I have a really high tolerance. But I don’t drink very often. So that often leaves me in a strange spot when it comes to social drinking.

I actually never really drank any alcohol until halfway through the first year of university. I had a bet to win and a long story short… basically my drink of choice became Canadian Club whiskey. Kinda gross, eh?

Over time, my staple drink has become tequila. At first it was Jose Cuervo, but in the past couple years it’s almost exclusively been Patron and some other nice tequilas. I’m not much of a social drinker because it’s pretty hard to sip tequila or play drinking games with tequila. (Although I’ve done it, and well, it’s not pretty)

To be honest, I prefer a fizzy drink like Pellegrino to alcohol any day and I’m perfectly happy to have fun without drinking. But don’t tell my friends that. So how does someone who doesn’t drink very often, find a good social drink?

In recent years I’ve started to enjoy the occasional sour apple martini. Most places don’t make them very good, but if you can find a good establishment that can do them right (West, Blue Water Cafe, George, etc) then they are amazing.

I’ve found a mix of good vodka like Grey Goose, some lime juice, bitters, apple juice, and sour apple mix (e.g. Sourz) usually works pretty well. I still can’t quite seem to replicate it though like West or Blue Water. I wonder what their secret recipe is?

In the past couple months I’ve become a huge fan of the Mojito. However, a lot of places usually don’t carry mint and can’t make one for you. The summer months it is definitely easier to find.

I love me a good mojito, and more and more I think it is becoming my social drink of choice. I usually make them with white rum, club soda, a touch of real ginger ale, lime, and lots of muddled mint.

So yes, tequila will always be my favourite drink… but do you have any recommendations for a good social drink? I’d like something that is not too sweet, and is refreshing?

Also, do you have any famous drink recipes to share? Especially for a sour apple martini or a mojito? I’m dying to find out a good one!

Oh P.S., just to end off this post I thought I’d share the waffles we had on Sunday. Yum!

In the past week, I’ve…

… gone to one of many open skates at 8-Rinks to try and learn how to skate and (eventually) play my favourite sport…

… had a tequila party night out with coworkers where we tried 4 different delicious tequilas at Subeez…

… went to the sold-out ACMSiggraph Vancouver Blizzard Cinematics presentation at the Vancouver International Film Centre…

… and heard Matt Samia and Jeff Chamberlain from Blizzard present on how they create cinematics for Blizzard games from start to finish. Absolutely fascinating. Plus we got to see some teasers for the new Starcraft II intro. Awesome…

… had my favourite sour apple martinis in the city with Crista at West Restaurant…

… bought the Patron Silver tequila Holiday Gift set — a POKER set! A great gift for anyone at Christmas…

… had some people over for the Leafs-Canucks game last Saturday and we drank way too much for 4 PM in the afternoon…

… and sold my Nkon D80 and both my 70-300 and my 18-70 lens. I also bought the Nikon D90 and picked up the 18-200mm VR lens (gorgeous!) and a 50mm 1.8 lens, and a polarizer. Not displayed in the picture is my Nikon Fisheye lens. Altogether, I’m really loving my new photography quiver!