About

Imagine a world where you can sit in the comfort of your own home, beside a warm fire drinking your favorite beverage. Perhaps you’re more of a pub crawler or “common man” drinker that just wants to try new spirits without having to risk hitting a bad brew. Perhaps you’re an everyday drinker?

We at Everyday Drinkers are your common consumers of alcoholic beverages, we’re not out to use big fancy words and try to sound all ‘uppity uppity’ about our drinks. Beer, wine, beer, cocktails, mixed drinks or a Midori Sour is fine with us - whatever makes us happy. However, our ultimate goal is to provide you with entertainment through our Drinking Podcast (coming soon) and learn you up on some styles of drinks from Japan to Germany to the good ol’ US of A.

Hopefully you enjoy your stay.

– Meet The Cast –

Derrick Schommer (Host)

Favorite Beer: Löwenbräu
Least Favorite Beer: Saint Pauli Girl
Favorite Wine: Reds (Merlot, Cabernet, etc.)
Least Favorite Wine: Whites (almost all)
Favorite Mixed Drink Recipe: Mai Tai, Captain Morgan & Coke Zero
Least Favorite Drink Recipe: A badly made White Russian
Favorite Hard Alcohol: Spiced Dark Rum
Least Favorite Hard Alcohol: Amaretto

I like my drinks on the rocks and blended during the hot summer days, a medium temperature microbrew beer with a tendency to go dark but have moods for a good lighter wheat beer during the spring and summer.

When it comes to mixed drinks, I prefer sweeter drinks to sour ones but occasionally a sour to mix things up a bit. If I had to pick my favorite place to drink I’d choose at home or at a party with friends.

How do I avoid hangovers? Finish the night with lots of water and a few Advil before bed.

Doug Petersen (Panel Member and Drink Master)

Favorite Beer: Abita Turbo Dog
Least Favorite Beer: Wheat Beers
Favorite Wine: Red Zins, e.g., SinZin; Earth, Fire, and Zin, Segesio,
etc.
Least Favorite Wine: White varieties, in general.
Favorite Mixed Drink Recipe: Bombay Dirty Martinis; Manhattans
Least Favorite Drink Recipe: None
Favorite Hard Alcohol: Jägermeister
Least Favorite Hard Alcohol: None.

I like my drinks on the neat, a medium temperature microbrew beer of any color as long as it has an enjoyable taste.

When it comes to mixed drinks, I prefer sweet drinks to sour drinks and you can find me drinking at the pub, at parties with friends and at home.

How do I avoid hangovers? I don’t believe in hangovers!

Kate (Panel Member and Hawt Drunk Chick)

Favorite Beer: Killian’s Red or Rolling Rock (not a connoisseur)
Least Favorite Beer: Bud Light
Favorite Wine: Pinot Noir
Least Favorite Wine: White Zinfandel
Favorite Mixed Drink Recipe: Vodka Tonic
Least Favorite Drink Recipe: Hurricane, they just wreck me.
Favorite Hard Alcohol: Bourbon baby, rock it with the big dawgs.
Least Favorite Hard Alcohol: It’s a tie: Southern Comfort and Ouzo

I like my drinks neat or blended, the fewer ingredients the better. I don’t drink beer as often as I used to but it’s gotta be icey cold when I do. I really enjoy a good mircrobrew if I’m out at a pub, but I also rock the mass marketed variety. I don’t drink beer with the word “light” in the name, but I’ll drink a pale ale at a brewery that does it up right.

I’m expanding my horizons in the mixed drink arena. Recently I’ve dabbled mostly with sweet drinks but I love me a good old fashioned Appletini. Caveat - I am a chick. If pushed, I’m gonna go with sour drinks over those of the sticky sweet variety. My favorite place to drink .. well, this would be heavily mood dependent but I’d say a pub over a club, a party over a rave, and drinking at home is always a nice option.

How do I avoid hangovers? Good Karma.

Dave (Panel Member and Taller Than Most Humans) [website: hostiletraveler.com]

Favorite Beer: Varies by season - Hoegaarden (Belgian white) in the summer, Guinness in the winter
Least Favorite Beer: Watery domestic stuff like Coors, Busch, Miller, etc.
Favorite Wine: Can’t stand wine, sadly enough.
Least Favorite Wine: I guess that’d be all of them?
Favorite Mixed Drink Recipe: Margarita
Least Favorite Drink Recipe: Least Favorite?
Favorite Hard Alcohol: Tequila (Don Julio reposado)
Least Favorite Hard Alcohol: Anything with a licorice flavor (Anice, Sambuca, Ouzo, etc)

I like my drinks on the rocks, a nice cold beer (within reason) and I’m not partial to any manufacturer, brand or marketing technique, I’m about quality. There are some mass produced beers that are great and some microbrews that suck. Smaller doesn’t always equal better. My favorite winter beers are dark and my favorite summer beers are light.

When it comes to drinking mixed drinks I like sweet over sour and when it comes to drinking anything I always like pub atmospheres, especially those in the UK.

How do I avoid hangovers? Don’t drink like a college frat boy, and plenty of water before bed.