I don't like the way drinks with alcohol taste

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No, off with him. Tell him to bring some ice on the way back. And a charcuterie plate.

/pours a couple fingers of Laphroaig 25 year.

Glen Garioch ftw.

[Raeven1301]

Um, alcohol is present in your body naturally and a small amount of alcohol is actually good for you. Or so I understand...

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_the_h...cohol?#slide=1

http://lifehacker.com/5684996/what-a...brain-and-body

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Oh, it's also worth noting that alcohol is actually poison to your body. The feeling of being tipsy or drunk is not a good thing at all, it is your body trying to fight off the poison and thus, letting other functions be sacrificed for the sake of keeping you alive.

Just thought I'd mention that as it's one of the other reasons I don't get it :P

Just, no. No.

It's an intoxicant, it can be toxic, but your liver is equipped to metabolise it just fine in reasonable amounts. Caffeine is lethal, and damaging, at certain concentrations, don't drink that poisonous coffee!!

[thatmikeguy]

Just, no. No.

It's an intoxicant, it can be toxic, but your liver is equipped to metabolise it just fine in reasonable amounts. Caffeine is lethal, and damaging, at certain concentrations, don't drink that poisonous coffee!!

Doesn't coffee cleanse the liver, or is that only going the other way? lol

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Doesn't coffee cleanse the liver, or is that only going the other way? lol

It cleanses your colon, that's for sure.

[Deleted]

Everything else is consumed because it gives you a buzz. Anyone who says otherwise is a liar and is not to be trusted.

What about long drinks then? I drink them because I like the taste.

I also like "marhuľovica" (apricot spirit), which is how we call it around here, but you might know (probably not) the term "pálenka." We use it when talking about distilled spirits made from various fruits. I drink it for the taste more than anything, but it's very gentle and goes easy on you while still pretty high (normally 38% - 52%), so you can get shitfaced in a minute. It's specific to my country : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palenka

[Charge me Doctor]

Um, alcohol is present in your body naturally and a small amount of alcohol is actually good for you. Or so I understand...

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_the_h...cohol?#slide=1

From what i've read, it's OK to drink up to 20 grams of alcohol (96*, ethanol, you get it) or ~50 grams of vodka if you do math, do math for other drinks considering their content of alcohol. It will be out of your body in next morning. Drinking, for example, 30 grams, will leave some ethanol in your body and it will cause some problems.

The thing is, ethanol naturally presents in your body, and your body can get rid of it, if you add more ethanol via drinking it, your body won't be able to get rid of that amount and it will remain in your body until the next run of "getting rid of it"

[AeneasBK]

From what i've read, it's OK to drink up to 20 grams of alcohol (96*, ethanol, you get it) or ~50 grams of vodka if you do math, do math for other drinks considering their content of alcohol. It will be out of your body in next morning. Drinking, for example, 30 grams, will leave some ethanol in your body and it will cause some problems.

The thing is, ethanol naturally presents in your body, and your body can get rid of it, if you add more ethanol via drinking it, your body won't be able to get rid of that amount and it will remain in your body until the next run of "getting rid of it"

Not being bad for you isn't the same as being actually good for you. The link Raeven1301 posted was interested; the data showed that proportionally more people who don't drink at all of the sample group died than those who drank lightly; and whilst that has been interpreted as a physiological advantage; its been suggested that it might just be that the many other aspects of keeping mind+body going as you enter into the twilight years are facilitated by light drinking. Light drinkers are more sociable and the benefits of being social produces this longevity; rather than the alcohol itself... Was an interesting read

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Only alcoholic drink I can really enjoy drinking is Ginger Beer :P

[Deleted]

I don't drink any alcohol and I hate the taste.

...with the exception of tequila and tequila sunrise lol. Those two I can tolerate and actually say that I like the taste, but I still refuse to drink any.

Hates the taste of alcohol.

Likes the taste of tequila.

Sounds legit.

[Ausr]

Can stand whiskey sours, that's about it.

[Adam Jensen]

well for starters if your drinking alcohol for the taste your doing it wrong. the sole purpose of alcohol is to have a girl drink it so they are to drunk to reject you then u fuck them. simple truth

So basically, you advocate date rape.

Good to know.

[Annoying]

It's the only alcohol I can smell without wanting to throw up lol.

Literally backwards.

There's a few solid archetypes amongst people who enjoy drinking, and hating the smell of everything but tequila is pretty rare.

[Reeve]

Best drink ever:

The Last Word
Equal parts
Gin
Maraschino liqueur
Green Chartreuse
Line juice

Shake, then strain into a low ball

Best drink ever.

Though if you don't mind bitter, Negronis are awesome too.

[Kagecamia]

only beer ill drink is mikes hard lemonade thats it.

I enjoy one of those from time to time. However everyone I know calls it adult koolaid and not beer. Which I would agree.

[Ergar]

You'll get used to it. I used to hate every type of alcohol, but now its all the same kinda. Beer tastes kinda gross, but after a few, it starts to taste really good. Hard lemonade and ciders are delicious. Only thing i can't drink is vodka, whiskey and Pisanq (due to a series of unfortunate events that happened when i was 13 years old).

[Drunkenfinn]

You'll get used to it. I used to hate every type of alcohol, but now its all the same kinda. Beer tastes kinda gross, but after a few, it starts to taste really good. Hard lemonade and ciders are delicious.

Yeah I agree with this.

At one point when I didnt have that much money and "had to" buy the cheapest beer there was which had quite a bitter taste to it so I also bought a few hard lemonades / long-drinks which I drank first to get a little buzz.
It kinda feels like getting a wee little buzz kinda dulls your tastebuds so you dont taste the bitterness / alcohol in the beer so strongly so even the cheap stuff is drinkable after you're a bit tipsy

[belfpala]

It kinda feels like getting a wee little buzz kinda dulls your tastebuds so you dont taste the bitterness / alcohol in the beer so strongly so even the cheap stuff is drinkable after you're a bit tipsy

It's a combination of getting used to the taste, getting buzzed enough to not care about the taste, and losing taste and olfactory sense as you get older.

[vaeevictiss]

only beer ill drink is mikes hard lemonade thats it.

...thats not beer...lol

as for me...i think shit beer like Corona, budweiser, heineken taste like shit because they are garbage. Im pretty sure beers like that just come from old bar rags wrung out into a bottle. If you are basing your opinion on that, then you really need to try good beer.

Also, tequila is my drink of choice, actually have a bottle of reposado milagro next to me. One of their limited edition ones. so smooth.

[Spectral]

Most alcoholic beverages are acquired tastes, especially things with high alcohol content. Even when I loved beer, it took me awhile to get used to the taste of neat bourbon. If you don't want to acquire that taste, don't.