What's your Bond-esque drink?

Have you ever been out in a swanky bar or restaurant, and felt it was a bit naff to order a beer? Perhaps on a date or with a client or somesuch, when you're trying to be a bit more upmarket than you are when out with your mates?

I'm always stumped to know what to drink that strikes the right note between being a masculine drink (no umbrellas or cherries please) and something I'd enjoy, and which 007 might drink.

So what would you order?
"How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."

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  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,467MI6 Agent
    Nyetimber, an acclaimed British sparkling wine, or 'Champagne'.
    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 1,061MI6 Agent
    Bourbon and branch.

    Actually having one now!
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • Hold CommandHold Command LondonPosts: 376MI6 Agent
    Jaeger Bombs.... :))

    Without doubt my favourite is Old Fashioned.

    I feel bond would enjoy Tanqueray and tonic too though, I certainly do (too much).
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,817MI6 Agent
    Double scotch, neat please!


    Though I realise I look and sound more like Scotty than 007.
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  • Le SamouraiLe Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent
    Have you ever been out in a swanky bar or restaurant, and felt it was a bit naff to order a beer? Perhaps on a date or with a client or somesuch, when you're trying to be a bit more upmarket than you are when out with your mates?

    I'm always stumped to know what to drink that strikes the right note between being a masculine drink (no umbrellas or cherries please) and something I'd enjoy, and which 007 might drink.

    So what would you order?

    No offense, but to be honest, I've never felt that way. I order what I want and drink what I want. And I love a good draft ale, so that is often what I will get. I don't feel the need to act "upmarket."

    If not quaffing beer or wine, I do love a good Martini. Unfortunately, it can be surprisingly difficult to get a good Martini at most bars and restaurants. Many bartenders seem unaware of the fact that Martinis have vermouth in them. My fallback drinks include a G&T (I like them with Beefeater) or perhaps bourbon on the rocks.
    —Le Samourai

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  • The LimeyThe Limey Kent , EnglandPosts: 60MI6 Agent
    I find that after 7 pints of Stella Artois ..........I AM Bond :))
  • jon couragejon courage Posts: 129MI6 Agent
    Last night I had a Captain (captain morgan spiced rum) and soda (club soda) with a twist of lime. Felt mildly Bond-esque.

    It's all in how you order it :).

    "Do I look like I give a damn?"
  • Mister GreeneMister Greene Posts: 224MI6 Agent
    Usually vodka on the rocks or vodka and 7 up as long as it is a premium vodka
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 1,061MI6 Agent
    Luckily Martinis have been featured in everything from Ally McBeal to Mad Men, so ordering a Martini will no longer mark you out as wannabe Bond.

    Some 20 years ago, well in Finland anyways, if you ordered a Martini (or worse a vodka martini) you were labeled out as a wannabebond and ran the risk of getting very bad service in a bar.

    Since then the Cocktail revolution has taken the world, and Finland, like storm and cocktails as well as cocktail bars are a lot more frequent sight. A sad story from the years gone by, is when I visited a bar in Jyväskylä, a town in the central Finland and ordered a "Rusty Nail" the bartender had no idea what went into it or how to make one. I had to give her an impromptu lesson in mixology, she was grateful enough to invite me to a party that night... :x :x :x

    Anyways, happily Ian Fleming wrote enough variety into Bonds drinking habits, so we can order just about anything when we're feeling like Bonding. If Bonds drinking were as dull and monotonous as in the big screen, it would bee just too humdrum to even bother.
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    IT depends on where i am if im in Greece its ouzo,if im in Florida its Jack Daniels with ice,
    if im in New york its Brooklyn steam beer,Jamaica, has to be Appletons,i find if your order the local
    "brew" you will get the bartender on your side, and in a crowded hotel bar i have found you will get
    great service,A word of warning if you ever go to a former Yugoslavia country dont drink the slivervich
    but kicking back in the garden bar-b-q ect has to be Heineken,
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 1,061MI6 Agent
    You mean Slivovitz, the plum liquor? Yes it is horrible...

    I have to confess on this Bond-esque drink thread that I have also called tea "mud" in the work place cafeteria in order to elicit a few giggles from the girls working there; didn't work, they looked at me cross eyed and said I didn't have to drink it if it is so bad... :)) :)) :)) :))
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Sorry i miss spelt it but im still drunk from drinking it LOL
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 1,061MI6 Agent
    Sorry i miss spelt it but im still drunk from drinking it LOL

    don't worry, I had to google it to get it right, and besides; I usually forget that I drank it when I drink it!
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • raptors_887raptors_887 CanadaPosts: 215MI6 Agent
    Bond is at his best when he smokes a J and starts imagining he's in space like in Moonraker.
    1: Casino Royale 2: Goldeneye 3: Skyfall 4: Octopussy 5: Goldfinger 6: Tomorrow Never Dies 7: The World Is Not Enough 8: The Living Daylights 9: From Russia With Love 10: The Spy Who Loved Me
  • mac007mac007 WisconsinPosts: 92MI6 Agent
    I was at a bar(I'm in Wisconsin, USA) and asked for a martini...he said, we don't serve martini's we're a country bar...I said...ok, give me 3 measures of gin, 1 of vodka and shake over ice, pour it in a seperate glass and pour in a glass...he says..ok..I said, that's a martini close to a vesper(insert blank stare on his face...that poor soul)...Oh well...I do love my vespers...
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  • LastRatStandingLastRatStanding ScotlandPosts: 296MI6 Agent
    Vodka and Irn Bru :))
    Now, they only eat rat.
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 1,061MI6 Agent
    mac007 wrote:
    I was at a bar(I'm in Wisconsin, USA) and asked for a martini...he said, we don't serve martini's we're a country bar...I said...ok, give me 3 measures of gin, 1 of vodka and shake over ice, pour it in a seperate glass and pour in a glass...he says..ok..I said, that's a martini close to a vesper(insert blank stare on his face...that poor soul)...Oh well...I do love my vespers...

    :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :)) :))

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    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    AJB-ers... Bringing culture to the masses, lol :))

    Good work!
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • 00730073 COPPosts: 1,061MI6 Agent
    I'm at home suffering from a godawfulflu *snif* I had a (hot) bull shot and was about to post when I realized that it wasn't Bond who drank bull shots, but that faux Hemingway-man Milton Krest! GODDAMIT!!!! X-( X-( X-(
    "I mean, she almost kills bond...with her ass."
    -Mr Arlington Beech
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