Pick your poison

[rexbeccarox]

Beer beer beer beer beer beer beer. The hoppier, the better. A good California/West Coast IPA... well, yummmmm.

Ivy! I'm so glad you're expanding your horizons!

[Psykhronic]

Oh God damn it, now I want a beer

[Fruity]

rexbeccarox, it's all thanks to you! lol you have no idea how my life thanks you. haha

[Tartarus Sauce]

Good ol'e beer is where it's at.

[evenheathen]

On a good day, Maker's Mark.

On a great day, this stuff is fabulous.

[Norfolk And Chance]

I love Dutch lager. Strong, crisp, refreshing.

It'll certainly go down well on a hot and sunny afternoon tomorrow with the BBQ.

[Cyberman]

How about massive diarrhea?

I know a lot of cocktails, but that's a new one on me.

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Alcoholic: Vodka. Definitely. Also whisk(e)y, bourbon, brandy. I guess my spiritual side is showing.

I'm trying to get Shell into some of the more exotic cocktails. There's one made with coconut rum, melon liqueur and pineapple juice but as yet I'm having a hard time persuading her. Can't be the name that's putting her off; I'd have thought a drink called a Leg Spreader sounds most refreshing.

If we're talking beer, bitter for me every time (Banks's ftw, but John Smith's is a close second). I'm also developing a taste for Guinness.

Non-alcoholic: big fruit juice fan - orange (with pulp), apple, pear, cranberry, blueberry. Cherry is a newish one I'm into. I've found that cherry and vodka are a perfect marriage.

Coke. Hands down, every time. Or Pepsi.

Finally, as a True Englishman I'm contractually obliged to include tea. Darjeeling, Assam, Earl Grey, Chai - served of course with two sugars and no milk.

I probably take other fluids into my system, but the above are the ones I imbibe the most regularly and above all knowingly.

[Minimalist]

Red wine. French or Italian.

[Angrboda]

I'm also a big tea and coffee drinker.

In teas, I prefer oolongs and pu-erhs. I consider herbal teas anathema, as well as flavored teas, in general. (Though I make exceptions.) Green teas don't do it for me, though I do like an occasional white, and many moons ago, there was a green that I got from a specific store that I liked. Alas, the store is long gone. They also had what they called "root tea," which, if I recall correctly, was made from the needles of an African pine. Perhaps it was rooibos, and the fancy tale is just added confusion. I have yet to find a match for that tea, either. And I love Lapsang Souchong, though don't tend to drink it as often as I used to do.

In coffee, I like Sumatra and Central American coffees, or if I'm at a coffee shop, a large latte with a double-shot of hazelnut is my usual. With the exception of the latte, I prefer my coffee black. The past few months has seen a radical change in my coffee preferences, however. I purchased a Sunpentown, 5-liter, electric hot water pot. It sits beside me and thus I have hot water for a variety of purposes, from tea to instant oatmeal. In particular, I've taken to drinking a lot of instant coffee, despite the obvious flaws in the resulting cup, just because it's so damned convenient. In instants, the coffee I find most consistently pleasing is Nescafe's 'Taster's Choice', in either caffeinated or decaffeinated version. The Nescafe Clasico is also good.

I too like fruit juices in general, but have not tried cherry. (Il est tres cher, mon cheri!). What I drink most of, more than anything else, is cola, generic to save money, and water, typically a spring water that is sold as a store brand locally. I do add those flavorings to the water at times, but generally prefer water without flavoring or carbonation.

[Smidgen]

I'm happy with a well brewed Root Beer.