What is your favourite beverage on board?
 

Please share what are your favourite Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Beverage of Choice on all classes.

Class Alcoholic Non -Alcoholic



Thank you.

Non-Alcoholic is 95% water, 5% tea/coffee (coffee only if they have espresso and then only if it's Nespresso/Illy and not generic powder stuff).

Alcoholic:

Delta (Y, C+, and D1) is like 99% Woodford on the rocks or else nothing (see above) or maybe wine/champagne in D1 if an overnight flight and it goes with meal
United (Y, E+, and D1) is Buffalo Trace (if they have it) or beer
International carrier (J) is always champagne to start and wine for the meals
International carrier (F) is always champagne to start, wine for the meals, and JWB (or Hibiki 17 if Japanese carrier) for post-sleep end of flight. Exception is Japanese carriers I'll opt for Sake sometimes instead of wine in the middle.

I find that in big domestic F or international J cabins, wine is the best choice if you want to have multiple drinks without waiting a tremendous amount of time between finishing and getting a new one. It seems the FAs are usually better about walking through the aisle with the red and white bottles to give you active (and often without asking) refills vs. beer/cocktail which requires taking a new order and actually making it and bringing it back to you which can be an issue in the bigger cabins if they have lots going on (especially with US airlines/FAs)

On a plane, it's always ginger ale. Easy on the gut, not dehydrating, no hangover.

Before lunch always a Bloody Mary, if they have the minimum functional fixings (wookie, S&P, lemon). If they have additional fixings (Tabasco, Celery Salt, etc) or make it particularly well and I'm not heading straight to work I might have another. Just water with food.

Late afternoon / early evening. As above but with G&T in place of Bloody Mary.

Dinner Flight. G&T pre dinner then red wine with dinner if its fit to wash your socks in. Otherwise I'll pass with dinner and then have a cognac afterwards.

Night flight. Wine in lounge then cognac onboard. Sleep.

Notable exception is on Emirates, who appear to have a note on file that they are to serve me an unsolicited G&T at every opportunity. "Good morning, I hope you slept well, here's your omelette and your usual G&T." I've tried numerous times to release them from this notion of my Gin obsession but have now given up and tend to just drink them.

Ginger Ale.

I don't drink, so don't have an alcoholic choice.

Coach: Water; beer (usually the Goose Island selection on UA)
Business/First: Water; Bloody Mary on morning flights; Wine with lunch or dinner

When in Coach: Water. Water, water, water. Want to fight jetlag stay hydrated!

When in First class: Johnny Blue and Dom please!

Favorite off menu drink: On TG in F they will make you Thai Tea IF you ask really nicely ;)

My flights on CX

Economy
Water, Orange juice, Apple juice, coffee, Chinese tea, English Tea

Premium Economy
Champagne as pre-departure drink, and same as above throughout the flight.

Business and above
Same as above as well as HK-style milk tea, Cathay Delight, Cappuccino, and maybe some Green tea. On occasion, a Sprite, Ginger Ale, or Jack and Coke on the rocks. I rarely drink cocktails and sodas in general.

On SQ (been on them only once)

The Singapore Sling is pretty good

Domestic
Economy - Water, Apple Juice or a Coke if tired.
Business - Beer, Water, Apple Juice.

International
Economy - Water, Apple Juice or a Coke if tired.
Business - Champagne, maybe a single malt or Cognac
First - Champagne, maybe a single malt or Cognac

LCC - Nothing lol, I'll bring my own beverages.

Non-Alcoholic:
Water
Coke Zero
Club Soda

Alcoholic:
The Scotch or Bourbon option in Y
In J/F, a glass or two of the champagne to start. Followed by (ranked):
Salon or Billecart-Salmon, if available
Japanese Whiskey Offering, if available
Single Malt Scotch, if available
Chivas Regal
Riesling offering

With a Baileys on the rocks for dessert.

Domestic/short haul: Water or Diet Coke

International/long haul: Water and white wine

I only take alcohol if it's free, and wine over beer (which is 180° from what I drink on the ground). Beer + cabin pressure means instant gas for me so I spare my neighbors :D

Soda water and a piece of lime..............with or without Tito's vodka. Depends on my mood and the time of day.

I try to get a tomato juice or a Bloody Mary Mix without alcohol. If not available, I will then opt on a soda depending on what I feel like at the time.


For some reason tomato juice tastes better in the air than on the ground.

I don't really drink, I'm really trying to cut down sugar, and I usually sleep on planes, so it's whatever diet non-caffeinated soda they have, if they have one or water if not.

Except on QF, where as I recall, they have Bundaberg Ginger Beer, but not the diet version thereof -- that's worth the sugar :D -- and occasionally a Cathay Delight on CX.

Once in a very great while when flying in J, I'll have some red wine or a port if they have one.

I'm generally G&T....on the ground I'm mostly a beer guy - but beer never tastes that good in the air

It's not just in your head.

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My non-alcoholic drink is always tomato juice, especially in the morning. There is just something about it. On side note, tomato juice with a Denver omelet with cheese is perhaps my favorite breakfast. I am afraid to drink water or coffee en route. I have seen far to many people get sick.

My alcoholic drink of choice is Sapphire gin with a slice of lime and one ice cube (to much ice is terrible for your drink). On the ground my drink of choice is a Sapphire martini with 2 blue cheese olives. (The blue cheese olives are fantastic when they soak in the gin and vermouth)

I have always loved cranberry (or cranapple) juice as a non-alcoholic choice, but as I have gotten older, my digestive system has increasingly disagreed with that choice. I usually stick with water (or on the brave occasion, apple juice) if I go non-alcoholic.

For the booze, as a UA flyer I pick the non-Goose Island craft beer they have. Recently, that is Voodoo Ranger IPA (a solid choice), although I did enjoy Lagunitas 12 of Never Pale Ale as well. If it's a longhaul flight, I will go with wine options, as that tends to work better (for me) at higher altitudes than beer does.

Wow, never had the privilege to experience TG F, but on TG J I have a soft spot for the on-menu jasmine green tea and filter coffee, both produced in plantations in Thai Northern Highlands. To stay hydrated alongside the TG J Veuve Clicquot, of course.

Not a whisky connoisseur by any means, but I really enjoyed the 17-year Hibiki on ANA J. Much better spirit selection than JAL J.

G & T for me, tastes good in any class. :)

Tomato juice with lots and lots and lots of Worcester sauce. No ice.

Some ignorant airlines do not carry Worcester sauce. Peasants!!

That is good stuff! Especially for J.

Careful Drinking
 

Lots of interbnational flights

Champaigne while on the gound if I do not plan to work

Cherry juice, but I have only found it in Turkish. Otherwise tomato. Juices always without ice -- I do not know its pedgree

If the airline is suggesting a wine, and the write up is well done, I will try it

Baily's Irish Creme

No carninated beverages

And no more than two alcholoic beverages

Drinks
 

Non-Alcool:
Room temp water, of course
Ginger Ale, otherwise I don't drink soda.

Alcool:
"True" Champagne
G&T
A nice wine, wholly dependent on what's on-board, red or white. #winesnob

I love gin and tonic. I have my days that I will ask for vodka and cranberry but I have a travel alcohol set and I with either drink two or drink one and make my own only asking for what is missing out my set. Happy Travels I say. lol :D

I almost never drive at the end of a flight and mostly fly long haul, so usually take full advantage of the drinks if they're free.
In economy, water, white wine with meals, brandy and orange to knock me out.
PE/Bus. depends greatly on what's on offer.
International F (never done US internal F)
Champagne
Appropriate wine with courses, port to finish if available, otherwise grand marnier / brandy.
Than back on Champers or possibly one of the red wines.
Bloody Mary with b/fast.
Coffee, tea and beer all seem to taste bad at altitude, but I'm looking forward to trying Cathay's Betsy beer soon to see if it is the exception.
Miso soup is nice in the air, I wonder if anyone has ever considered offering it as a beverage option?

What to drink
 

Ginger ale, water. No alcohol.

If it is a morning flight I will drink bloody mary mix no alcohol.

Diet Coke, (if cold, no ice, just the can)

AS: Hazelnut Espresso Vodka on the rocks.

Int'l F: Salon, then Krug, then Dom.

Counting all flights, regardless if Int/Dom, distance etc. :
Alcohol: G&T, Champagne, Shiraz or Merlot
Non-alcohol: Non-sparkling water with ice

Some don't have even decent salt and pepper

[QUOTE=DeathSlam;29110070]I almost never drive at the end of a flight and mostly fly long haul, so usually take full advantage of the drinks if they're free.
In economy, water, white wine with meals, brandy and orange to knock me out.
PE/Bus. depends greatly on what's on offer.
International F (never done US internal F)
Champagne
Appropriate wine with courses, port to finish if available, otherwise grand marnier / brandy.
Than back on Champers or possibly one of the red wines.
Bloody Mary with b/fast.
Coffee, tea and beer all seem to taste bad at altitude, but I'm looking forward to trying Cathay's Betsy beer soon to see if it is the exception.
Miso soup is nice in the air, I wonder if anyone has ever considered offering it as a beverage option?[/QUOTE
ANA serves a nice most like bonito soup.... U can try.

My Usuals:

Dinner Flights: Scotch on the rocks as a cocktail, red wine with the meal
Lunch: Diet Coke with Vodka or an IPA if the airline has it
Breakfast: OJ, Cranberry and Vodka

Given the puzzled response I usually get to my request I always thought I was the only one drinking ginger ale on board. Would prefer ginger beer, but that's impossible to find on any of the middle eastern airlines I fly. Other than that, it's always a glass of apple juice and a glass of orange juice from the carton for me, no ice.

Rarely drink alcohol when flying, but sometimes a Bailey's just calls to me.

Qatar business class has chai tea bags, and I'll drink my way through the plane's entire supply on a long haul flight. They also do a really nice laban as a welcome drink, and I can't say no to a glass of port with the cheese plate.

beverage
 

Black tea and orange juice

I like blueberry juice on AY