Pre-COVID-19 times, when you walked into a bar, what **was** your first option for a drink?

[Clear]

Gin & Tonic. Bombay sapphire

 

[RedVejigante]

Fuzzy Navel

 

[Jersa]

Whiskey or scotch on the rocks or a Pale Ale.

 

[IggyChooChoo]

If it's hot out, then I like lime drinks like a gin and tonic, or a gimlet, or a margarita on the rocks. If it's cold out, then an old fashioned, or just some decent bourbon or rum with a single ice cube.

 

[PirateHearts]

Usually an IPA or a Velvet Hammer.

 

[oreomunsta]

Get me a goddamn Guinness

 

[Shiloh]

Bourbon, coke, grenadine.

 

[Darryl M R]

Old Fashioned or Moscow Mule

 

[Deleted member 83122]

Before I started making good decisions in life I would start with a heavy garbage 7.0 IPA. Just before Covid hit I switched to a shot of whiskey+bottle of bud light. I improved my pool game by quite a bit 😎👍 I miss pool so much.

 

[Deleted member 14312]

Moscow Mule or Gin and Tonic.

 

[Doskoi Panda]

The first thing that popped into my mind was the beer, Dogfish IPA 90. Because it's the only drink I know of that wasn't recommended by someone else that I sorted of liked.

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Dogfish Head 90 Minute is my favorite beer of all time and it's what I'll always start with if a bar has it on tap.

 

[Yourfawthaaa]

Jaeger bomb.

 

[V23]

Beer, whatever lager they've got on tap, then a Jack and Coke. Occasionally scotch (neat), or red wine (typically Shiraz) if at a wine bar.

 

[smoothj]

Cuba libre

 

[Goldenroad]

Gin and Tonic, or Margarita if its a place where it seems like they know how to make a Margarita.

 

[gyaru]

Gin & Tonic
Negroni
Whiskey Sour

or if they actually have a decent selection of beers I'll usually have a sour beer, like a nice gose.

 

[Rizific]

Double shot of Hennessey on the rocks.

 

[Deleted member 6173]

Scotch and soda. The bartenders at the place I went to all knew my drink. It was great.

 

[Menchi]

Guinness or Gin & Tonic

 

[Saturday]

Moscow Mule, Gin & Tonic, Cider, or a White Russian (if it's ever available.. and I trust a place enough.)

 

[Pet]

Some kind of cocktail with elderflower or lychee.

 

[Tanerian]

Never enter a bar with that frame of mind, personally. I look at the drink specials first and foremost, and then go from there. I generally just go for best bang for my buck. 2 for one specials, cheap long islands or margaritas etc.

 

[Zodzilla]

ice in scotch?

i love a good laphroiag neat with a drop of water - i highly recommend it

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Yes and Yes.

 

[Schwarzbier]

Always ask for the beer menu.

 

[aerie]

I am partial to an old-fashioned.

 

[SmackDaddy]

Rhinegeist Truth

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Rhinegeist is so good. I lived in Cincy when it first opened, God damn was it fun :3

Oh! And my drink is either good whisky on rocks, grey goose with lemon, or bombay saphire and soda. I love beer but it fills me up, makes me hung over, and takes forever to get buzzed with :P

 

[timshundo]

 

[delete12345]

I felt like I'm missing out on a lot of drinks you all suggested.

This thread is officially my secret drink list the next time bars are opened.

 

[LostSkullKid]

Water.

 

[timshundo]

Also just a good ol:

ugh my mouth is watering

 

[Asklepios]

Rum and coke earlier in the evening
Whiskey on the rocks if it's night.

 

[Trace]

Whiskey Sour as long as it's a decent bar that actually uses egg white in it.

Otherwise a Negroni or Aperol Spritz.

 

[Mr. Bad Example]

Depends on how early in the evening it is. Earlier on, one of the ciders on tap--something cloudy and above 4.5%, for preference. Later in the evening, I'll start checking out the single malts like Lagavulin or Ardbeg if they're behind the bar.

 

[mhayes86]

First thing on my mind when entering a bar is seeing what beers are available. I don't have a default drink that I gravitate to, though I guess first preference would be a stout.

 

[Deleted member 60582]

Three fingers of Glenlivet with a little bit of pepper and some cheese.

 

[AlexMeloche]

A Moscoe Mule, a Gin Tonic or a beer. Loooove a cold sour beer during the summer.

 

[LProtagonist]

Something off the beer menu. Probably a sour.

 

[Skittzo]

Rum and diet. The only drink that's never given me a massive headache.

 

[zswordsman]

Oh really? That was actually what I always thought about when walking into bars. When ordering drinks, I thought you order specific drinks because you favored those tastes.

Maybe I got it all wrong... :(

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Nah I feel you. Then again, I don't drink with the sole purpose of blacking out. I want something tasty as a #1 priority with second being something that'll give a decent buzz.

 

[Garth2000]

Double vodka soda with lime.

 

[Conkersbadfurday]

Jack on the rocks.

 

[Cyclonesweep]

Sparkling h2o
On the rocks

 

[Deleted member 50374]

I usually either get the Campari Spritz or the Negroni, and btw, I love the taste and drink so seldom that even those give me already the good feels anyway lol

 

[mugurumakensei]

Four Horsemen double shot

 

[Fox318]

Guinness

 

[nilbog]

It's not only my zip code, it's my favorite beer.

Spoiler

 

[ostrichKing]

Old Fashioned or extra dirty martini

 

[Dodongo]

Usually just something from the rotating draft list.

Otherwise, a gin and tonic.

 

[DevilMayGuy]

At a good bar that I knew made good cocktails, a rye manhattan. At other bars where their skill was suspect/untested, whiskey neat, water back

 

[finalflame]

Hit me with a Long Island, I know why I'm here.