Depends on what you'd call "Good". I know people who like Strongbow. What's your budget/slab?

I'm a fan of Rochdale cider at the moment.

Mercury Cider is cheap as and i'd rate it as above average

Recommendations for good but not too pricey cider + spirits?

I'd say that'd be down to your work watering down the kegs more than anything.

Where I work it's horribly watery. Can't ever get a decent head on it either. Yeah, most beer out of cans is bad, Blonde goes flat in minutes. Carlton Draught isn't too bad out of cans.

I actually don't mind it off tap. Out of a can is pretty horrid. Mind you, most beer is horrid in cans.

Pure Blonde is by far one of the best Aussie mainstream lagers out there. They're great out of stubbies, but I can't stomach it off tap. :-&

Lemonade or OJ are the way to go if you don't like the taste of your shitty goon.

CC and dry is a billion times better than with coke. Have you had it in a bottle v can? It goes flat so much faster in a bottle for some reason :? There's a place in Melbourne that has CC and Dry on tap. It's amazing.

:lol: righto. I can drink Vodka or Cider all night and have no problems. 2-3 gins and I'm seedy the next day.

Can confirm I spent first year at uni living off Pure Blonde, second year goon was the staple and probably will be for third too. I know it tastes like shit and pretty much is shit, but you do get used to goon eventually and as far as cost and potency goes it definitely does the job, I've found Multi V juice to be an excellent taste masker, or once you get used to the taste cut it with some flat lemonade.

For some reason I LOVE CC and Dry but when I have Canadian Club and Coke I really don't dig the mixture... CC just goes really well with Dry only for me.

I don't drink enough to get a hangover :lol:

Cheap crappy Vodka is going to give you a nasty hangover. Mix it with a good orange juice (something like Nudie Juice), which will give you a buttload of vitamins and ease the hangover. Unless that Vodka is Mishka, in which case you're doomed.

Best value for money is either Russian Standard Vodka and Pure Blonde.

If you mix American Honey and redbull together it tastes like Frosty Flakes.

TLDR;

Black Russians <3

-PB

Had a few Growler American Brown Ales the other night, very delicious. I think they're made by 2 Brothers brewery in Melbourne

Need an idea for alcohol during Uni thats fairly cost effective, but is good. Staying away from the usual stuff, recommend me some solid beer and spirits!

Been drinking a lot of American Honey and Coke lately.

My English ancestors are disgusted in me.

Yeah, nah, tastes like cough medicine :lol:

Will give both orange and cranberry juice a go in future (Y)

FNQ lager is woeful. Slight beer taste in otherwise a bottle of mineral water. Townsville Bitter on the other hand is a good drop. Shame DMs don't stock it.

More cheap and Crappy vodka.

Cranberry Juice is meant to be good for mixing where you don't really want to taste any alco.

Orange Juice

What's the best thing to add to cheap crappy vodka to make it taste less cheap and crappy?

The Apple and Pear blend is pretty awesome too. Slightly higher alcohol content and they come in a longneck.

Yep. Never had it before last Thursday and had the pear one at my 21st, loved it and then got the crushed apple on NYE, so good.

Asahi in the bottle has a very leafy, tobacco kind of taste. It's very good on tap though.

Why would your friends do that to you?! :lol:

Monteiths crushed apple cider is THE BEST out there.

<3 Monteiths

Have a lot of Strongbows to get through. Every person who bought me alcohol for my 18th got me Strongbow :lol:

Free Asahi?!? Wow, I didn't know about that. It's not like you've mentioned it in 3 threads now.

Sipping on a free 6-pack of Asahi as a Christmas/NYs gift from my boss at work.

Quite partial to the odd Asahi. Rather nice off tap.

De-Cider sounds good, but I can guarantee all their bar staff are wankers. The kind of people who go "I'm not a bartender, I'm a "mixologist".

Ohhhhh yeah. I'm going to a corporate/christmas lunch thing at Emmilou in Surry Hills. Open bar. And they've got some amaaaazing cocktails.

http://www.emmilou.com.au/menu.asp?tab=cocktail

Going to smash. :lol: