What should order in the bar

Screw them. It's my money. Once you know what you like, venture out into the wide world and order it. If it's too obscure for the bartender - well, most of them have a book hidden somewhere, and if you don't know how to make the drink yourself, save the embarrasment and ask for a straight vodka instead. Surprisingly, drinking isn't that hard to do. It's worked out as an all-occasion drink. It seems to be somewhere in the middle -- not ordered enough to be considered trendy, not obscure enough to leave bartenders scratching their heads.

If you like it, drink it. Regarding brands, I suggest you find a well-stocked, not-too-busy bar and arrange a taste test. They'll be happy to help, and this also can make for an entertaining night out with friends. Learning what liquor you like is an entertaining and worthwhile experience. That's what I drink mostly.

Good whiskey smells nice, and will get you high quickly, then you can enjoy the rest of your night without getting too trashed. Someone else can tell you what that says about a person, it's what I usually do anyway.

If you order something with too much sugar in it you're more likely to get a hangover, so I've moved to the straight stuff over the last few years.

You're putting too much thought into it. Just get something that you like. Are you tough, get something bitter and dark. If you're a neophyte drinker, get something sweet, like a margarita or something fruity. If you tell the bartender to make something, you hardly ever specify the brand of alcohol anyway, so you don't have to worry about that. Just get what other people are getting, you have 60 years or whatever left to figure out what you want, you don't need all the information now.

I used to get ripped on for getting drunk easy, but I always thought of it as being a cheap drunk. Perception is what you make of it, who cares what other people think of your drink choices. If you're ordering something and you can't answer the bartender when he asks what's in it, that's a problem.

So don't overthink this. Stick to things with everything in the name. Rum and coke, gin and tonic, vodka tonic, cranberry and vodka which is technically a "Capecodder" but that doesn't really work that well. Simple, easy, not "girlie" or trendy or anything but normal. Brandy Alexanders,got John Lennon kicked out of bars. While I recommend experimenting and finding what you like independent of anybody's opinions, this offers a decent warning. If you want to be perceived as a straight hetero man, then don't order anything with a dumb name, don't order anything with juice, and if anyone ever asks you, "neat or on the rocks?

To all the good advice given above, I can only add that assuming the bartender isn't busy and is in a relatively good mood, he or she will likely be glad to help you find something you like. If you're concerned about your "image," or if you're just feeling adventuresome, even the question "So what do people drink around here?

And another good rule of thumb, if you don't feel like thinking too hard about what drink to order: Pick a fruit juice you like and add vodka. You can't really go wrong. Caveat: I am willing to drink anything that I think tastes good, regardless of color, ingredients or silly name, because I am secure in my masculinity.

You seem to be worried about seeming cool, but honestly, the easiest path to uncoolness is worrying about being cool. Figure out what you like and order that. Who cares what people think?? Though if you are a guy, I would stay away from the milky creamy syrupy drinks made with stuff like Baileys.

Unless you are sitting in your club after dinner being served by a butler in a Waterford glass. Or you are the Dude. He can get away with a White Russian and pretty much no one else can. Gin and tonic is so NOT an "old man's drink". This is what I drink in bars, and I am so fucking cool that I may singlehandedly avert global warming: Local microbrewed beers; red wine, especially shiraz; gin and tonic; gimlets; whiskey sours; single-malt whiskey, if they have a good one; brandy Alexanders; white Russians; martinis, but only real ones; margaritas rocks, salt ; mojitos; capirinhas; Cosmopolitans; Cape Codders.

Think about the taste you're looking for. Faint of Butt's vodka-and-juice recommendation is always good, and if you don't want to look like a piker, ask for Absolut anything better than Absolut is going to be wasted in juice, imo. If you want Coke, then rum and Coke is it. If you want wine, have wine. If you want beer, have beer. If you want a glass of cranberry juice and soda with a lime wedge in it, have that. This will make the bartender hate you forever, and frozen drinks are for Spring Break only.

Complicated shots with layers of crappy-tasting liqueurs always make the people drinking them look like idiots, in my opinion. I personally like Long Island Tea's I'm not sure what they would say about you though You can't go wrong with a good ole Cosmopolitan, and I'd try a Manhattan at least once.

One exception to the no-juice-drinks is Myers Dark and Pineapple juice which will have you on your ass in no time. How a beverage is percieved also depends on what kind of bar you're in. Ordering a fine cognac at an upscale drinking salon may cause the tender's brow to arch in appreciation of your taste.

At the corner joint it may cause him to ask "whadda you, some kinda wiseass? Something to keep in mind. Apparently Hemingway didn't drink them much himself, preferring Papa Dobles instead white rum, grapefruit juice and a few drops of maraschino but he did start a loosely-knit society to help popularize the mojito. Yeah, caipirinha's are very good. Fun to make them for your friends too.

All I ever drink when I go out is white wine. One glass only, please; I'm a lightweight. And who cares? Not me. I don't like beer in my mind, beer has always had "white trash" conotations. If I ever met anybody else that didn't like beer, I would fall in love with them. So there you go. Don't drink beer. People that know me know I have no shame. I order Shirley Temples. And I love them. Sometimes I even get them for free.

I guess they figure I'm a designated driver or crazy or something. What the hell, they taste good. You're a guy, shep. Thus it is a Roy Rogers. Which must be incredibly confusing to kids today who have zero idea who either of these people are. Maybe they should be called Lindsey Lohans or something. White trash. If you are drinking vodka mixed with juice, tonic, or coke and you ask for a brand of vodka as opposed to well--the cheap crap they keep under the bar , you are wasting your money.

Other than that, I am solidly in the drink whatever you like camp. I do recommend vodka for clean drinking and little hangover. On preview: Pink, if you think beer makes someone white trash, you have soooo much to learn. Jon is white trash, but that's entirely different—that's an affectation. Yeah, it does often depend on the bar you're in. Order only what you can see.

Scan the back bar and taps as you walk in. If you don't see what you want, then maybe order something else. This is not about the bartender; the bartender is paid to stand there and wait. This is about you. Look what you're doing to yourself. Standing at a bar should never involve rumination. It's you who shouldn't wait.

So order what you see. An exception: If you're at a high-end cocktail bar and you are handed a cocktail menu, order off of it. And one last thing: a man doesn't ask about drink specials. A drink special isn't special at all.

It's the opposite of special, really. Honestly, if it was busy, sometimes I'd just say, 'Sorry, we're out of mint' so they'd order something else. Redditor idiosyncrassy said that the most annoying drink to make is a "strawberry daiquiri, followed by the demand, 'and make sure I can taste the alcohol in it! So they tell the bartender, 'surprise me,' but can't give them any kind of idea as to if they want it fruity or this or that," Alvarez said.

Redditor Kenziecocktail shared the same sentiment, saying "Surprise, you are getting a bottle of domestic beer. If you do ask the bartender to surprise you, Alvarez said to at least give them an idea of the kind of liquor or flavors you enjoy so they know how to best serve you. She reiterated, however, that it's always best to know what you want when you go to order because, chances are, the bartender has other things to do and other customers to serve. Peregrine's pet peeve is "Ordering loads of drinks and then just as you're finishing up saying 'Oh, and a Guinness.

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