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Why are there no fucking drinks left that aren't sugary bullshit?
What do I drink if I want to avoid sugar at all costs?

Gin & tonic is a good example. It's supposed to be bitter tasting. Nope. Tonic water these days has so much added sugar it's basically just slightly bitter tasting lemonade.
I went to a "cocktail bar" recently and every single cocktail was sugar. Finally after flicking through I found an old fashioned, but it was sugared up and ruined too. He made it with fucking sugar syrup water even after I told him the ingredients sounded way too sugary and he said he'd make me a more traditional one.

It didn't deserve to be called an Old Fashioned. Even the people I was drinking with who were sipping fruity red cocktails thought it tasted of gross sugar water.

>> No.11487406

Why don't you stay home and make your own drinks, you massive faggot? I can't stand picky shits like you, if you have such a strong opinion that no one else is going to do anything well enough for you, then stay at home and make your own mixed drinks. For fuck's sake, you're a massive crybaby and stupid to boot. A classic Old Fashioned is made with simple syrup. That's just what it is.

>be OP
>order a drink
>complain when I receive exactly what I ordered

>> No.11487433

An old fashioned has sugar, by definition. Tonic water has sugar, by definition. There are multiple brands of tonic water, not all of them are just sprite with a tiny bit of quinine.

Make your own cocktails or stop going to shitty dive bars if you're having a problem with the ratios. This is the booze equivalent of going to Denny's over and over again and complaining about the food.

>> No.11487440

Scotch and soda, then.

>> No.11487448

Tequila isn't that sugary
Gin
Some of the Irish whiskeys

Instead of cocktails, drink it straight. Most people don't like the "burn" of alcohol so they try and mask it with flavorful (sugary) things.

Man up and get that shit neat.

>> No.11487477

Alcohol is more caloric than sugar in the first place, why worry?

>> No.11487483

What's the best gin tonic you can find in the average beverage store?

>> No.11487484

>>11487483
oops, meant tonic water of course

>> No.11487500

>>11487397
Vodka Diet
Whiskey Diet
Vodka soda with lime

>> No.11487519

>>11487397
You can use sparking water you know

>> No.11487521

>>11487433
How old are you vegan anon

>> No.11487524

Bloody marys fool

>> No.11487552

>>11487524
This Guy gets it. Best Drink i can think about.
And it is a damn Magic against Hangover.

>> No.11487569

>>11487433
>An old fashioned has sugar, by definition
It's muddled with a small amount of brown sugar for flavour.
Not using the same sugar syrup bullshit people add to coffees.

I want a drink I can get anywhere including dive bars, that won't be sugary shit.
Dive bars aren't exactly where you go get neat whiskey but fuck it I may just give up on mixed drinks and take whatever shitty whiskey they got on the rocks or stick to wine & beer or something

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>>11487569
Most people use simple syrup now because muddling sugar is stupid.

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>>11487569
Some people use brown sugar but most places make OFs with simple syrup. When I say "most," I mean straight 99% of places, including very nice cocktail bars, will make it with simple syrup because brown sugar is hard to keep (dries out extremely fast) and the simple syrup is much easier to blend into the cocktail as it's already liquid, plus it's something any bar already has on hand for other drinks like mojitos.

Just admit that you don't know fuck all about cocktails and you're being a whiny pretentious cunt about it trying to look cool and tough. Soda water has no sugar, faggot, or just man up and drink straight. Buy a beer. There's a fuckton of options yet you're complaining about simple syrup in an OF.

>> No.11487582

>>11487569
>going to a dive bar and expecting an autistically mixed boulevardier made with housemade bitters and bubble-free ice cubes
I hear you man, the other day I tried to order wine at the Olive Garden and they didn't even have JJ Prum's '04 Bernkasteler Johannisbrunnchen Riesling Eiswein Lange Goldkapsel, the nerve of these people!

>> No.11487592

>>11487397
Hater with cucumber and lemon slices
>No sugar
>Refreshing
>Everyone will think your are gay when you show up to the cashiet with a single cucumber

>> No.11488228

>>11487397
Old fashioneds were always made with sugar you stupid fucking retard

>> No.11488271

>>11487569
>Dive bars aren't exactly where you go get neat whiskey
Wat. Thats all I ever get from dives. Good whiskey tastes good wherever you drink it same can't be said for classic cocktails

>> No.11488287

Maybe the bars you go to suck?

>> No.11488288

Just drink a vodka water. Why do you need fizzy bubbles lil' babby?

>> No.11488294

Get a martini you colossal retard

>> No.11488344

Gin rickeys are good, very underrated, no added sugar.

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>>11487582
fucking kek

>> No.11488503

>>11487397
A shaken margarita only has sugar from the lime or just drink whiskey or bourbon neat.

>> No.11488505

>>11487397
Have you tried milk or juicing your own oranges? Dumbass.

>> No.11488783

>>11488294
That, americanos and negronis. You should be able to get them in any bar you would go.

>> No.11488797

>>11488783
A lot of places don't refrigerate their vermouth, so I wouldn't be so sure about that.

>> No.11488989

>>11488344
patrician tier summer cocktail. but really, if just out boozing with friends I just get gin & soda. tonic is too sugary for more than once in a blue moon

>> No.11489004

>>11487519
>>11488288
I'm pretty much there myself. I buy two cases of ozarka sparkling lemon water at walmart and 4 1.75s of vodka from costco. Lasts me about a month. It's fucking good enough.

>> No.11489010

>>11488989
I accidentally ordered my >gf a gin and tonic instead of a gin and soda water and she was never more appalled in her life

>> No.11489021

>>11488294
this

>> No.11489030

>>11487397
How about trying a bar that isn't full of college kids, nor bars that have a single middle aged man playing Hotel California on the jukebox consistently through the night.

>> No.11489037

>>11487397
Funny, I'd think you would love cosmopolitans by how big of a bitch you are.

>> No.11489055

>>11487484
Canada dry is good but fever tree is better if your looking for something more bitter

>> No.11489097

>>11487397
Try 'water'.

>> No.11489151

>>11489030
this.
if you go to a college bar and expect to get a decent "cocktail", you're fucked out of luck.
dont order anything beyond a 2 ingredient mixed drink or shots. (or beer)

>> No.11489155

>>11487397
>I went to a "cocktail bar" recently and every single cocktail was sugar.
What the fuck did you expect? Cocktail bars are for women and gays.

Just go to a fucking bar.

>> No.11489415

>>11487406
A proper old fashioned is made with a cube of brown sugar. But yeah, it contains sugar

>> No.11489431

literally just liquor and soda water my guy. i do this with bourbon, scotch, tequila, and rum. sometimes add fresh lime. it really is the final level.

>> No.11489443

>>11488503
its also sweet from triple sec

>> No.11489669

>>11487397
Instead of tonic ask for Soda water, any soda machine or hose has an option for it.

>> No.11489709

Whiskey and Chocolate Milk is surprisingly good.

>> No.11490462

>>11487397
Drink scotch or order a highball and then kill yourself.