Who drinks (alcohol)? Why or why not?

... Short explanation: I've turned into an old fart.

I use alcohol sparingly and smoke grass even less these days, but that is not an expression of preference or fear of side effects. Since I quit smoking tobacco 20 years ago, its the delivery system that turns me off. If marijuana is reconstituted as a drink, it will be my drug of choice versus alcohol.
 
Drinkable marijuana, the time has come. Or has it?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/debrabo...juana-drinks-not-causing-a-buzz/#3d3fa2fe6523

I'll admit at first I thought this was a great idea, but it seems they all taste bad? I'm sure there's a way to make it more palatable. Whoever invents that will be rich, rich, rich.

I agree...remember the origin of gin and tonic.....wiki

"The drink gained its name from the effects of its bitter flavouring. The quinine was added to the drink as a prophylactic against malaria, since it was originally intended for consumption in tropical areas of South Asia and Africa, where the disease is endemic. Quinine powder was so bitter that British officials stationed in early 19th Century India and other tropical posts began mixing the powder with soda and sugar, and a basic tonic water was created. The first commercial tonic water was produced in 1858.[SUP][1][/SUP] The mixed drink 'gin and tonic' also originated in British colonial India, when the British population would mix their medicinal quinine tonic with gin."
 
Hasj is easy to use in tea, (space)cake and so on...and there are even recipes for (as jam in preserving jars) putting it in a weck jar with genever. (Holland Gin for our American friends.)
 
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You wanna talk marijuana recipes? Okay, I have a story:

In high school I was almost but not perfectly straight. As a consequence, I once found myself with some marijuana that I didn't really want. My parents were out and my boyfriend and I were home alone. We enjoyed cooking together, so decided to get rid of the weed by making brownies and throwing it in. Once they were baked, we tried one to see whether they tasted okay (they did), then left to do something else.

When I returned a few hours later, my mother had come home. The minute I saw her car in the driveway it occurred to me what must have just happened. My mother was something of a glutton as she aged, and would unhesitatingly consume outsized portions of any tasty food in front of her. Had the brownies been untouched, she would probably have left them alone, assuming I needed to take them to a party or something. However, once a brownie had been cut out, signalling that it was okay to eat them, I knew she would devour the entire tray.

Sure enough, over half the brownies were gone. I watched her closely for ill effects, but she seemed fine. Definitely in a cheerful mood, which was unusual, but nice while it lasted :)
 
Went on a golfing piss up with friends from football, hired a bus & driver, mate of mine made marijuana cookies & left them on the bus during golf. The driver found & consumed them & ended up being carted off to hospital. Another mate who wasn't drinking then had to drive the bus. Fearing repercussions everything was kept very hush hush for some time after which we were able to laugh about the driver & his gluttony.
 
I agree...remember the origin of gin and tonic.....wiki

"The drink gained its name from the effects of its bitter flavouring. The quinine was added to the drink as a prophylactic against malaria, since it was originally intended for consumption in tropical areas of South Asia and Africa, where the disease is endemic. Quinine powder was so bitter that British officials stationed in early 19th Century India and other tropical posts began mixing the powder with soda and sugar, and a basic tonic water was created. The first commercial tonic water was produced in 1858.[SUP][1][/SUP] The mixed drink 'gin and tonic' also originated in British colonial India, when the British population would mix their medicinal quinine tonic with gin."

Gin was known as mothers ruin in London - because at the end of the 1800s in London gin was the cheapest alcohol available to the poor. It was often consumed in large quantities by prostitutes to bring on a miscarriage hence the name.
 
Gin was known as mothers ruin in London - because at the end of the 1800s in London gin was the cheapest alcohol available to the poor. It was often consumed in large quantities by prostitutes to bring on a miscarriage hence the name.

Gee, how did Beefeaters come about?
 
Aren't those the guards?

Talking about gin, it has become very trendy (again) also outside of the UK. And the most popular one, at least where I come from, is this one:

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I always enjoyed the taste of the hard stuff, even young. I started with vodka in my late teens and scotch in my early 20s. I don't drink a lot of beer. It is too filling for me. One and or two and I feel bloated. I will drink Bintang, but it doesn't pair with a lot of foods and it isn't always kept cold. I pass more than not. It is not a quality issue, I am normally a cheap beer drinker.

I drink more of the hard stuff in Indonesia. I can get the most bang for my buck from both duty free and when it is taxed. While yes, the taxes are high, it is the lowest cost per drink when compared to wine. I just can't swallow paying as much for a cheap bottle of wine as as full bottle of liquor.
 
There are certain types of 'cuisines' I refuse to go to if the restaurant does not have beer. Examples are Indian and Mexican. (For me no Mango Lassi or Margarita.)
 
Anyone ever been to one of the local type bars where they will put ice cubes in your beer to make it colder - sacrilege !!!
 
Yes Scoot I know this type of bars long time ago, it's indeed a sacrilege I ever told this ice in beer story in Belgium and the answer was if anybody try to do this in a Belgian beer they report him to the police... :eyebrows:
Anyone ever been to one of the local type bars where they will put ice cubes in your beer to make it colder - sacrilege !!!
About drinking alcohol, already few years I hardly drink beer or wine meaby once a month when eating out. In my younger days I use to have few good Belgian Trappist or some other tasty beers.
 
Gin was known as mothers ruin in London - because at the end of the 1800s in London gin was the cheapest alcohol available to the poor. It was often consumed in large quantities by prostitutes to bring on a miscarriage hence the name.

Hmmm ... watching call the midwife with wife now. One woman used very hot bath to 'terminate' pregnancy. I didn't know gin was also used to terminate the pregnancy.
 
Anyone ever been to one of the local type bars where they will put ice cubes in your beer to make it colder - sacrilege !!!
I discovered there is another reason behind this- adding the ice waters the beer down for those who like beer but have a very low tolerance to alcohol.

& I had to type this elsewhere and copy & paste it because when replying with quote the space-bar function doesn't work.
 
Isn't 300 ml at 4,5% the same as 450 ml at 3,0%? Probably more flavor related.
 
Isn't 300 ml at 4,5% the same as 450 ml at 3,0%? Probably more flavor related.
When I have seen it in practice, our friend got the glass and a bowl of ice- put ice in her glass and poured beer in from the pitcher; so, smaller than the usual measure.
 
I'm on the wagon at present, prepping for an operation on Tuesday, but when I am imbibing I usually call for a large bottle of Bintang and 2 glasses, one filled with ice.
My pals in the local watch as I only half-fill the glass. I slowly drink from that glass, then transfer the ice, and fill the other glass.
There is a sigh of relief when they realize I'm not about to commit sacrilege by mixing the beer with ice ...just keeping the glass cold.
However, I have seen many who now drink Alben cider and they top that up with ice.
 
I'm on the wagon at present, prepping for an operation on Tuesday, .....

.....However, I have seen many who now drink Alben cider and they top that up with ice.

That is really one of those hypes, Heineken even created the Apple Bandit. I don't touch the stuff. But I remember that some decades ago the ladies drank white wine 'on the rocks'.

Good look on Tuesday...
 

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