What's the last thing you drank or are currently drinking?

[Big Frank]

I just had a Gin Mule. It's like a Moscow Mule made with gin instead of vodka and it's delicious. I wondered if it was going to taste like juniper and be weird, but it really doesn't. It has enough ginger beer flavor to taste great.

New Holland Brewing Company is an American independent craft brewing and distilling company headquartered in Holland, Michigan. It also owns and operates brewpub-style restaurants and spirits-tasting rooms located across West Michigan. The company's craft-style beer brands Dragon's Milk, Tangerine Space Machine, and spirits brands Dragon's Milk Origin, Beer Barrel Bourbon among others, are distributed throughout the United States and exported to Canada, Europe and Asia.

After the sale of Bell's to Kirin, New Holland Brewing Company became the largest craft brewery in the state of Michigan. Their online store sells lots of stuff including bar-ware, and drink-ware like this Bavarian-style 1L mug. I bought my drinks at Meijer, but the Walmart 1.8 miles down the road from me carries some of their products, so I'll have to check it out. If I drank beer I would be interested in their seasonal beers, like Cabin Fever that's only available in winter. I think it's a very fitting name for a Michigan winter brew.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_Brewing_Company

[Big Frank]

I'm drinking Stok cappuccino creamed cold brew coffee. I love cold brew coffee. I usually drink it black or slightly sweet, not fully sweetened. A cup of cold brew typically has twice the caffeine of a shot of espresso, and a cup of brewed coffee is halfway between them. If you want more caffeine you can drink multiple shots of espresso, drink cold brew, or drink robusta coffee which has about twice as much caffeine as arabica coffee but tastes so bad most good brands of coffee say 100% arabica on the label. No matter what you choose, nothing beats the smooth mellow taste of cold brew. Stok also makes decaf which should have the same smooth taste as there regular cold brew without the caffeine. I'll find out in a couple days. Most iced coffee is just brewed coffee on ice, which is okay if you like that kind of thing. One gal I knew in the army drank her coffee over ice all the time, decades before I heard of Starbucks or iced coffee with cream.

Today's trivia: Cappuccino got its name from being the color of the hooded robes worn by friars and nuns of the Capuchin order. And capuchin monkeys are named after the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, who wear brown robes with large hoods. When Portuguese explorers reached the Americas in the 15th century, they found small monkeys whose coloring resembled these friars, especially when in their robes with hoods down, and named them capuchins. Now you know the rest of the story.

[red364]

I still start my day with a cherry pepsi, my only pop of the day. I've joined the cirkul cult and enjoy flavored water for the rest of the day, right now that is honeycrisp apple because I need flavor in my water...     

[PegLeg45]

Lemonade all week and Yuengling draft with my meal (can't drink FL water).

[red364]

I drank a little tequilla when I was in Florida. The daughter's well water tasted pretty ok, as far as that plain stuff goes.

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[Big Frank]

Triple Melon Lemonade. It has natural watermelon, cantaloupe and honeydew flavors, plus real lemon pulp. Earlier today I had an Island Wave Lemonade with lemons, bananas, mangoes, oranges, pineapple and passion fruit. These 2 pints of lemonade a 2 Hershey Banana Pudding ice cream bars cost me about $9.50. That's ridiculous.

https://drinkcalypso.com/flavors/

https://drinkcalypso.com/mixology/

https://hersheyicecream.com/banana-pudding-bar/

[Big Frank]

Sprinter Vodka Soda - Made with real fruit juice, premium vodka, sparkling water, and obviously no added sugar, Sprinter Variety Pack delivers vibrant and fruit-forward flavors in Grapefruit, Lime, Peach, and Black Cherry. I had a Peach and a Lime. Time for bed. Will try the others later. Cool and refreshing, but could use a little sugar. May mix a Lime with a Cayman Jack Margarita, and a Peach with a Jack Daniels Southern Peach, since those are sweeter than they need to be.

https://drinksprinter.com/

[Big Frank]

A Caribe Mule. Like a Moscow Mule, but quite different.

[Big Frank]

I mixed a Mike's Hard black cherry with a Sprinter black cherry vodka soda. The Mike's is so sweet my friend's wife gives the 3 that are in a variety 12-pack to her mother-in-law-or me, and the Sprinter has no sugar at all, so it worked out okay.