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CTyankee

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Tue Nov 24, 2015, 10:21 AM Nov 2015

what are you drinking with Thanksgiving dinner? [View all]

I'll have a Bloody Mary around 1 pm and with the turkey and fixings served at 2 p.m. I'll probably have a glass of Prosecco or champagne. Maybe a second if I am eating a lot. Then coffee with dessert.

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A bottle of Thunderbird, shaken up with LuvNewcastle Nov 2015 #1
maybe a dash of bitters also? CTyankee Nov 2015 #2
Shake and Bake... Stellar Nov 2015 #9
What's the word? 11 Bravo Nov 2015 #24
What's the price.... Stellar Nov 2015 #36
A dollar twice! ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2015 #43
I guess I'm much older than you. Stellar Nov 2015 #82
Have You Heard? ProfessorGAC Nov 2015 #55
Get them damn grape peels from between your teeth! Erose999 Nov 2015 #37
A kindred Thunderbird spirit! Greetings, Enlightened one. COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #110
Iced tea with lemon then moving to cranberry juice and vodka after dinner Kilgore Nov 2015 #3
what do you call that drink? CTyankee Nov 2015 #4
I have no clue Kilgore Nov 2015 #6
Just Googled it out of curiosity Kilgore Nov 2015 #8
ah, yes. It's a nice drink actually... CTyankee Nov 2015 #12
I didn't know it had an actual name GummyBearz Nov 2015 #13
Add a little grapefruit juice to make it a "Sea Breeze" JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2015 #32
According to Wikipedia, its related to..... Kilgore Nov 2015 #46
Vodka, cranberry and orange juice is also good. Called a "Madras." Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #90
Its literally called a vodka-cranberry =] GummyBearz Nov 2015 #10
I might have a beer at dinner bigwillq Nov 2015 #5
Calistoga Water CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #7
Shoot - went on vacation there and didn't know/hear about the water Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2015 #22
Did you go to a mud bath? CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #28
I'd like to match the water from our north Georgia well Hortensis Nov 2015 #51
Bad huh? CountAllVotes Nov 2015 #62
That is good news, I know. After 9 almost-continuous years Hortensis Nov 2015 #101
We do the mud bath at Indian Springs about once a year. DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2015 #56
Unfortunately no...Just wine tasting - which was lovely... Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2015 #69
Pepsi with the meal. SamKnause Nov 2015 #11
growing up I was given the treat of ginger ale in a nice champagne flute so I could CTyankee Nov 2015 #14
"Black unsweetened coffee"? Interesting. In Minnesota, that would redundant. Thor_MN Nov 2015 #96
I live in Ohio. SamKnause Nov 2015 #97
I like the different ways people say the same thing or differences in what is "normal". Thor_MN Nov 2015 #98
I do know 1 thing that is regional in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. SamKnause Nov 2015 #99
Champagne probably for mom and me. cwydro Nov 2015 #15
I'll be having what the pilgrams had, budweiser GummyBearz Nov 2015 #16
Nothing like the kitchen "vote" on whether the turkey really IS done...my midwestern CTyankee Nov 2015 #18
I have a wide range of acceptable levels of "doneness" GummyBearz Nov 2015 #20
I'm driving. AngryAmish Nov 2015 #17
Native American tears. librechik Nov 2015 #19
Homemade cider with cinnamon. Javaman Nov 2015 #21
Champagne sounds great. Was watching a PBS show on Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2015 #23
Brawndo Facility Inspector Nov 2015 #25
Need those electrolytes? Initech Nov 2015 #66
I'll probably wash down a couple of Xanax with a ketamine martini, and then ... 11 Bravo Nov 2015 #26
Heavily since I'll be with my crazy right wing brother in law. redstatebluegirl Nov 2015 #27
A large glass of fine hydrogen hydroxide over ice tularetom Nov 2015 #29
I believe you mean dihydrogen monoxide KamaAina Nov 2015 #40
It's remarkably similar, in fact I doubt you could tell them apart tularetom Nov 2015 #42
Everything, Historic NY Nov 2015 #30
Anything is fine. What are you offering? jberryhill Nov 2015 #31
Well, since I work at a winery, i better have wine. BeeBee Nov 2015 #33
Hello, neighbor. I'm in Rincon Valley. nt DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2015 #58
Hello, neighbor. I live in Rincon Valley and work in West County. n/t BeeBee Nov 2015 #75
Pinot for me too FLPanhandle Nov 2015 #113
With dinner: milk from a local dairy we get delivered Capt. Obvious Nov 2015 #34
Maple Manhattan Proud Public Servant Nov 2015 #35
gotta try that soon librechik Nov 2015 #38
Damn that's good!!!! Kilgore Nov 2015 #95
So glad you liked it!(nt) Proud Public Servant Nov 2015 #120
Eau de Vie de Pomme, Barrel Aged 8 years from Clear Creek Distillery here in Oregon Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #39
Good luck with that. There's a worldwide shortage of prosecco. KamaAina Nov 2015 #41
IIRC there is also a spanish version...my wine store is excellent and has everything CTyankee Nov 2015 #72
Probably some Dr. Heidemanns bernkastel auslese riesling, opiate69 Nov 2015 #44
1 of 38 choices of beer... Glassunion Nov 2015 #45
I did that a couple of years ago. Initech Nov 2015 #68
Honestly, I never even heard of Prosecco before this year. Now it's the official sparkling wine of.. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2015 #47
Prosecco can be very sweet, sweeter than champaigne. That Guy 888 Nov 2015 #85
Pellegrino. KittyWampus Nov 2015 #48
Purple Drank, nodding out in front of the TV. KG Nov 2015 #49
coffee so as not to tell folks what i think dembotoz Nov 2015 #50
Tullamore Dew.[n/t] Maedhros Nov 2015 #52
Good choice! KansDem Nov 2015 #59
My favorite scotch: Maedhros Nov 2015 #67
Looks good! KansDem Nov 2015 #70
Not yet - maybe it will be a Christmas gift to myself...[n/t] Maedhros Nov 2015 #81
Hot apple cider, the only time all year! n/t Paper Roses Nov 2015 #53
A 2014 Penner-Ash Viognier from Oregon DrDan Nov 2015 #54
In the lead-up to Thanksgiving, I've been in the mood for eggnog. DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2015 #57
Possibly brandy. It's on special at the store this week. KamaAina Nov 2015 #60
We'll have "the house wine of the South", Tanuki Nov 2015 #61
The Bitter End jpak Nov 2015 #63
As much as needed to ignore Right Wing crap.... Thor_MN Nov 2015 #64
Beer and lots of it! Initech Nov 2015 #65
I'm thinking about picking up some hard cider ... surrealAmerican Nov 2015 #71
H2o ileus Nov 2015 #73
Unsweetened Iced Tea. Aerows Nov 2015 #74
Bloody Mary followed by water. NCTraveler Nov 2015 #76
I get a mix but it's not at my house so I'm not sure if my son in law is making his own CTyankee Nov 2015 #78
Kettle One is the Vodka I use. I don't drink often. Almost all Bloody Mary's. NCTraveler Nov 2015 #79
wine with dinner... chillfactor Nov 2015 #77
Pinot Noir Beaverhausen Nov 2015 #80
Knob Creek. n/t Whiskeytide Nov 2015 #83
Thinking of starting with a New Glarus Oud Bruin. Release The Hounds Nov 2015 #84
Some clear liquid from a Tupperware container that smells strongly of corn .... kwassa Nov 2015 #86
beer. thanksgiving beer. nt JanMichael Nov 2015 #87
Gravy. Arugula Latte Nov 2015 #88
Dr. Pepper? yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #89
yay! a kindred spirit! unblock Nov 2015 #102
My second choice is ginger ale yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #104
at home i drink half apple juice / half water; or soymilk -- sometimes with chocolate powder added;) unblock Nov 2015 #106
sounds like it yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #107
nice! we're doing traditional american sushi lol ;) unblock Nov 2015 #109
traditional american sushi... yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #112
just joking about having japanese food on an american food-centric holiday ;) unblock Nov 2015 #114
uhuh! yuiyoshida Nov 2015 #115
Water and lots of it. JEB Nov 2015 #91
Veuve Clicquot Champaigne That Guy 888 Nov 2015 #92
Fresh brewed Tea, black or orange pekoe. No sweeteners. n/t Shandris Nov 2015 #93
Drinking this before dinner BuddhaGirl Nov 2015 #94
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #100
Mineral water. Ed Suspicious Nov 2015 #103
I was going to stick with my favorite beveraged, refrigerated water. However, merrily Nov 2015 #105
With MY in laws COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #108
In Belgium drinking an inordinate amount of Belgian beer... TipTok Nov 2015 #111
a big tankard of gravy. wendylaroux Nov 2015 #116
I am drinking a bitter tea called Scare the U.S. Public into war over a Paris Tragedy. Todays_Illusion Nov 2015 #117
Mezcal. Hoyt Nov 2015 #118
Port-O Manhattan HuckleB Nov 2015 #119
Started today with the cooking - Chardonnay riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #121
Water.....I have to work later neverforget Nov 2015 #122
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