Drink of choice for serious listening?


This is a frivolous topic but probably won't end up any worse than a lot of more technical threads around here. But right now I'm settling down to listen to music for a few hours. I've got a glass of Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon on two cubes of ice which is a pretty good substitute for when you can't get your hands on a bottle of Blanton's.

I also like Aberlour A'bunadh single malt Scotch. No ice. Usually neat but maybe a few drops of water.

So when you sit down for serious listening do you like to have drink? If so, what? Doesn't have to be alcohol of course.
n80
Ego or everyday ?

btw Whistle Pig is excellent Rye finished in Bourbon barrels. I like mine white just enough ice to generate a slick....

for everyday duty I like old Vine like Davis out of the Russian River valley
Boomtown Syrah our of Washington

top End Pinot for me is SeaSmoke Ten
drinking one now while streaming MP3 Christmas trash.....

when end I am fishing Black Bush ! So half empties tend to make it home to my vintage tube system...

finally adore Talisker.....smoke!!!! On ice

I never could stomach hard liquor. A shot of $500 dollar whiskey would gag me about as much as a $10 bottle. If there is such a cheap whiskey. Diet 7up for me with crushed ice from the fridge. But the ice is made with filtered water so there!
Bishops Finger (ale), S:t Peter's Cream Stout, Carnegie Porter or some other dark ale or porter/stout suits me well on the weekends. Otherwise tea.