I'm not going to vote, cause I like both, and imo it depends on the circumstances. Like, if your sitting around watching a game with your friends, your prolly gonna have beer, and not a jagerbomb or jacks on the rocks. :P Some people are very specific though, just wondering what you prefer...

Good work on including "both" on the poll. IMO you should jump off the fence and decide if you were only able to ever drink one what it'd be.

I've voted beer, because I drink a lot more of it than spirits.

Beer. It tastes better for one, and two its a gradual ease into getting drunk as opposed to spirits getting you too drunk too quick and then its all over. Not to mention you can't play beer pong very long if your using spirits, and what fun is that? ;)

I like drinks that are wet and fit in glasses.

Amen. But if I absolutely had to make a choice, I'd go with beer.

I'm all for starting a night on the cans then hitting the spirits at a later junction.

Though I'll not say no to a nice quiet Rum.

I was at a wine tasting the other day where one of the wines was described as "literally jumping out of the glass". I didn't want to get wine all over me, so I didn't have any... :P

Get out. :P :lol:

I went for spirits. Whilst I love beer (Carlsberg for me), spirits just...I dunno really. It's hard to choose. There are many who won't touch beer, and drink only spirits, and vice versa. Like OldSkOoL, I do enjoy a tot of rum and nothing beats a glass of brandy when you're dressed up like Bond. :D Cold beer though...

DAMN CHOICE! DAMN IT TO HELL!

You made that up.

Well I'm not a huge fa of drinking. There's barely anything which actually tastes any good, and from my experience it's not the taste which encourages people to drink, but the social stigma of being the only one not drinking.

But that's just me.

I voted spirits anyways, mainly because beer tastes like absolute arse on toast with a side of shit.
Spirits are at least bearable, in the rare times I feel compelled to drink them.

Acquired taste, good sir!

"Most people hate the taste of beer—to begin with. It is, however a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome". — Winston Churchill

"There's barely anything which actually tastes any good, and from my experience it's not the taste which encourages people to drink, but the social stigma of being the only one not drinking."

... Explain the lonely alcoholics then!

I can't stand beer, and to be honest I don't really like spirits either... embarrassingly enough I enjoy those lolly drinks, you know chick drinks, bicardi breezer's, udl's, cruiser's etc. :D

I hate Beer.. I'd much prefer a scotch.

order one in a bar and you'll be "The Guy Who Drinks Chick Drinks" until the very end of time.

I drink chick drinks too... :(

I drink chick drinks too... :(

After last night I hate both!

It is only permissible to have a chick drink when you're
sunning on a tropical beach....and it's delivered by a topless
supermodel...and it's free.

Why drink alcohol when you can drink coke? I stay away from the stuff, mainly to save money and avoid waking up on some russian whaling boat in the morning. I just really don't see the point of drinking at all

*added another option to the poll

That only happens if you're daft and totally forget about that moderation thing :P

Jesus, what kind of parties do you go to? :P

Freak is right, as long as you moderate things, it's fine.

Alcohols really like that friend everyone has that's just kind of bitter and spiteful - nice enough; you normally get along like a house on fire... but if you try to take advantage of him he'll stab you in the back like you wouldn't believe.

So you haven't actually tried any alcohol before backslash? Or have you tried it and hated it.

Well I went to a worker's going away party at a nearby corner pub and a guy I worked with spiked my drink with vodka and didn't tell me. He thought he was being funny but I didn't see the humour at all, so I got up and left. That's my only drink ever and frankly I'm really just not interested - beer or wine.

I had my brother's wife buy me some mini bottles for a bday (hotel shaped) but I never drank them either

If only all spiked drinks were simply with more alcohol...

Sif add a new option which I would take after I've already voted <.<

Ah I love beer again, it's fantastic. I'm knocking the top off a Carlton Dry right now.

Solid Beer.

Carlton's not a bad beer actually.

To be honest, I had fairly low expectations for it... but then BAM!

Modest, smooth, pleasantly dry and refreshing.

EDIT: And might I say: that is a truly princely avatar.

Surprised spirits is winning actually, must have some hard drunks here on evo. :P

Just people who lack the devotion, determination and power of spirit to acquire the taste for beer.

It takes a powerful beard and good British posture to truly appreciate the amber mistress.

Huzzah! :P

Can't beat a good Carlsberg. Refreshment, baby. :D I've yet to indulge myself in Fosters. Should I, O Holy Freak, God of Alcohol? :D

I had one of those Smirnoff double blacks at a friends the other night, that stuff just tastes like Sprite.

They're actually awful - Fosters is the beer we export to the rest of the world then sit around and laugh about it :P

Beer is what Australians DO, but Fosters is the brew we give away.

As for Double Blacks, they're deceptive bastards... they do indeed taste like sprite despite having a really quite formidable alcohol content, so it's rather easy to treat them like sprite and wind up being scraped off the bathroom floor. They're best dealt with in a manner similar to a ticked off king cobra - admire them at arms length.

Quoted for emphasis. Fosters is rubbish. I indulged in Fosters many years ago, and that is one taste that I will never forget. The rest of the world can keep Fosters.

As for the poll, it depends largely on the situation. Beer is a fantastic social drink - it simply tastes better at the pub with mates, and because Pints are larger than a scotch glass - but I like a fine scotch (neat) when I'm celebrating something with mates, or when I simply need a nice warmer in the winter.

I voted for spirits, simply because scotch is my favourite drink. Neat, of course.

If I had to call a spirit I'd say jagermeister on the rocks - you're right in saying spirits should be straight.

Aftershock and Absinthe, ftw. The latter drink came, naturally, with my trip to Paris. :P

Yeesh. I've had absinthe once...

... apparently.

*scene missing*

It is a little bit that way...

It's an intriguing drink and actually not altogether unpleasant, even if what you buy over here bares little to no resemblance to the original article.

All of this said, it's still potent enough to kill most large farm livestock.

I ditto that, but the stuff we (we being myself, two friends, and some others at this hostel) bought wasn't particularly strong.

The strongest spirit I know, aside from 'moonshine' is poítin, which is an Irish drink distilled from potatoes. It's absolutely lethal, and it's about 80% alcohol, basically akin to paint-stripper. I thought it was illegal, but when I was browsing the shop on-board an Irish Ferries ship (I take it when I go to England), I saw several bottles of it lining the shelf.

You'd be absolutely nuts to drink it. :P

Kind of like 151 - 75.5%.

Basically tastes like a punch in the teeth. You use it to mix, extremely sparingly.