mmack

We love it: no one knows about it, especially the FAs, so usually we have to help them find it in the drink cart. The red caps help. With ice on the side.

seanp7

Morning: Tito's & OJ
Noon: Tito's & CranApple
After 5pm: Buffalo Trace & Coke Zero

DELee

Options:

1. New UA FT game: Virtual Mixology - take the economy drink options and define both classic cocktails as well as most complement those special t.p.s. E+ and international Y meals.

2. New school up in the air game: In-Flight Mixology - get your row mates to each purchase a drink or use a drink coupon and figure out how 3 to 4 people can define a new and unique drink in the sky.

3. New school brewers school: Bring a DIY brewing kit on board a LAX-SIN flight and brew your own suds. Consume before landing in SIN to avoid their alcohol import tax.

4. Another UA FT game: Virtual Mixology 2 - pick any one from at least 3 of the following drink groups and make your own virtual drink; print out your selections and hand one to the FA at each drink service; additional points if you can develop one that the FA will adopt as their own:











Drink up and Enjoy!

David

demkr

spearsba

Glenfarclas and a Bombay G&T.

cur

bear in mind 9/10 united flight attendants accept expired chits. fa on my last flight even accepted my continental currency.

get a vodka with a splash of that moscow mule syrup.

DELee

isn't that a moscow moscow mule?

David

haddon90

i miss the 'sunrise/sunset' that a UA FA won making in a contest a few years back. vodka, cran-apple, splash of oj, and a lime.

LordHamster

Reminds me of a seatmate I had a few flights ago. He ordered a Gin...with a splash of tonic.

cur

i don't mean to be pedantic but it's actually a moscow mule mule

garkster

For my money (figure of speech since it's either a 1K freebie or a drink chit, the older the better), as an amber-colored spirits drinker:
Beer -- can't go wrong with the Voodoo Ranger IPA or whichever Sam Adams they have
Whisk(e)y -- Glenfarclas or Buffalo Trace, depending on your taste

If I want a mixed drink I go to a bar where they know how to make a real cocktail.

PVDProf

To the question at hand: Glenfarclas or Buffalo Trace, depending on my mood. The Glenfarclas is pretty solid.

I have only had issues on UX or with trainees. I didn't even get my package this year, and have just been burning through old ones.

junglematt

Same here! And never as a PDB, but always at cruise. The cabin altitude and lack of humidity mean that it's one of the few things that still has flavor up there.

Also, it's probably one of the more healthy drinks you can have, with the tomato juice and whatnot. At least that's what I tell myself.

Long Zhiren

Yes. Altitude messes up your taste buds. No. Airplane food is not necessarily bad. It's your taste buds that got wiped out. It's a vicious cycle. The airlines try to make up for it by jacking the sugar and salt contents up.
Somehow, tomato juice tastes better at altitude.

OP--Thanks for the thread. I'll have to dig out my old, expired drink chits. I used to get them every time I made Platinum. I just made Platinum again for the first time in a while. Sounds like I'll get nothing.

I miss the pmCO amaretto that was usually available. UA's regular offering of craft beers has been my favorite lately.

Buffalo Trace? I prefer Woodford Reserves myself, especially with some good chocolate, but I haven't seen anybody offer the combination at altitude anywhere. Otherwise, I'm more than sufficiently happy with a good craft beer.

MostlyUA

My drink used to be vodka and the olive juice from Tapas box plus ice -- makes for a passable vodka martini on the rocks. I don't think Tapas box includes olives anymore.

I've mixed orange juice/cranberry juice and rum -- maitai-ish? It's too bad that United does not carry dark rum or pineapple juice. No Grand Marnier either -- Grand Marnier and the Margarita mix made for a very sweet but passable Margarita.