okay zoomer

When I tell people I don't drink they sometimes think I used to be an alcoholic or something. I just think it tastes like shit lol

Definitely for the better that you don't like it. I enjoyed it from the word go and oh the money wasted and stupid shit I have done while shitfaced.

My dad did something really smart, he saw me looking at it and said here try a sip. Of course I try to sip and it was the worst drink I've ever drank and I didn't drink till my 20's

How whiskey tastes:

Cocktails, Margheritas, and coolers are usually pretty tasty, though there's still the bite of 87 alcohol

I dunno, I enjoy the taste of beer 🤷

like your drunk dad hitting you with planks

I still don't drink, and I'm in my 40s.

There's plenty of cocktails that taste like the left, you just have to be willing to leave your toxic masculinity behind and order a drink that's "for girls."

also anyone else think it's kinda fucked that the drinks "for girls" often seem like they're trying to hide the taste of alcohol entirely?

For a very long time, the Cosmopolitan was considered a "man's drink"

can confirm. never liked it.

Good ol' days

When it tastes like that you drink it because it gets the job done, not to savor it. Not that that’s necessarily a good thing.

I’ve had some dangerously delicious blended cocktails on vacations, like boozy ice cream in a glass. I’m sure they’d make comparable mocktails at places, though 😄

And ciders. Like beer, but tastes sweet and sometimes like actual fruit

Obviously wine just tastes like grape juice but better, and they get you started on that pretty early. I didn’t enjoy my first taste of beer, but that’s because my dad has never really been a drinker and had a tinny of some shitty lager like tenants at the dinner table once.

I love the taste of beer, and a bunch of other drinks (Gin & Tonic, variety of wines, vodka drinks including martinis and sweet drinks, etc).

But I also don't care for seafood at all, while it seems most people love it.

You should use a smaller brush when painting.

I’ve heard plenty of people say this to me and no one has been able to back it up. Drinks that attempt to hide the taste of alcohol would be better without alcohol in them in the first place.

Give me a fucking capri sun over a cocktail any day

I mean look, I don’t get any positive effects from drinking. Usually I just think “why did I pay for something expensive that tastes bad?” So maybe I’d change my tune if it actually made me feel happy or relaxed or whatever, but from a flavor standpoint alcohol just sucks.

Even if you liked the taste of alcohol look me dead in the eye and tell me it doesn’t clash flavor wise with basically everything. Bitter citrus flavors work okay and the same with juniper or other herbs like in gin, but seriously why do you even want to drink something that tastes like a tree in the first place?

Ah yes I want to drink the taste of bread but I prefer it when it has inescapable notes of literal poison and also the taste of the smell of weed (technically hops).

Ah yes gotta love that this other drink mostly just burns my throat but also has the subtle taste of wood. Gotta get the high end stuff though so that also has flavor notes that taste like a peat bog.

Here have some lemonade but worse. Don’t like that? how about this other cocktail that is peach lemonade (but also worse).

Do you know what else we should make worse? Chocolate milk. (Baileys)

i once had someone tell me about a drink called “the date rape” (he was a gay dude joking about straight guys date raping women).
drink is: one beer with a shot of everclear snuck into it.
which i’m sure your question is getting at.
but no, i think girls just tend to dislike more bitter drinks.

I’ve heard plenty of people say this to me and no one has been able to back it up. Drinks that attempt to hide the taste of alcohol would be better without alcohol in them in the first place.

As someone who enjoys rum in various forms, I'll take virgin mojito over alcoholic one any day

This post has potential in the Stop Doing Math meme template, but I can't be bothered to rekajigger it myself

I dislike sugar in drinks because it can make the hangover worse and I've kinda weaned myself off of sweet drinks long time ago (meaning including tea, soda, etc). So generally my most preferred booze is non flavored Soju, possibly with a little lime juice. When cold it kinda just tastes like water with a little lime. There is a flavor but it's so mild it's easy to miss. Varies by brand. DAON original doesn't really even need lime for me.

Yeah, like why would other bitter flavors be ok but not alcohol? Not everyone wants to just eat sweets all day

Drinking an NA right now, they have come a long way and I guess I'm an alcoholic

They call it a milkshake, foreign sounding right?

Peary!

why do you even want to drink something that tastes like a tree in the first place?

Fragrant herbal/woody flavors can be very refreshing. One of my favorite drinks on a hot day is spruce flavored sparkling water.

Yeeeah not quite lol, more so like a frozen margarita with a coconut base. I guess sherbert?

I’m a sucker for a good milkshake/ice cream treat though! Cookout and Culver’s have some good options if you’re ever in the southeast US.

My dad let me sip his beer as a kid. It was disgusting. Never did acquire a taste for alcohol.

I think you're drinking the wrong alcohol for your palate.

i thought the planking trend died out but it's good to see parents still getting some exercise

Sorry dude, you just haven't got the pallet for it. Not trying to shame or anything, I disliked alcohol for a long time so I totally get it.

But now? Holy shit, a good single barrel bourbon is quite literally the best tasting thing I can get on my tongue without going to a Michelin star restaurant. The complexity is off the charts. The flavor is amazing. I wish I could get it without the actual alcohol so I could drink more.

Sweet citrusy alcohol sounds like what you'd enjoy, I'd recommend mikan, yuzu, or plum wines. They have a bit of a fermented ish taste that you don't find in their fruit juice variants and they have a mild sweetness.

I think part of the issue with alcohol is that its all grouped under one tag, but different preparation makes wildly different flavors. Harder alcohols like whiskies and vodkas are moreso what you describe as not liking.

I don't think god's own drink (a negroni) would taste right without the alcohol. The alcohol allows extraction of the wonderful botanical flavours that go into it.

Why would you want to drink something sweet? I'm big into herbal teas, and bitter greens in meals. Maybe people enjoy different sensations?

Hey now, my pallet is high definition lol; it’s just that I really dislike the taste of ethanol

I can pick out flavor profiles pretty well, especially since I have family members who enjoy doing so, but having a good sense of taste doesn’t mean I’m going to like everything I taste.

I’ll admit it is interesting to notice complex combinations and just interesting from the chemistry standpoint that we can create notes of fruits or vanilla just by selecting the right brewing container material. But complexity =/= goodness.

If you gave me the decision to choose between a well made Michelin Star level dish but with a strong flavor I greatly dislike (like fennel) or choose a basic homemade grilled cheese sandwich, I would probably take the sandwich

Fair, to each their own.

One of my siblings likes those flavors and has often made cookies or cakes with flowers as ingredients. They’re not inedible but definitely not my favorite kind of baked goods

To be fair I actually do kinda like bitter greens like kale, but not as a drink

You got planks?

I got rusty jumper cables.

Definitely but I’d feel bad telling them that. They can just not drink and that’s a pretty good choice, honestly.

You're lucky. I love pure tequila , and vodka. If I can't taste the alcohol its a bad drink to me.

Ive always had super strong taste preferences though. Super spicy stuff, really bitter black coffee etc ever since little. I wonder how much that plays into it.

That's why I drink malört

Yeah I loooove a good gin

Drink cocktails, good ones at that with modest shelf liquor. It'll be tasty.

God this is an insufferable rant.

It's OK to not like something and respect others do.

Tastes like chemicals to me, it’s disgusting.

I once tried a coke with vodka, it tasted better without the vodka and im not even a fan of coke.

Yep, tea are literally "tastes like a tree/plant" n that they are hot leaf and sometimes stick water.

pina coladas are peak

True.

If the drink without alcohol is not yummy, it's not going to be yummy with it.

There are fancy cocktails and weird alcohols. Look at fancy gins, absinthe, some fine whiskeys (stay the fuck away from rye), some wines when properly paired, plum wine....

Then there's cases where already tasty stuff can be enhanced with booze that's not good to drink on its own.

But generally yes alcohol tastes bad and people are just trying to make getting drunk less harrowing.