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Nothing wrong with drinking wine at home ..... saves changing your shoes to go out and anyway we are not within walking distance of a pub or restaurant ....

A glass of wine, Kevin Bridges on the box, what could be better?

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Until recently, I have had one or two wines almost every night.
One or two bottles, that is !

Predictably, the medicos have called a halt to that. Bugger !

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An alcoholic father prevented me from getting any enjoyment from the stuff - can't even bear the smell. Now, though, apparently fruit juice is bad for you too....

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Abbey I can't drink wine from 'boxes' it is often of poor quality. It is possible to buy half bottles of wine but that is very expensive and the variety available limited ..

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Good luck to Tony Carol, nothing like the real thing, I’m not fond of spirits meself, port in a short for me.

I have noticed in recent years people who would never dream of having a drink in the house are doing so regularly now, a person who drinks in the house used to be called a house muddler over here, can’t say I’ve heard the expression lately though, I’m not in the least bit being sexist by saying this, just stating a piece of Dublin history, but in the old days most of the muddlers were women, you would hear something like this at a neighbours funeral, nudge nudge “Did you know she was a muddler? yes she was a bottle of vodka a day woman and nobody ever knew she touched a drop”
I think the smoking ban and the high cost of drink in the pubs is the main reason for drinking at home now, looks like we’re all becoming a nation of muddlers because of the governments decisions, nothing we can do about it so here’s to your health, cheers! hic! hic! hic!

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The killjoys

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every Friday evening i have a few beers in the house..........i respect the real ale lads, but I have learnt at my cost, to drink bottled beer........if only to know that when I am out, no matter what drinking establishment I am in, the bottled beer never varies.........after living in pubs for a fair bit of my life. i do know the little habits publicans can get up to...............i am also a "port monster" which i blame the army on.............and I love my single malt..................don't go out drinking much, because I am invariably driving...............slainte.........H

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We keep whiskey, vodka, gin, a selection of wines, beers and soft drinks in the house, in a separate fridge but I never think of drinking in the house unless we have visitors or a party. OH likes one or two glasses of whiskey after his evening meal, but I would rather go out and enjoy a drink in company.

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My drinking has reached 2 bottles of whisky a week.

This might explain why on another thread about alkies I ask if the drinker was happy..... cause I am.

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I drink(red wine) at home but hardly ever if I am out. Alcohol makes me very sleepy so I would miss out on the conversation at social meetings. I used to enjoy a pint but not for many years now. I used to brew my own and,even though I say it myself, I was good at it,my Pale Ale even got me a first at the `National`