans trainers even though they're over 40. 
Sorry, but you all know this to be true.

Bordeaux reds are the best. Californian reds can be lovely as well. Love a nice Chablis. Also like the odd Australian Syrah.

BC1 has a really stupid beard.

[brokencrossbar1]

Whiskey drinkers are always arseholes. Waistcoats with jeans and stupid beards. Wear those converse or vans trainers even though they're over 40. 
Sorry, but you all know this to be true.

Bordeaux reds are the best. Californian reds can be lovely as well. Love a nice Chablis. Also like the odd Australian Syrah.

BC1 has a really stupid beard.

Ye wanna see my waistcoat collection....

[Milltown Row2]

Whiskey drinkers are always arseholes. Waistcoats with jeans and stupid beards. Wear those converse or vans trainers even though they're over 40. 
Sorry, but you all know this to be true.

Bordeaux reds are the best. Californian reds can be lovely as well. Love a nice Chablis. Also like the odd Australian Syrah.

Any reds from California are generally shite, but this is all subjective

[Rois]

I disagree. Cycled round a few vineyards in Sonoma and found a very nice pinot noir in one of them. Just coincidence that it was the last vineyard of the day 🤣

[trailer]

Californian pinots yes. Delta is a nice one. Cab Savs will leave you wanting to drive your car off a cliff. Treat with extreme care.

[Hound]

Whiskey drinkers are always arseholes. Waistcoats with jeans and stupid beards. Wear those converse or vans trainers even though they're over 40. 
Sorry, but you all know this to be true.

Bordeaux reds are the best. Californian reds can be lovely as well. Love a nice Chablis. Also like the odd Australian Syrah.

Any reds from California are generally shite, but this is all subjective

Sequoia Grove is the nicest wine I've ever tasted. Californian, EUR 65 in off licenses, double in restaurants, but worth it (and not many are)

[Hound]

I love alcohol, but I hate being drunk, so I tend to drink often, but in moderation.

An afternoon few Guinness with a good mate watching a match and a few horses is pure heaven. Evening drinking I'd switch to Heino but not interested in massive session.

As surprisingly and gratifyingly many have said Redbreast is the best whiskey and Ardbeg is the best whisky. The so-called basic version of both is top notch and the best, the dearer versions are for tourists and can be avoided.    The basic Arbeg 10 is still about EUR70, so not cheap, but it's a joy.

I can't talk about gin without becoming a trailer type. Anyone who mixes those gorgeous expensive gins with tonic is a complete moron.

I'll finish with port. The most underrated drink out there. A chilled tawny or white port, as a dessert instead of rubbish, is absolutely divine!