What soft drink to drink?

[Shaw Tarse]

Podie said:

Plenty of alcohol free beers in decent pubs these days. The Cobra one is fine, and doesn't remove the skin from the inside of your mouth like Kaliber

Kaliber gave me a "hangover"

[Nolar Dog]

Soda is 80p per shot in my local making Lime and Soda more than a pint.

[Chim Girl]

Sparkling water, a few drops of angostura bitters (original or orange), wedge of lime.

[OllieWinchester]

Nolar Dog said:

Soda is 80p per shot in my local making Lime and Soda more than a pint.

80p a 'shot'? Jeez, where's that, the Dorchester?
Whenever I was behind the bar I used to drink 95% Lemonade with a slice of lime, maybe a dash of lime cordial and a splash of orange juice just to take the fizz away. J20' are good but too sweet, so have with loads of ice and maybe a slug of water. Bloody expensive though....

[aaak]

pint glass, lots of ice, can of ginger beer, bottle of ginger ale & a good splash or two of angustura. you can almost make it last as long as everyone else's pints.

Any j2o topped up with SODA, lightens and gives a bit of fizz

[Chim Girl]

Podie said:

Plenty of alcohol free beers in decent pubs these days. The Cobra one is fine, and doesn't remove the skin from the inside of your mouth like Kaliber

Or you could try some alcohol free cocktails, supplied with drinking instructions.

[Shaw Tarse]

Chim Girl said:

Sparkling water, a few drops of angostura bitters (original or orange), wedge of lime.

Just to be a pedant Angostura bitters are alcholic
Though for some strange reason not classed as alchoholic?

[Wadeski]

If you get drunk on agnostura bitters, you deserve a medal, not punishment. You will have suffered enough!

A really nice drink is 50% grapefruit juice, 50% lemonade and a dash of agnostura bitters.

[spikeyhead]

Wadeski said:

If you get drunk on agnostura bitters, you deserve a medal, not punishment. You will have suffered enough!

A really nice drink is 50% grapefruit juice, 50% lemonade and a dash of agnostura bitters.

surely that would be 49.9% grapefruit, 49.9% lemonade and 0.2% bitters.

[$nake eye$]

pmanson said:

Local pub that I worked in used to serve a "Summer Breeze" - a 50/50 mix of fresh orange and cranberry juice over ice

Ahh Vintage Inns

[ali_kat]

Ginger Beer & Rasberry J2O

When drinking, add crushed ice, some line & vodka

[pmanson]

[quote=$nake eye$]

pmanson said:

Local pub that I worked in used to serve a "Summer Breeze" - a 50/50 mix of fresh orange and cranberry juice over ice

Ahh Vintage Inns

the one and the same...

[TonyHetherington]

Well, thanks for all the advice everyone!

I can confirm that, after a weekend of being "Des", I tried some new soft drinks!

The muddy waters (coke/orange juice) was much nicer than I thought it would be. Tastes strongly or orange juice (perhaps mine was a little strong) but nice nevertheless. One for the future for sure, to be sure, for sure.

The other I found myself quite liking was soda and lime. Especially at 40p a time! Very sippable, not sickly (in a sugary way) and nice to just drink occasionally.

So, thanks one and all - project "soft drink" was a success!

[sgrimshaw]

Coke and milk is suprisingly good.

[TonyHetherington]

Are you taking the mick, now?!

[bint]

When lime and soda gets a little too much, blackcurrant and soda is also good. I got into it when a friend used to order it as he had Krones and it was about the only thing in the pub he could drink and enjoy.

[OllieWinchester]

sgrimshaw said:

Coke and milk is suprisingly good.

I was just sick in my mouth. Thanks.

[jnm23]

Lemonade and lime - an old classic!