h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

That German stupidity is called a "Stiefel" (= boot) and shaped like one. You take turns drinking from it and the first to get splashed beer all over his face by air reaching the tip buys the next.
Deep into your purse - five liter (ten pints) Stiefels are not uncommon.
Mind - I have never claimed we Germans are sane about anything ish.

I think Cyprus is possibly unique in having a national drink that can also be used for cleaning windows or for dabbing on your temples when you have a headache. (My Grandma used to use 4711 Cologne. For the latter, that is)

Martini

Martini cocktail of course. And according to Sir Winston C, the best way to build a decent Martini is to leave the Martini out.

Vesper.

It's soft.

But James Bond drinks it so it's manly.

rather. And 007 wanted his Martini shaken not stirred, which is completely stupid.

Indeed, as President Bartlett points out, a martini shaken but not stirred will get you ice water with a dash of vermouth. James Bond is ordering a week martini and getting snooty about it.

Yup. Plus, instead of having that strange glow it will look like dishwater. (Raki/ouzo with water looks like that, but it´s not Jamesbondish)

Am I right in thinking that in the books he ordered them stirred.

Another savoury cocktail...a Manhattan. Even with the Maraschino cherry.

Or a Salty Dog, as favoured by Hunter S Thompson.

Rusty Nail - 1:1 Drambuie and good Malt.

But this thread is about soft drinks.
Class will sober up and return to topic.

NOOOOOO!!!!!!!

You must not add Drambuie to a *good* malt! (And Im unconvinced that any malt needs it added, to be honest)

AFAIK Drambuie translates from the Gaelic as "a drink that will please", a comment by Prince Charlie. And *good* Malt...Malt has () become fashion and some cheap tartanclad bottles have the effect of molotov cocktails. Megapuke and ultraspew.

Get down the Asian supermarket and get a can of Chrysanthemum tea. You have to be a real man to drink that without grimacing.

Aloe vera drink (especially when chugged from the 1 litre plastic bottles).
http://happybirthdayesteli.com/images/Aloe_Vera_Juice.jpg

Unsweetened iced green tea.
http://www.efooddepot.com/images/products/A/200/46571.jpg

Or my personal favourite, a manly can of Knudsen's Tangerine Spritzer.
http://www.vancouverfood.coop/product_images/i/153/js134__98151_thumb.jpg

But then, everything looks manly when I drink it!

If you get splashed drinking from the boot, you're doing it wrong. That's the whole point, catching out people who don't know the trick.

! Knowing when to tilt it sideways is a very cheap way to get drunk on other people´s money. My favourite drink, that.

It's taken almost 100 posts but I think I have
the ultimate and definitive answer to the OP.
Water.
It is after all named for the first man. It's
Adam's Ale, the manly drink for first men.


~jwf~

Well, and why not? If you need to look like a wannabe rich you can always order an expensive foreign "designer water".
Or, when in Germany, drink local mineral water brands. Harshest quality control makes sure you don´t imbibe germ cultures.
(OK, I admit we are nazis when drinking. €urocourt has axed our Law of Purity, but breweries not still obeying it don´t sell much, if any.)


Pit

To be manly, avoid anything with the words diet or light in the description. Personally I would suggest a cup of strong coffee, say brewed with about two cups of grounds in a twelve cup pot, use caffinatted water in the pot, serve as hot as possible and alternate between drinking large gulps and pouring some on your lap. If you want to be manly, theres no better way than proving it to others.

To be manly, avoid anything with the words diet or light in the description. Personally I would suggest a cup of strong coffee, say brewed with about two cups of grounds in a twelve cup pot, use caffinatted water in the pot, serve as hot as possible and alternate between drinking large gulps and pouring some on your lap. If you want to be manly, theres no better way than proving it to others.