What does your partner drink?

The 86-proof solution to dating, for men
What you drink might indeed give your date an immediate idea about who you are, and in this space last week female readers enjoyed a primer on what their companions derive from that first beverage order.

But does a guy's choice of drink leave a similar first impression?

Probably — even if it's not the first impression.

I mean, by the time a dude gets to the all-important drink stage of a first date, he has been under plenty of scrutiny. So that "instant opinion" she forms when he orders his drink? It's usually the 353rd opinion she's formed in 10 minutes. (Including the conclusion drawn when he scratched his nose three times with his right hand. Ah-ha!)

After consulting some female friends and random mixologists, I submit to you guys a compendium of popular drinks — and what that woman could be thinking when you order one:

Beer on tap: Women told me they think a man who orders a beer is reliable, down-to-earth and low-maintenance. But he may put his dog — possibly a Labrador mix named Prince — before them.

Dark beer: Women were divided — Is he overtly masculine, or is he a guy who's playing pseudo-sophisticate to the nth degree?

Cosmopolitan: Shops at Pier One. Women immediately place in the "friend" category.

Martini: Just blurt it out — "Let me impress you with my suave, metrosexual ways." Women view this drink as a sign of social skills. On the Westside, this is particularly effective, since the martini will frequently be ordered with a faux British accent.

Mike's Hard Lemonade: A rank amateur. Women check the ID to make sure he's really 21.

Rum and Coke: Women said "Average Joe," a joiner, a person so nondescript he's a possible future Supreme Court nominee.

Scotch on the rocks: Elegant, sophisticated, with manly Old World charm. Either that or he read the book "999 Ways to Impress Chicks" while working the drive-through window.

Harvey Wallbanger: A man's man; the type who goes to football games shirtless with five of his friends, each with a letter across his torso spelling out their team's nickname.

Red Bull and vodka: A bandwagon-jumper who wears a shirt emblazoned in 14-inch "Tommy Hilfiger" lettering and asks "How about our Angels?" even though he's not certain what sport they play.

Wine (red or white): Distinguished and ambitious. Although that vacant staring at the wine list is viewed as a way of avoiding conversation.

Long Island iced tea: "My backseat sleeps two comfortably."

Gin and tonic: Possibly dull, he regales dates with complaints about his failed third marriage.

Margarita: "The party didn't even get started till 4:30 in the morning and then we were still doing Jell-O shooters at 7 p.m. the next day" type.

Tequila: Women surmise a tequila drinker is a free spirit. Always a chance he could cancel a future date due to court-ordered attendance at an AA meeting.

Club soda: First thing a woman thinks is "on the wagon." Second thing she thinks is "cheap." Best way to determine which is to see if he takes you to Norm's on your second date and then says it's his birthday so he gets the free sliver of carrot cake.

Zima: Women think you're the type who will invite them back to your double-wide to watch the "Dukes of Hazzard" marathon.


HEEHAW!! What's your SO & yourself drink? I'm a true blue GUINNESS man!! And John Powers GOLD LABEL Irish whiskey!! Other favs BECKS & Cuervo 1800!! :cool: ;)

Future alcoholic, huh?

That's what a beer & whiskey order tells me! LOL!

Jeremy drinks Captain Morgan's & Coke or Corona.

I guess that makes him a "rum & coke" guy. Description is waaay off! LOL!

I'm a Bacardi Limon & Coke drinker.

Cosmo drinker is a "friend" cause he's GAY!

Future?!! :p ;)

LOL. We're not really big drinkers. Pretty much depends on the season.

Litical likes Tequila. So do I. Straight.

Corona, Guiness, Redhook ~ which covers all the beer styles, pretty much, depending on the weather. Corona in the summer, Redhook in fall or spring and Guiness in the winter.

That's about it, though, and its only weekends. :eek:
~phos

My sweetie is just a regular old Miller Lite drinker - bottles, cans, draft, whatever.

I like tequila (or Malibu w/ Pineapple Juice for light nights) :D

Hmm, the guy I'm seeing drinks beer and wine and also likes Scotch and rum. I don't know which is his favourite.

Pretty much the same as me, except no Scotch for me....I'd replace that with a bellini!! I also really like good hard cider - either pear or apple. But it's really hard to find these.

My honey likes: Guinness, Stone Ales/Stouts/Porters, IPAs, Cap & Cokes, and he'll try whatever sounds good where we are at the time. Such as, at the wedding we went to last month, the best thing they had was strawberry margaritas, so we went with it.

I like anything that's good and flavorful, preferably gutsy. I like all the above, but prefer LESS sweet drinks as a rule, so I've never been a rum & coke person. Those are ok, but I never had one until recently. I like most mixed drinks, even sweetish ones every now and then, but I prefer a drier flavor. Gutsy beers, seasonal ales/porters/stouts, gutsy red wines, sake, sherry...I like most of the good stuff.

The descriptions here don't work for us either - best sum-up of us is, he has wide-ranging tastes and mine are even wider - but leave out the wimpy mass-made American beers. :)

I'm impressed Goldie!! :cool:

I mostly drink Bacardi Green Apple & 7-up, Miami Vices, Wild Berry Half Calorie Rum & Coke, Amaretto Sours, Midori Sours, Purple Motherf*ckers

My boyfriend doesn't drink that much....he usually is simple, Jack & coke, Beer, margarita

he drinks wine alot, occasionally will have a beer or 2.

The 86-proof solution to dating, for men
What you drink might indeed give your date an immediate idea about who you are, and in this space last week female readers enjoyed a primer on what their companions derive from that first beverage order.

But does a guy's choice of drink leave a similar first impression?

Probably — even if it's not the first impression.

I mean, by the time a dude gets to the all-important drink stage of a first date, he has been under plenty of scrutiny. So that "instant opinion" she forms when he orders his drink? It's usually the 353rd opinion she's formed in 10 minutes. (Including the conclusion drawn when he scratched his nose three times with his right hand. Ah-ha!)

After consulting some female friends and random mixologists, I submit to you guys a compendium of popular drinks — and what that woman could be thinking when you order one:

Beer on tap: Women told me they think a man who orders a beer is reliable, down-to-earth and low-maintenance. But he may put his dog — possibly a Labrador mix named Prince — before them.

Dark beer: Women were divided — Is he overtly masculine, or is he a guy who's playing pseudo-sophisticate to the nth degree?

Cosmopolitan: Shops at Pier One. Women immediately place in the "friend" category.

Martini: Just blurt it out — "Let me impress you with my suave, metrosexual ways." Women view this drink as a sign of social skills. On the Westside, this is particularly effective, since the martini will frequently be ordered with a faux British accent.

Mike's Hard Lemonade: A rank amateur. Women check the ID to make sure he's really 21.

Rum and Coke: Women said "Average Joe," a joiner, a person so nondescript he's a possible future Supreme Court nominee.

Scotch on the rocks: Elegant, sophisticated, with manly Old World charm. Either that or he read the book "999 Ways to Impress Chicks" while working the drive-through window.

Harvey Wallbanger: A man's man; the type who goes to football games shirtless with five of his friends, each with a letter across his torso spelling out their team's nickname.

Red Bull and vodka: A bandwagon-jumper who wears a shirt emblazoned in 14-inch "Tommy Hilfiger" lettering and asks "How about our Angels?" even though he's not certain what sport they play.

Wine (red or white): Distinguished and ambitious. Although that vacant staring at the wine list is viewed as a way of avoiding conversation.

Long Island iced tea: "My backseat sleeps two comfortably."

Gin and tonic: Possibly dull, he regales dates with complaints about his failed third marriage.

Margarita: "The party didn't even get started till 4:30 in the morning and then we were still doing Jell-O shooters at 7 p.m. the next day" type.

Tequila: Women surmise a tequila drinker is a free spirit. Always a chance he could cancel a future date due to court-ordered attendance at an AA meeting.

Club soda: First thing a woman thinks is "on the wagon." Second thing she thinks is "cheap." Best way to determine which is to see if he takes you to Norm's on your second date and then says it's his birthday so he gets the free sliver of carrot cake.

Zima: Women think you're the type who will invite them back to your double-wide to watch the "Dukes of Hazzard" marathon.


HEEHAW!! What's your SO & yourself drink? I'm a true blue GUINNESS man!! And John Powers GOLD LABEL Irish whiskey!! Other favs BECKS & Cuervo 1800!! :cool: ;)

I'm currently SO-less so...I wouldn't care what he drank! But I love dry white wine or dry champagne. :)

I'll pour ya some champagne Flipper!! ;)

It's really cool to meet a guy who will drink Crown with me.

If a guy's ordering beer, I'm more likely to smile if he's ordering something dark. If he's ordering something like Coors...uh, no.

Any type of foo-foo drink makes me wonder "why?", unless he's drinking beer and ordering fun shots to try.

Anything with Red Bull means that he's probably a big partier and trying to wake up from this morning's hangover and get revved up to earn himself another one.

Martinis are fine...if I'm drinking them, too, or if I'm in a nice place where a martini is the 'norm.

Wine is fine, too...maybe. Wine with dinner or pre-dinner, of course.

If a guy's ordering beer, I'm more likely to smile if he's ordering something dark. If he's ordering something like Coors...uh, no.

Any type of foo-foo drink makes me wonder "why?", unless he's drinking beer and ordering fun shots to try.

Anything with Red Bull means that he's probably a big partier and trying to wake up from this morning's hangover and get revved up to earn himself another one.

Martinis is fine...if I'm drinking them, too, or if I'm in a nice place where a martini is the 'norm.

Wine is fine, too...maybe. Wine with dinner or pre-dinner, of course.

Heehee...I'm the same way!!

Most guys I know in general drink Red Bull and Kettle One, Red bull and grey goose, the red devil, soco and lime shots, straight shots of grey goose, the mind eraser or just beer

Vodka with lime and soda, stella or heinekin for Stu and I. We also like white Sambucca occassionally but it hurts!

He's a beer drinker or cognac.

I'm a wine or martini drinker.

He drinks Mountain Dew...I drink Pepsi...oh you meant alcoholic drinks...we don't drink alcohol. :D

The guy I have a crush on drinks Michelob Ultra....he's a low-carb fitness type.

I drink wine, mostly really dry reds.

My partner does not drink anything....mainly because I do not have a frickin partner.

He lives in Erding and drinks Erdinger Weissbier, of course :)

My guy doesn't like to drink alcohol of any kind. Soda is his drink of choice. :p

Hubby is a Corona guy.

Pinot Grigio for me, please...

K...

James usually drinks beer, and it's usually Budweiser or Bud Light. If he drinks something harder, it's usually whatever everyone else is drinking cuz it's usually at a party.

I most usually drink wine....once in a while I do vanilla rum and coke. The other night I tried doing beer while chatting to some of the mods, but Im not a big beer fan AND it made me act pretty silly. :)

Joel drinks Vodka (Smirnoff) straight, Smirnoff Ice... He also drinks Red wine.

I drink white Rum (Bacardi) with lemon soda or Red wine.....I LOVE RED WINE!!!!

Hubby is a Corona guy.

Pinot Grigio for me, please...
pinot :) is the best

My Wife loves Cosmopolitans, and for me Jack and Coke; it seems to creat a lot of amusement when Im in a bar in America, and I request it in the British way "I'd like a Jack Daniels and Coke please" infact one bar maid wouldnt serve me one if someone else asked for it, until Id requested it this way myself LOL

My man doesn't drink at all...he hasn't had a drink for 10 years.

Nadine.

my bf drinks single malt scotch (glenfiddich) and vodka martinis, dry, with onions, not olives.

However, he is NOT anything like the stereotypical scotch drinker. He does have a phd but he's hardly what you would call a snob or metrosexual. LLBean clothes and a ten year old car. Okay, he reads Barrons on a daily basis, but really he couldn't care less about appearances.

I drink gin and tonic. I just like the taste (actually I put more lime juice in--that horrible passe artificial stuff from the bottle shaped like a lime--than actual gin)

I do like good gin, however. Bombay sapphire or tanqueray. But the artificial crap i put in it probably ruins the taste of good gin anyway.