GTKY: Drink of Choice

MRDCle

Inspired by beer chatter in another thread -what’s your poison? If you don’t drink I still wanna know what your beverage of choice is. 

lyse01

It’s seasonal.

summer: Dark n’ Stormy, G&T, limeade & white rum, wheat beers or IPAs, sauv blanc (or something similarly minerally)

fall/winter: mulled cider with spiced rum, gluhwein, porters, stouts, Pinot noir, cab franc, malbec, peaty whisky

Spring: when cold, winter drinks. when rainy, something hot. When hot, summer drinks. 

kaitykins

I don’t like alcohol... but I do like sodas. I can’t have any fructose (including high fructose) so I find specialty sodas made with cane
sugar. Preferably cream.

eli_belle

Dark craft beers, porters or stouts.

thatbaintforbetty

I feel like this is dependent on my mood/place/goals. 

I love champagne/good sparkling wine. 

I love a good dark beer, especially a good stout.  Or just a good beer. I drank a 22oz bomber of the Voodoo Donuts/Rogue Brewing Bacon Maple Ale the morning of my wedding to calm my nerves. Lol. I also love Lindemans Lambics. High Water Brewing’s Campfire Stout is a favorite. The Not Your Fathers/Not Your Mothers beers are also really good. 

I love a good mixed drink as long as it isn’t made with the cheap stuff. I’m a bit of a alcohol snob, love me some Belvedere. Or a pomegranate mojito. Or Amaretto sour. 

There is also a great sweet Riesling that we drink whenever my dad, sister and I get together because it’s one of the few wines we can all agree on. 

llamamamanyc

Most of the year, I’m a stout or brown ale drinker (nothing sweet though! I like the drier stuff). 

Summer drink of choice is a gin & tonic. And thankfully everyone knows that’s my summer drink, so it was easy to hide during the first trimester...plenty of seltzer or club soda with lime did the trick! 😉

HGRich

I really can’t seem to acquire a taste for alcohol. But I do love a good coffee drink. I like more coffee than milk, but definitely sweet. Often an iced coffee with flavoring, especially hazelnut. Or a vanilla or sweet cream cold brew. I haven’t been drinking it because of reflux though. Maybe that’ll be part of my first postpartum meal. 

sheknows6

I'm a liquor fan.

Woodford Reserve, Maker's Mark, or Hennessy. Splash of coke with the bourbons and sprite with the cognac. Or Grey Goose martini's with garlic stuffed olives and some of the brine straight from the jar.  

wildcosmiclove

Red, red wine for me. I'm not a beer drinker and sugary mixed drinks make me ill almost instantly. So a nice Pinot or Cab...or sometimes vodka on the rocks.

sheepshepherdess

@eli_belle Same for me, some nice dark porter or stout with a good head. 

Gin and tonic in the summertime, or champagne of course.

Though I’d take anything right now!

mrstmoose

I’m definitely a wine drinker. I don’t drink much or often but I do love a good glass of wine. 

My addiction is soda. I need to stop. 

thatbaintforbetty

@mrstmoose one of the things I can’t have on the GD diet is soda. I miss an ice cold Coke so much. It will be probably like 4 or 5 months since I’ve had one when this kid is born. It’s another thing I cannot wait to have again. 

Also my DH is a die hard Pepsi nut. It’s one of the few things we seriously disagree about. Lol. 

professormama

Wine (Cabernet, Carmenere, Merlot, or a dry White). French 75 if I’m feeling fancy. 
Dr. Pepper at lunch. 
Dirty Chai Latte every morning. 

MRDCle

@professormama French 75s are my celebratory drink for sure! Usually I drink vodka sodas (Ketel One), red wine (Malbec), or citrusy IPAs. But I appreciate maaaany different types of beverages. 

lyse01

@professormama @mrdcle I love French 75s. Don’t have them nearly often enough!

kangstadt

Not a fan of alcohol, but I do love a good chai latte.  I've also been seriously craving fruit smoothies this trimester, although I try to limit myself to one every few days since they are pretty sugary (and I've been slamming the holiday sweets a bit too hard...).

mrstmoose

@thatbaintforbetty Pepsi is way too sweet. He’s crazy. 

MRDCle

@thatbaintforbetty and @mrstmoose I like regular Pepsi and Diet Coke. NEVER Diet Pepsi and regular Coke. 

thrillsmomma

I went to the liquor store this evening just to browse. Looking forward to a good G&T and a big, smooth glass of red wine.

Question for other G&T drinkers....

Tonic and lime seems the most popular combo. Anyone tried others? I had one with elderflower tonic water and a sprig of rosemary before getting pregnant and my whole world opened up with other possibilities!

kyashley1227

Oh boy... I don’t even know where to begin. I really enjoy seasonal beers, White Russians, fruity sweet drinks, a good bourbon and Diet Coke. I honestly haven’t really met a drink I don’t like other than red and dry wine. 

fuzzywombat

I’m a latte and Diet Coke kind-of girl

distraction

It really depends on my mood tbh! 

A good red wine - I really Enjoy barberas & super Tuscans. 

Also, vodka(Tito’s & Ketel one) sodas with lime - sometimes mint too if I’m feeling wild 😆😆 

For a yummy fruity summer drink though, some rum punch like in USVI is one of my favs! 

But it being pregnant means the only vice ive been indulging in is an ice cold Coca Cola! 

lyse01

@thrillsmomma Hendricks & cucumber is fab

lovemaddux

All I want to drink is seltzer/sparkling water anymore. I’m pretty boring these days. 
if I’m drinking a beer it would be Hoegaarten, a cocktail would be whiskey sour, a wine I like would be a dry red and I love prosseco. 

kosmo86

@Mrstmoose Soda addict here too. I work for a LARGE restaurant corporate office and we have free soda all day long. Including Freestyle machines on the first floor! I limit myself to 1 a day. 

@thatbaintforbetty - if we are talking regular pepsi or coke. I am a Pepsi girl for sure


Not a huge drinker but I love Cherry coke zero and Pepsi Max. 

Alcohol wise. We have a semi locally winery that makes fruit like and I love their pineapple chardonnay. I mostly prefer liquor. blackberry mojitos, margaritas, dirty shirley temple is my normal going out drinking drink. 

MRDCle

kosmo86 said:

Alcohol wise. We have a semi locally winery that makes fruit like and I love their pineapple chardonnay. I mostly prefer liquor. blackberry mojitos, margaritas, dirty shirley temple is my normal going out drinking drink. 

I don't know if anyone watches Schitt's Creek but the fruit wine scene is one of my faves so I'm over here laughing to myself.

jasmine5904

@MRDCle Schitt's Creek is hilarious! And now I have Moira's voice stuck in my head...

Dry, red wine is definitely my drink of choice. Especially pinot noir or a good red blend.

I'm not a fan of really sugary drinks, so if I'm going the mixed drink route, I'll usually get a vodka and club soda. 

On the non-alcoholic side, I love coffee, iced tea, and sparkling water. 

honey_suckle

Beers: white IPA (electric unicorn from Phillips brewery is a favorite) or a nice porter. Seriously missing the Canadian microbrews over here, but there's starting to be more of that in Sweden too now.

Wines: for white wines I like good pinot gris or alscace wines in general. For red i prefer dark heavy ones like zinfandel, but I can enjoy anything that isn't too dry. 

Cocktails: 
@thrillsmomma I love making GT with elder flower syrup that I make and rosemary branches and lemon 👌 generally anything sweet and sour is good with me. 

jayhawkmom4

Alcohol:  I like girly sweet drinks! Captain and Coke in a bar. At home it tends to be a wine cooler or moscatto. 

Non Alcoholic- Dr Pepper is my favorite by far!!

Kateriee

About to celebrate three years of sobriety but it used to be Barton's vodka on ice or a box of cheap wine.

Now I'm loving hazelnut coffee and caffeine free diet Coke.

Pre pregnancy give me diet Pepsi and two pots of coffee.

MRDCle

Congrats on three years @kateriee! I miss hazelnut coffee so much. That'll def be one of my first things once I have these kids.

mermaidca

Add me to the G&T club!!  Whenever my sister and I have our G&Ts we always get bizarre looks,no one else likes them.  When our group of friends used to go camping we would make up massive vats of gin and juice to have on tap and sing Snoop Dogg all weekend hahah.

At a party one time my sister and I were making up our gin drinks and my dad laughed and said "Oh, we used to always drink gin!  It's liquid panty remover!"  but quietly trailed off as he remembered he was talking to his own daughters.  It was awkward and so funny.

A super cold cider on a hot summer day always hits the spot for me too. 

kristenhk

I definitely miss being able to have a glass of red wine after work.  Usually a Malbec.  At this point I wouldn't be picky lol.

In the summer either beer (Stella, Heineken) or gin and tonic.

rennie1108

I thought I was the only one who liked gin besides old men! Haha, I don't like it with tonic, though. I like it with Fresca or Ginger ale. 
Beers: wheat beer, lagers with lime, a cold, dry cider is my fave though
Love me some dry champagne and I prefer dry white wine but will have a nice pinot noir sometimes
And who likes Diet Coke?? So gross!   I've been drinking regular Coke more than normal during this pregnancy, probably because I can't have my booze. LOVE me a regular Coke!!

MRDCle

Oh yeah I also really really enjoy "champagne" though we very rarely actually have champagne. Gimme a sparkling brut and I'm happy happy.

berky84

Big dry reds please! (Or dry whites or rosès). Big wine fan all around as long as they're dry. 

I also like IPAs and Belgian beers

For cocktails a go-to is whiskey and ginger but I also like gin and cucumber mixed drinks, vodka gimlets, margaritas, etc

I only really like olives when I'm pregnant and I wish I could try a dirty martini cause I think I'd like them. But of course I can't while pregnant and they don't sound appealing when I'm not 😂

rennie1108

@berky84 I forgot about gin gimlets!! (not a vodka fan). Yummy, yummy.....although a lot of places don't know how to make them correctly.

booksandlace

Zinfandels, a salty margarita (I despise sweet, fruity ones), champagne mojitos, and I'm very fond of Belching Beaver peanut butter stout or Garage Brew marshmallow stout

lilpotatomama

Moscow mules, hands down. I’ll also drink a White Russian any time of year. I’m not super big on sweet drinks and I don’t drink tequila because it makes me sick and I think it’s gross. 
For nonalcoholic, I love apple juice 

thrillsmomma

honey_suckle said:

Beers: white IPA (electric unicorn from Phillips brewery is a favorite) or a nice porter. Seriously missing the Canadian microbrews over here, but there's starting to be more of that in Sweden too now.

Wines: for white wines I like good pinot gris or alscace wines in general. For red i prefer dark heavy ones like zinfandel, but I can enjoy anything that isn't too dry. 

Cocktails: 
@thrillsmomma I love making GT with elder flower syrup that I make and rosemary branches and lemon 👌 generally anything sweet and sour is good with me. 

I am now so excited to try this. Anything elderflower is my favourite - what a good idea!!!!

harveyisaboysname

Micheladas!!!, tequila or tequila and soda water, Stella, or modelo if it’s super hot outside. I alternate between those usually. If I want something sweet I’ll go for a captain and Diet Coke.