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The most complicated drink I order is a manhattan.

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On the rocks. This is my drink of choice.

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i ordered an appletini for theusher one time as a joke, and he countered with a melontini. i was v sad.

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I went to a birthday party at a brewery, and for whatever reason decided it would be amusing to order a chocolatini. The waitress stared at me and then started laughing. She then made an elaborate show at the table of putting whipped cream and cherries on it. It ruled hard enough that a couple of other people at the table decided to emulate me later. It was of course not funny when they did it.

Outside of occasions like this, I tend to order beer or gin and tonic. I have on occasion been places - usually restaurants, but sometimes small, flashy bars - where there's a bartender dying to show you something new, and then I just ask them to make me something they think I'll like.

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Last night at my regular bar the bartender asked me how to make a Manhattan...I was clueless.

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Anyone not knowing how to make a Manhattan should be ashamed to call themselves a bartender.

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Screaming Viking, nobody knows how to make this one.

editted to add: I usually stick to beer.

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wtf i thought mind erasers were quite standard, altho ill admit i dont have a clue whats actually in em.

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I too thought it was standard. Learned my lesson.

Layered drinks I guess shouldn't ever be considered standard, huh.

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Use this website when you have a bunch of random [censored] laying around the house to mix drinks with.

http://idrink.com/

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Screaming Viking, nobody knows how to make this one.

editted to add: I usually stick to beer.

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Norm,

i know jack frost is going to start nipping at your nose does a screaming viking nip at your liver? J.

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What I really hate is when bars make you a mixed drink and there is almost no alcohol in it. You end up feeling the sugar more than anything else. My solution drink, 4 fingers of scotch on the rocks.

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I went to a birthday party at a brewery, and for whatever reason decided it would be amusing to order a chocolatini.

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I'm actually shocked they even had the ingredients for it. Also, you should probably post this one in the "Jokes that fell flat IRL" thread.

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My buddy ordered a Black and Blue (Guiness and Blue Moon) at Buffalo Wild Wings and got a blackened burger with bleu cheese on it. Hilarious.

Also, at clubs (not bars, clubs, which I rarely go to) I almost exclusively drink vodka crans. Some people say I'm gay but I love the taste and can drink them unbelievably fast.