What's so great about beer?

[topperharley]

I'm in the same boat as S^4. I don't drink beer - or alcoholic beverages in general - because I don't like the taste. Could I acquire a taste for it? Probably. I thought Diet Coke tasted foul when I was in high school, and now I quite like it. But acquiring a taste for alcohol is not something I have any interest in or desire to do. I've never felt like I needed to get drunk or even buzzed to enjoy an activity, and I have plenty of other options for something refreshing on a hot day or to wash down a meal. There are other reasons, but I won't go into those.

[Dadasaurus Rex]

For me beer was an acquired taste. It was also a progression in that I could not stand any darker beer when I first started drinking it. At about 30 I had a roommate that only drank darker, heavier beers and insisted i just give them a try for awhile...he was such a beer snob he insisted on paying for it, so who was I to argue.

After a couple of months my taste had changed drastically, so much so that lighter, lager type of beers just tasted terrible to me. Usher in the era of Ales, Porters and Stouts (coinciding nicely with the micro beer boom of the late 80's and early 90's in Seattle/Portland area) and I became a beer snob too. Red Hook Red Ale was my favorite.

Sometime in my early 40's beer just began to make me tired, now I don't even drink the stuff except in dire thirst cases and it is always only 1 or 2 ...number 3 = nighty night. Still love the taste of a good premium beer, (fave is Samuel Smith's Old Brewery Pale Ale or a Guinness) It just doesn't make sense to drink something that just makes me tired.

[Lawdog1521]

I mainly drink to forget and to make sex tolerable.

[sillystou]

I hate the taste of beer. I also do not like the taste of wine.

I do however like drinks such as bloody caesars, tia maria, baileys, etc.

[Witticus]

I never drank beer until I began doing trips to Europe. In many parts beer is cheaper than water so drinking a beer at an eatery became a way to save money. Also I find US beer terrible and typically go with vodka or X Rated. But really alcohol is all personal opinion.

[Lawdog1521]

I was a tea totter until around 30, for no other reason than I didn't like the taste. Then in an effort to broaden my horizons I, out of the blue, took up wine. I found it intriguing how flavors could vary so vastly. Practically any flavor imaginable can be imparted on it just by the way it's grown. It even changes flavor the longer it's exposed to air. After experimentation I found to enjoy experiencing these subtle differences.

From that I moved on to hard liquor. And while that also has it's subtleties, it has the bonus of getting one intoxicated much faster. As many of you may have noticed, when inebriated I can be a tad... goofy. (As my WAYDRN RB radio show can attest too) As goofy as I am naturally, adding alcohol to the mix can be a fun diversion. However, since it does amplify my personality, I'm very careful with it. I don't drink in public. Between my smart ass mouth and my love of a good fist fight, it wouldn't be very wise to do.

And for the record, oddly enough, while I am a lush, I still don't care for beer.

[Dadasaurus Rex]

...And for the record, oddly enough, while I am a lush, I still don't care for beer.

Yes ^ though I still like it, it does not like me. Wine is my choice now. I guess the sugar keeps the old guy from getting tired.

[Lawdog1521]

I guess the sugar keeps the old guy from getting tired.

Was that a penis reference?

[sillystou]

hahahaaha!

[bigmf]

I very much like the taste of beer. I've made my own. My brother likes gin and tonic, which tastes like chemical warfare to me. We both like scotch.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.