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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I'm a Bombay Sapphire, Tonic and Lime kinda girl (with a straw as per the 'Quirk' post) have been for years!!! But, having made lots of changes in my life, thought it time I changed my tipple too! I've recently discovered Jäger and Dry Ginger...Mmmm!!! Any other odd combo's I'm missing out on, feel the need to experiment!! I seem to recall loving Pernod and Black in my youth!!! What's your tipple? x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I tried a couple of other gins in our local the other night first was saffron tried it straight it almost choked me but with lemonade tasted like tizer.

Then I tried ruhbarb gin again not so keen straight but with lemonade tasted like those rhubarb sweets mmmm.

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By *azkinsWoman
over a year ago

leeds

Cherry vodka and cherry yum yum .

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

Pernod and orange juice, lovely!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Cherry vodka and cherry yum yum ."

Not a Vodka fan but Cherry Vodka sounds yummy!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I tried a couple of other gins in our local the other night first was saffron tried it straight it almost choked me but with lemonade tasted like tizer.

Then I tried ruhbarb gin again not so keen straight but with lemonade tasted like those rhubarb sweets mmmm. "

I'm quite fussy when it comes to Gin and that's why I tend to stick with Bombay Sapphire, but Rhubarb sounds nice, not sure where I'd get it though?!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pernod and orange juice, lovely!

I always used to have a headache from hell on Pernod though!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hendricks all the way for me. Cucumber and elderflower tonic with loads of ice. Mmmmmmm

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Hendricks all the way for me. Cucumber and elderflower tonic with loads of ice. Mmmmmmm"

I have tried that and it was very nice, but it was a little bit too dry for me.. Was nice with the cucumber though!! Mmm now I'm thinking of Pimms!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is gin the cool thing to drink these days?

See loads of people going on about it now.

Used to be jägermister a few years back

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Gin used to have a very bad reputation. Mothers ruin and all:

But there are some fabulous options and after going to a gin bar in Newcastle I've never looked back.

Think my favourite was a cracked pepper cocktail. Oooh.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Is gin the cool thing to drink these days?

See loads of people going on about it now.

Used to be jägermister a few years back "

It seems lots of people do like Gin these days.. There's a Gin Bar in Bath that I have yet to visit - but intend to soon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm a Bombay Sapphire, Tonic and Lime kinda girl (with a straw as per the 'Quirk' post) have been for years!!! But, having made lots of changes in my life, thought it time I changed my tipple too! I've recently discovered Jäger and Dry Ginger...Mmmm!!! Any other odd combo's I'm missing out on, feel the need to experiment!! I seem to recall loving Pernod and Black in my youth!!! What's your tipple? x

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Malibu and milk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hendricks all the way for me. Cucumber and elderflower tonic with loads of ice. Mmmmmmm

I have tried that and it was very nice, but it was a little bit too dry for me.. Was nice with the cucumber though!! Mmm now I'm thinking of Pimms!!

Pimms I've never tried....but I'm guessing you'd recommend so maybe I should give it a go.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Disaronno with ice

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Gin used to have a very bad reputation. Mothers ruin and all:

But there are some fabulous options and after going to a gin bar in Newcastle I've never looked back.

Think my favourite was a cracked pepper cocktail. Oooh. "

Haha I just said about a Gin Bar (in Bath), I will ask for a cracked pepper cocktail when I visit!!! ....I sound like a bit of a lush!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Malibu and milk

what the

is that even a real drink

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By *ofUs4UCouple
over a year ago

Sunderland

Cherry brandy and cherry .

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Hendricks all the way for me. Cucumber and elderflower tonic with loads of ice. Mmmmmmm

I have tried that and it was very nice, but it was a little bit too dry for me.. Was nice with the cucumber though!! Mmm now I'm thinking of Pimms!!

Pimms I've never tried....but I'm guessing you'd recommend so maybe I should give it a go. "

Never tried? Aww, but it's so lush in the summer - with strawberries, cucumber and various other fruit - it is a thirst quencher, so a pitcher is always recommended!! Haha x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Malibu and milk

what the

is that even a real drink

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A drink I discovered in my youth many years ago by accident

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Gin used to have a very bad reputation. Mothers ruin and all:

But there are some fabulous options and after going to a gin bar in Newcastle I've never looked back.

Think my favourite was a cracked pepper cocktail. Oooh.

Haha I just said about a Gin Bar (in Bath), I will ask for a cracked pepper cocktail when I visit!!! ....I sound like a bit of a lush!!!

x "

Someone at work called me that the other day....didn't really know how to respond to it.

And pimms I will try if I can get out in the sunshine. Does sound canny tasty!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Malibu and milk

what the

is that even a real drink

I've had that before, it was a cheapy version (in my teens) for a 'Beach Comber' cocktail!!! Or something like that!! Was like a coconut Bailey's!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Malibu and milk

what the

is that even a real drink

A drink I discovered in my youth many years ago by accident

you need to have a word with yourself

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Gin used to have a very bad reputation. Mothers ruin and all:

But there are some fabulous options and after going to a gin bar in Newcastle I've never looked back.

Think my favourite was a cracked pepper cocktail. Oooh.

Haha I just said about a Gin Bar (in Bath), I will ask for a cracked pepper cocktail when I visit!!! ....I sound like a bit of a lush!!!

Someone at work called me that the other day....didn't really know how to respond to it.

And pimms I will try if I can get out in the sunshine. Does sound canny tasty! "

Haha... Well from one lush to another - go for it!!! Cheers!? [Hic]!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Malibu and milk

what the

is that even a real drink

I've had that before, it was a cheapy version (in my teens) for a 'Beach Comber' cocktail!!! Or something like that!! Was like a coconut Bailey's!

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I don't rememeber tasting any Baileys , just the taste of coconut in the milk

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Disaronno with ice

Yes... I do like Disaranno, would you just have ice with it? I've had it with lemonade! x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Malibu and milk

what the

is that even a real drink

A drink I discovered in my youth many years ago by accident

you need to have a word with yourself

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Its a bit late for that now love

many years have past now

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon "

I can't wait to visit a Gin Bar, apparently they serve it in a teapot!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Disaronno with ice

Yes... I do like Disaranno, would you just have ice with it? I've had it with lemonade! x "

nooo anything but ice is a crime

my kids put alsorts in it, cranberry juice tastes like cherry bakewell apparently, tastes like dr pepper

i just like it with ice

love the sruff

its nice with a splash in coffee

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon

I can't wait to visit a Gin Bar, apparently they serve it in a teapot!!

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BOOZE IN A TEAPOT?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon

I can't wait to visit a Gin Bar, apparently they serve it in a teapot!!

There's three or four in Newcastle now. Get yourself up!! I'll show you around. X

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Disaronno with ice

Yes... I do like Disaranno, would you just have ice with it? I've had it with lemonade! x

nooo anything but ice is a crime

my kids put alsorts in it, cranberry juice tastes like cherry bakewell apparently, tastes like dr pepper

i just like it with ice

love the sruff

its nice with a splash in coffee "

I've had it in coffee and I love that.. I quite like the idea of cranberry, love a Bakewell tart!! Haha

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon

I can't wait to visit a Gin Bar, apparently they serve it in a teapot!!

There's three or four in Newcastle now. Get yourself up!! I'll show you around. X"

Wow! Down South we're a bit slow with that sort of thing, more of a scrumpy delicacy in these y'er parts!!! If I'm ever Up North I will give you a shout, we can be lushes together - reckon we'd be quite formidable!! Haha

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon

I can't wait to visit a Gin Bar, apparently they serve it in a teapot!!

There's three or four in Newcastle now. Get yourself up!! I'll show you around. X

Agreed!

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

"Pernod and orange juice, lovely!

I always used to have a headache from hell on Pernod though!!!

Well, then you will love my good news!!

I don't get hangovers, ever, no matter what I drink lol!

Great innit?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon

I can't wait to visit a Gin Bar, apparently they serve it in a teapot!!

There's three or four in Newcastle now. Get yourself up!! I'll show you around. X

Agreed!"

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pernod and orange juice, lovely!

I always used to have a headache from hell on Pernod though!!!

Well, then you will love my good news!!

I don't get hangovers, ever, no matter what I drink lol!

Great innit?

Very unfair... Meany!!!

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By *ewels74Woman
over a year ago

Dundee/Angus/Blackpool

Malibu and Pineapple I enjoy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Diamond white was my teenage tipple x

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By *ellowbabesCouple
over a year ago

newport/cwmbran

"There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon

I can't wait to visit a Gin Bar, apparently they serve it in a teapot!!

BOOZE IN A TEAPOT?

has anyone told Hatter??

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By *eliz NelsonMan
over a year ago

The Tantric Tea Shop

"There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon

I can't wait to visit a Gin Bar, apparently they serve it in a teapot!!

There's three or four in Newcastle now. Get yourself up!! I'll show you around. X"

A bit of a journey but a great little bar in Sunderland Poetic license,' have their own Gin distillery, just won some prestigious award

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vodka martinis for me yummy, slightly more wet than dry. Bar staff hate me as they take forever to make (properly) and no lemon for me x

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There is a fab gin bar in Chester ...

I need to make a return visit soon

I can't wait to visit a Gin Bar, apparently they serve it in a teapot!!

BOOZE IN A TEAPOT?

has anyone told Hatter??

G & T(ea)!!! I guess!!! Haha - very quaint!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Vodka martinis for me yummy, slightly more wet than dry. Bar staff hate me as they take forever to make (properly) and no lemon for me x"

Must try one..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Amarretto and , lovely tastes like marzipan

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

" Diamond white was my teenage tipple x"

Evil stuff, that and Mad Dog 20/20!!! [Shudders]

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Malibu and Pineapple I enjoy"

Oooo that sounds nice, reckon I'd knock those back easily - love pineapple juice!!! X

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Amarretto and , lovely tastes like marzipan"

Love Amarretto in coffee

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love courvoisier and ginger

Jack and d&b or root beer

Tequila

spiced rum with vanilla

bladnoch single malt over ice

shiraz

a good white burgundy

used to love

pernod and black

southern comfort and lemonade

drambuie bleargghh

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I love courvoisier and ginger

Jack and d&b or root beer

Tequila

spiced rum with vanilla

bladnoch single malt over ice

shiraz

a good white burgundy

used to love

pernod and black

southern comfort and lemonade

drambuie bleargghh

Aww I remember they used to sell Root Beer in McDonalds - used to love that stuff!

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

"Pernod and orange juice, lovely!

I always used to have a headache from hell on Pernod though!!!

Well, then you will love my good news!!

I don't get hangovers, ever, no matter what I drink lol!

Great innit?

Very unfair... Meany!!!

Not mean, it's obviously payment for being such a marvellous person lol!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pernod and orange juice, lovely!

I always used to have a headache from hell on Pernod though!!!

Well, then you will love my good news!!

I don't get hangovers, ever, no matter what I drink lol!

Great innit?

Very unfair... Meany!!!

Not mean, it's obviously payment for being such a marvellous person lol!

In that case I'm REALLY bad!!! Haha

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By *heonix316Couple
over a year ago

Aberdeen

We like Calli mocho(probably spelt wrong) It's basically red wine and Cola over ice. It takes a repellant red and turns in into something very nice.

Then there's Mrs weird concoction, Morgan spiced, lemonade and black currant over ice.

Me? Hmm a Rusty Nail! It's basically Drambuie diluted by adding an equal amount of 12 year old malt whiskey. More than one ice cube is sacrilege. It's a nectar made in paradise, but will blow your brains if over done.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Vodka martinis for me yummy, slightly more wet than dry. Bar staff hate me as they take forever to make (properly) and no lemon for me x

Must try one..

x "

Oh I love them but be warned!!! Lethal. My friends think it tastes like petrol haaaa no taste I say x

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By *heonix316Couple
over a year ago

Aberdeen

"What would you like in your whiskey sir?"; asks the barman.

"More whiskey"; I replied

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try two parts amaretto, one part jack Daniels then top up with to taste... a godfather apparently but it is delicious x

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By *ancyDrewWoman
over a year ago

Glasgow

Makar Gin and green chilli is LUSH

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No need to fix something m that isn't broken. If you enjoy a good G&T, stock with it. Perhaps though, try Tanqueray.

Or how about going all continental, and having pastis with a little water? I live that drink. Or a good vermouth, neat, with ice?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our fave tipple in the summer is one we've made up and it was yum.

Shot of vodka

Shot of Malibu

Pineapple juice

White lemonade

And loadsa crushed ice

Yum yum summer in a glass.

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By *aughtyHOTWifeCouple
over a year ago

Near Bath

Countreau & Baileys. Just slides down a treat & very very moorish ; X

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Loving the combinations... I'm enjoying my Jäger and Dry Ginger at the mo but I'm definitely going to be looking at some of these!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Ouch, my head hurts today.... I should have stuck with Gin!!!! Ssssh!!!

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

"Pernod and orange juice, lovely!

I always used to have a headache from hell on Pernod though!!!

Well, then you will love my good news!!

I don't get hangovers, ever, no matter what I drink lol!

Great innit?

Very unfair... Meany!!!

Not mean, it's obviously payment for being such a marvellous person lol!

In that case I'm REALLY bad!!! Haha

Oh, I dunno, we think you look pretty good lol!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jack Daniels and Ginger is moreish. Hubby also likes red wine with a touch of in x

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By *he Hobbit And MeCouple
over a year ago

southampton

Caramel Vodka

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By *pacecoastersCouple
over a year ago

Cocoa Beach

Always enjoyed Captain Morgan & Dr. Pepper.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Kraken with a good quality cloudy Apple juice

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Pernod and orange juice, lovely!

I always used to have a headache from hell on Pernod though!!!

Well, then you will love my good news!!

I don't get hangovers, ever, no matter what I drink lol!

Great innit?

Very unfair... Meany!!!

Not mean, it's obviously payment for being such a marvellous person lol!

In that case I'm REALLY bad!!! Haha

Oh, I dunno, we think you look pretty good lol!

Aww thanks.. Though I do hope that is without the 'Pernod Googles'!!! Haha

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