Since I'm turning 21 next month...

[-]I'D LIKE A DAMN BIRTHDAY THREAD,SINCE I DIDN'T GET ONE LAST YEAR, YOU FUCKOS!!!!!!!!

DENNY CRANE!!![/-]

...And also, I'd like to know what kinds of drinks I should try first. Who knows, with enough achohol, I may post some pictures of my nekkid bewbies.

KTNXZ

Sheesh, American 21 laws. In Canada, it's 18 for everything. Drinking, driving, and fucking. Well, it's actually 14 for fucking, as some of you pervs would know.

If you've never had a drink you should start off with something light. Like a Strawberry Daiquiri, Long Island Iced Tea or a Piña Colada. By light I mean they don't have a strong alcohol taste but don't be fooled they will get you drunk.

Oh and Happy Birthday!

Pimping the birthday a month in advance.

Shameless rep whore.

Also...you actually waited to turn 21? I though people only say that to fool parents?

Yeah, make sure you drink three or four Long Island Iced Teas right off the bat. Drink 'em really quickly. When (if) you wake up, give my regards to the folks working the emergency room.

Long Island Iced Teas will get you shit-faced, falling down drunk quicker than just about anything (short of pulling a Marso and drinking whiskey straight from the bottle). Their smooth drinkability conceals the fact that they're a blend of five liquors: vodka, gin, tequilla, rum and triple sec (and a little Coke for color and sweet and sour for flavor). About 75% of their volume is hard alcohol. Be very careful with those.

*makes mental note to turn down Long Island Iced Tea if offered. Will mistake for real tea until vomiting in own hat*

-J.

^ What Kramer said. Long Island Ice Teas are the alcoholic equivalent to a monster truck without brakes. Better start your alcoholism with the classics: beer and wine. Going from 0 to hard alcohol is ... not recommended.

Actually I was just going for drinkability, and hey I added a warning!

On a personal note...

...Long Island Iced Teas are my favorite. The local Elephant Bar (a chain of restaurants) serves about 10 different variations, each in a tall beer glass, all of which will f**k you up pronto. I'm a big guy and three of those damned near had me singing in public.

You know, something similar probably happens all the time. If you try drinking straight rum or tequila or gin or vodka or triple sec, you'll probably be quickly revulsed by that hard alcohol taste. But mix 'em together properly and they're sweet...and suddenly you can down them like Pepsi.

Actually, in British Columbia, it's 19 for drinking. I was up there for a school trip senior year. Imagine how disappointed I was for this

Wow. I'll need to remember that.

As of now, I don't drink. Not for religious reasons, but simply for personal ones. However, if I decided to drink, I would need to start off very slow, just because I'm Irish and have alcohol genes. My parents don't drink, but get beyond that, and wow, my family alone could fuel a line of ethanol cars. All the ethanol cars.

-J.

There was no beer or wine or anything laying around much of the time at my house, and none of my friends were exactly part of the "cool binger crowd."

I've had half a Smirnoff once and sipped on Alize once or twice, but that hardly counts as a "drink." All the damn Smirnoff did was put me to sleep.

And rep whoring? Since when has that being a crime on this board? I wanna get a head start on this, seeing that I'll actually be out doing shit when the birthday comes around. Don't like, don't fucking read.

mm, seeing that you're new to alcohol, I'd say keep it light the first time around - otherwise you'll be out in half an hour and where's the fun in that? Especially if Smirnoff already puts you to sleep

Deciding in advance what you'll have is great - otherwise you might end up trying this and that, mixing beer, wine and stronger stuff and end up vomiting. Not a good idea for a first night out drinking.
Here's a tip: make sure you lay a strong foundation for all that drinking - a full, greasy meal seems to help not get drunk too fast.

For starters - maybe something sweet? Like sweet white wine? Red port (ruby, not tawny)? If you want to try beer too, do that first - the idea is to increase alcohol percentage as you go along. But why taste beer if there is so much better tasting stuff out there?

I'd recommend tequila-slam to end the night - it's fun to do, with the salt and lemon and all that, and I had the best night out ever getting drunk on tequila. It's a silent killer though - you can drink and drink and not notice anything, until you reach the tipping point - and then keel right over..

Or just find yourself a really cute bartender, tell him it's your 21st birthday and that he needs to take care of you providing the best drinks for you and your friends.

Anyway have fun and be sure to drink a gallon of water before going to sleep - you'll probably not feel like it, but it's damage control for the next morning.

I remember my first booze.

I was 15 and stole a bottle of Southern Comfort and smuggled it to my friends house. She lived right on the coast and there was a small island in front of her house, in the middle of the cove. They had a paddleboat, so we took a picnic and my illicit booze and paddled over there.

Now, it tasted like shit and I didn't want to gag...so I I guzzled as much as I could all at once to get it over with and see what all the big deal was. Of course nothing happened and I passed it over to my friend who started drinking. I waited awhile and was like...what a friggin' gyp.

Then I stood up.

I had drank half the bottle of the shit and let me tell you I was wasted, completely wasted. I was completely insane and it ruined my friend's buzz real fast. I mean, I thought the trees were out to get me shit-faced. I laughed, I cried, I ranted and giggled. Then it was getting late and I was still drunk. The tide had come up so we had to swim for the boat, paddle back and get by her step-dad. Then I was too scared to go home and we had to convince her parents to let me stay on a school night.

Thankfully, we did..because my parents would never have been fooled for a minute. God, did I have the hangover from hell at school.

Zenow, will you be there and are you trying to get her drunk?

Anyway, I'll use Zenow's post and go from there...

[cue joke about American's and drinking here (exception: Scots & Irish)]
Anyway, he's right here. Half a smirnoff shouldn't get you drunk. Not at all. That's - what? - 1,375 dl of 4,8% alcohol? Are you kidding me?

I thought that's the point?

Yes and no. IIRC, the point of eating greasy stuff (or, if you really wanna go there - drinking a couple of spoons of olive oil ) is to keep the alcohol from working too fast. Now, what does that mean? Yes, firstly you'll be able to drink longer. BUT, secondly, it won't keep you from getting drunk. It'll just take longer and you'll get an even harder blast later on.

Start with sweet white wine?
You truely are trying to get her drunk. You can drink sweet white wine pretty much like water and after 15 minutes you'll have downed more than a bottle. IMO.
And yes - don't necessarily mix beer in there. Beer is something very special. Do that on another night, it deserves that special treatment. It's a heavenly drink and shouldn't be ruined by drinking other stuff.

Don't do more than two or three shots tops. I used to do "meters" - and if you share one of those with a buddy (12 shots makes 6 each) you'll enjoy yourself. If you drink other stuff before that - well, you get the idea.

Let me introduce you to one of the most important rules of binge drinking:
Don't start when you're already out there. Meet at a friend's house and drink cheap alcohol to get yourselves to a certain level. Otherwise it's gonna get REALLY expensive.

Now THAT right there is some decent advice. I'd add multivitamin pills and maybe a multivitamin drink instead of water (suggary...). Personally, I always crave for sweet, non-sparkling drinks the morning after. Like ice tea or something. And don't expect to sleep more than 6 hours or so. And you'll wake up about every 25 minutes or so if you do it properly.

To be fair, I tend to be the first to tire out at long parties anyway. I certainy didn't guzzle the thing down, and I didn't even finish it According to my fellow colorguard members who were..er, better experts on this matter than I am, they said I wasn't "drunk." I certainly didn't feel all tore up the next day afterwards. O_o

Another piece of advice:

Never drink a whole bottle of cheap-ass champagne one of your penny-pinching sisters gave you as part of your wedding present all by yourself because your new husband pissed you off and walked out being a selfish twit.

The headache you recieve is pretty much on par with severe migraine and is just about what you will deserve for doing something so incredibly stupid.

Oh..oh..also...never underestimate drinks like hot chocolate with peppermint shnapps in them. It may taste just like mint cocoa but 4 cups later you will discover nope...wheeee! Until the next day when you puke violently all day. Stupid, stupid girl.

You should probably start out with some wine coolers or something, or maybe some quality beer and see if you like the taste of it. Happy birthday early

Fourteen is juuuuust a bit young for me.

A little advice concerning 'the day after'. Try to drink as much water as possible during the drinking and make sure you have enough for when you wake up in the morning. The nasty headache comes from dehydration and coffee will not make it go away. Also, if you still can, drink like half a liter of water accompanied by a few Aspros before going to bed. Don't take any other pain medication - Aspros are perfect for countering the effects of alcohol beforehand. You can never tell what the mix with other medication does and you sure don't want to end up in the emergency room having your stomach pumped.

I don't think she meant the mixed pop stuff that comes in those little bottles. Smirnoff is vodka, and vodka has at least 40%. Youth these days ...

She's female. It's the natural assumption.

21? Time for you to contribute to the boob thread in celebration.

Well while we are pimping birthdays in January. Mine is the 23rd. I demand presents!

Plain old vodka in orange juice works wonders.

Amaretto sours are good for sipping..not out to get you drunk, there's not near enough alcohol in amaretto for that.

Margaritas are great but enough Tequila makes everything great!

Mudslides are yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmy!!!

Green Iguanas...mmm...good...but stay the hell away from them until you've figured out what (if any) your tolerance for them is.

Melon balls are great if made right. And by right I mean, actually have liquor in them. Sweet and sour and triple sic with a shot of midori is NOT a "drink".

It all depends on what you like taste-wise. Do you like sweet/sour/mild/knock-your-head-off...what do WANT to try?

Have fun Anna! Happy early Birthday!!!

I am thankful I do not drink alcohol.

Ah hell, go for broke. Tequila is the answer!

Tequila shots are about the only thing I CAN'T do besides beer. If it's mixed in stuff it's fine...but just a plain shot?