'Tis the season to be drinking: what to drink during Christmastime?

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  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited November 24 Posts: 25,458
    It will likely be Stella and Jack Daniels for me which probably sounds boring, I am not a huge drinker and tend to stick to the same drinks.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited November 25 Posts: 18,349
    It'll be Shloer again for me this year. It's heady stuff. I see they now do a Zero Sugar range, which is nice.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    I have had a bottle of Merlot in my kitchen for a long time I will likely drink that also.
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    Need to buy Bucks Fizz for my wife. Although she doesn't drink much, so I'll drink a lot of it.

    Anybody drinks mulled wine?
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited November 25 Posts: 25,458
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Need to buy Bucks Fizz for my wife. Although she doesn't drink much, so I'll drink a lot of it.

    Anybody drinks mulled wine?

    Not had mulled wine for 20 years that is the last time i made some. I just watched a YouTube video to remind myself how to make it. the recipe i watched was seriously calorie dense.

    I have Christmas off this year I may make some low calorie mulled wine.
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    I drank my first mulled wine today. Decent stuff.
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    And to kick-start the Christmas season, I has my first Winter Royal: https://shop.rebellionbeer.co.uk/products/winter-royal-12-x-500ml.html
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    edited December 2 Posts: 18,349
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Need to buy Bucks Fizz for my wife. Although she doesn't drink much, so I'll drink a lot of it.

    Anybody drinks mulled wine?

    I think I last drank mulled wine at a New Year's Day wedding I attended nearly 20 years ago now. They had it sitting in the foyer for guests to drink. I don't think I've ever had it since. I'm not sure that I was overly keen on it.
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Need to buy Bucks Fizz for my wife. Although she doesn't drink much, so I'll drink a lot of it.

    Anybody drinks mulled wine?

    I think I last drank mulled wine at a New Year's Day wedding I attended nearly 20 years ago now. They had it sitting in the foyer for guests to drink. I don't think I've ever had it since.

    It's nice, but it's a once a year thing for me. Drinking it after the twelve days of Christmas just feels awfully out of season.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Need to buy Bucks Fizz for my wife. Although she doesn't drink much, so I'll drink a lot of it.

    Anybody drinks mulled wine?

    I think I last drank mulled wine at a New Year's Day wedding I attended nearly 20 years ago now. They had it sitting in the foyer for guests to drink. I don't think I've ever had it since.

    It's nice, but it's a once a year thing for me. Drinking it after the twelve days of Christmas just feels awfully out of season.

    Yes, you're right. It was a bit out of season now that you mention it. I suppose it was laid on as it was still vaguely Chrismassy, albeit the festivities were past.
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    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Need to buy Bucks Fizz for my wife. Although she doesn't drink much, so I'll drink a lot of it.

    Anybody drinks mulled wine?

    I think I last drank mulled wine at a New Year's Day wedding I attended nearly 20 years ago now. They had it sitting in the foyer for guests to drink. I don't think I've ever had it since.

    It's nice, but it's a once a year thing for me. Drinking it after the twelve days of Christmas just feels awfully out of season.

    Yes, you're right. It was a bit out of season now that you mention it. I suppose it was laid on as it was still vaguely Chrismassy, albeit the festivities were past.

    Technically, the season ends on Epiphany, so you were well within it when you drank it. But I personally get the post Christmas blues round the 27th, so I tend to celebrate less afterwards. I have a cheese and wine/beer diet.

    Back when I was a child, "les Rois" was still a big thing. Now it is the weeks leading to Christmas I enjoy the most, even though they can be stressful. Anyway, back on topic, we generally receive mulled wine as present from friends, but by that time, we're generally all stocked with alcohol, so we seldom drink that bottle. Ironically, mulled wine is one of the few alcohols my wife enjoys.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Ludovico wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Dragonpol wrote: »
    Ludovico wrote: »
    Need to buy Bucks Fizz for my wife. Although she doesn't drink much, so I'll drink a lot of it.

    Anybody drinks mulled wine?

    I think I last drank mulled wine at a New Year's Day wedding I attended nearly 20 years ago now. They had it sitting in the foyer for guests to drink. I don't think I've ever had it since.

    It's nice, but it's a once a year thing for me. Drinking it after the twelve days of Christmas just feels awfully out of season.

    Yes, you're right. It was a bit out of season now that you mention it. I suppose it was laid on as it was still vaguely Chrismassy, albeit the festivities were past.

    Technically, the season ends on Epiphany, so you were well within it when you drank it. But I personally get the post Christmas blues round the 27th, so I tend to celebrate less afterwards. I have a cheese and wine/beer diet.

    Back when I was a child, "les Rois" was still a big thing. Now it is the weeks leading to Christmas I enjoy the most, even though they can be stressful. Anyway, back on topic, we generally receive mulled wine as present from friends, but by that time, we're generally all stocked with alcohol, so we seldom drink that bottle. Ironically, mulled wine is one of the few alcohols my wife enjoys.

    I think that the mulled wine I drank on that occasion was non-alcoholic.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    edited December 3 Posts: 3,181
    Placed a Christmas drinks order: a bottle of port (didn't manage to bring any back from Portugal due to limited luggage space), and ginger wine so I can enjoy a Whisky Mac or two.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    I have some time off before Christmas so slowly buying Christmas items, purchased a selection of ales some bottles of Cider, bottles of Merlot Red Wine and Jack Daniels today. I have decided to have some variety to choose from this year.
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    Oh, just thinking about it, there's one thing I always try to add to my Yuletide bar: a bottle of Coca-Cola.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    I will have some diet Pepsi in the fridge for sure, though I drink whiskey neat.
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    I will have some diet Pepsi in the fridge for sure, though I drink whiskey neat.

    I usually have Coke in lieu of alcohol, never mixing it with a spirit. For nostalgic reasons, but also because when I'm feeling a tad hungover, or a lot, it generally makes me feel better. Christmas 2022 was godawful: I had a nasty fever that wouldn't quit, so I went cold turkey, no pun intended. I drank Coca-Cola for twelve days or almost.
  • edited December 3 Posts: 4,317
    For me rum's my favourite spirit during the run up to Christmas. There's a particular dark spiced rum infused with ginger that's made not too far from my home town that I think tastes very Christmassy, and that's what I tend to pick up if, like this year, I'm visiting family for the holidays.

    I tend to have it with coke or as a Dark and Stormy. Even had it warmed like mulled wine in the past, which I'm also really partial to. If I'm feeling fancy I'll also do a couple of cocktails with it - a sort of rum Sidecar (which is usually brandy, cointreau and lemon with a sugar rim, but in this case it's the rum, Cointreau and fresh lime juice and maybe a small amount of syrup to sweeten to taste with a cinnamon powder rim). If I've got bitters I'll do an Old Fashioned with it. Again, both taste wonderfully Christmassy to me.

    Other than that I'm not too fussy with drink at this time of year. Most of what's handed to me I'll take happily.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    edited December 4 Posts: 7,595
    We drink martinis on the 23rd in honour of my grandfather (his birthday) who bombed nazi subs in WWII. So it'll be Vespers and Godfathers through the holidays for me.
    This was his weapon for those interested:
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    https://www.canada.ca/en/air-force/services/aircraft/consolidated-canso.html
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
    edited December 4 Posts: 25,458
    We drink martinis on the 23rd in honour of my grandfather (his birthday) who bombed nazi subs in WWII. So it'll be Vespers and Godfathers through the holidays for me.
    This was his weapon for those interested:
    069_consolicated-canso-rcaf-600-dpi.jpg

    Great tribute to your grandfather.
    Ludovico wrote: »
    I will have some diet Pepsi in the fridge for sure, though I drink whiskey neat.

    I usually have Coke in lieu of alcohol, never mixing it with a spirit. For nostalgic reasons, but also because when I'm feeling a tad hungover, or a lot, it generally makes me feel better. Christmas 2022 was godawful: I had a nasty fever that wouldn't quit, so I went cold turkey, no pun intended. I drank Coca-Cola for twelve days or almost.

    Coca-Cola does have some electrolytes, I drink it sometimes when feeling run down.
    007HallY wrote: »
    For me rum's my favourite spirit during the run up to Christmas. There's a particular dark spiced rum infused with ginger that's made not too far from my home town that I think tastes very Christmassy, and that's what I tend to pick up if, like this year, I'm visiting family for the holidays.

    I tend to have it with coke or as a Dark and Stormy. Even had it warmed like mulled wine in the past, which I'm also really partial to. If I'm feeling fancy I'll also do a couple of cocktails with it - a sort of rum Sidecar (which is usually brandy, cointreau and lemon with a sugar rim, but in this case it's the rum, Cointreau and fresh lime juice and maybe a small amount of syrup to sweeten to taste with a cinnamon powder rim). If I've got bitters I'll do an Old Fashioned with it. Again, both taste wonderfully Christmassy to me.

    Other than that I'm not too fussy with drink at this time of year. Most of what's handed to me I'll take happily.

    Rum is a drink i don't think I have ever tried, never been a huge spirit drinker beyond Whiskey and Vodka, perhaps I should buy a small bottle of rum.
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    I try to drink the M&S Christmas ale every year. Apparently it goes well with strong English cheese. I tried their Christmas porter, didn't like it as much.
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    Whiskey, whiskey, whiskey, to quote Steve McQueen in 'The Getaway'!
  • edited December 8 Posts: 15,236
    I might also buy champagne, just because.
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    edited December 8 Posts: 2,193
    I think before even thinking of what to drink, Coca-Cola by default, is a Christmas drink.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,595
    Mimosas on Christmas morning are another tradition of ours.
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    Mimosas on Christmas morning are another tradition of ours.

    My wife likes Bucks Fizz for Christmastime, partout New Year's Eve and Christmas Day.
    I think before even thinking of what to drink, Coca-Cola by default, is a Christmas drink.

    I had one today. The first of the season.
  • NickTwentyTwoNickTwentyTwo Vancouver, BC, Canada
    Posts: 7,595
    I think before even thinking of what to drink, Coca-Cola by default, is a Christmas drink.

    I drink way too much of it, year round. :'(
  • SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷SecretAgentMan⁰⁰⁷ Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria
    Posts: 2,193
    That's great! @Ludovico Haha! Same here @NickTwentyTwo
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    I seldom drink Coca-Cola. I used to have it with my lunch as a Friday treat. Now I mostly drink it during the Christmas holidays.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,349
    I have a penchant for Coke Vanilla but it's rather difficult to acquire without resorting to the Dark Web.
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