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Permalink Reply by Joe Schmegheggi on July 8, 2011 at 8:10pm

RE: variety among beer types -

I bought some beer for a party, and not being a connoisseur, got some off-brand "home crafted" beers from my membership club...( you know, everything in sizes larger than you need or want). I would happily drink a Corona over this swill. The beer drinkers in my family stopped drinking after one. There is definitely a difference between good and lousy brews.

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Permalink Reply by Kristian David Gore on July 8, 2011 at 10:58am

I don't drink much and I don't get drunk like I did when I was in the Navy but I will say that on the occasions I do have one or two drinks I would order something else if it didn't have the effect it did. Why would I bother?

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Permalink Reply by dataguy on July 8, 2011 at 12:20pm

Never had a beer that made me want to have more, BUT, living in Texas there's nothing like sipping a cold margarita by the pool or with a Tex-Mex meal.  I've tried to make non-alcoholic slushies to drink by the pool, but the low freezing temperature of alcohol makes it an essential ingredient. Basically a non-alcoholic slushie is snow.  Can you imagine drinking snow through a straw?  It doesn't work.

 

I'm not sure if this proves or disproves your point, but in the case of margaritas, I see this as a time I'd want the alcohol without the buzz that comes from drinking alcohol.  I doubt that the ability to drink non-alcoholic margaritas would add to survival of the fittest.

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Permalink Reply by Nate on July 8, 2011 at 12:33pm

I think that alcohol is so widly used despite all the health risks because it is one of the only commercially legal forms of mind alteration, same goes with tobacco.  Personally, (I hate to sound like a stoner but...) if weed were legal, I would never touch another drop of booze or whiff of tobacco.  Pot is much safer and deals so much less damage that the legal alternatives.  And people will always look for some sort of metal escape or break from the norm, our psyche often needs a break from the stress of life and just plain survival of life.  That is just my two cents though.

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Permalink Reply by Steve on July 8, 2011 at 3:36pm

I'm not a huge beer person, but I genuinely like the taste of certain liquors or cocktails. And I'm perfectly capable of just having two or three shots and stopping before I get drunk or notice too much of an effect

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Permalink Reply by Craig Nomazlab on July 8, 2011 at 4:00pm

It would probably depend on the beverage. Certain wines and beers, or mixed drinks people would probably be able to tolerate and possibly enjoy them. However, I'm sure if you handed them a shot of vodka or scotch, they would probably despise it.

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Permalink Reply by Cynthia Armistead on July 8, 2011 at 5:14pm

Personally, no, I never found one that I truly liked. I could tolerate them, but that was about it. I always preferred drinks that didn't taste like alcoholic drinks, and I absolutely despised every beer I ever tried (and I tried many, because friends kept telling me that I just hadn't tried the right beer yet). I was always drinking to be social more than anything else. I have a high tolerance and don't get hangovers, thanks to generations of 'shine runners and alcoholics in the family tree, so I suppose it's good that I wasn't drinking for the effect.

My father has always allowed small children sips of whatever he's drinking, on the theory that the forbidden is more alluring than the known. I think it's telling that any time a small child accidentally picks up or is allowed a sip of an alcoholic drink, her expression is one of dismay or betrayal. "You gave me WHAT? You DRINK THIS??!!!"

Alcohol is an acquired taste, and there's little reason for most people to acquire it. I freely acknowledge, however, that I am biased against the stuff.

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Permalink Reply by Ralph Day on July 8, 2011 at 5:15pm

A few binges 30+ years ago (that's individual drunken episodes) turned me off alcohol altogether.  Wine? waste of good grape juice...spirits?  waste of grain...Beer?  I can stick my finger in my ear, lick the end and it tastes just like I had a beer. 

The dis-inhibiting effect worries me.  I say enough stupid things already, alcohol made me stupid(er)

 

Ralph

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Permalink Reply by Eddie Wetzler on July 10, 2011 at 9:32pm

I love the taste of wine, Chardonnay in particular. Certainly many types of alcohol have to be fought through, and a taste acquired, to enjoy the specific benefits we seek from them, but the same can be said of coffee at first, and how many people end up loving the taste of that? Asparagus, onions, broccoli, all were disgusting to me at first taste, but I've learned to love them. Though these aren't "poison" to us, they were initially offensive, and still are to many people, so I think the idea of needing conditioning to learn to appreciate something is not necessarily a bad thing. Science continues to show that moderate alcohol intake can be beneficial, and humans have been drinking and enjoying inebriates for as long as we've been here, so who's to say alcohol isn't just another legitimate choice for sustenance?

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Permalink Reply by Derek on July 10, 2011 at 11:18pm

broccoli, all were disgusting to me at first taste, but I've learned to love them. Though these aren't "poison" to us, they were initially offensive, and still are to many people,

 

What people are 'still offended' by broccoli? Please expand.

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Permalink Reply by Cynthia Armistead on July 11, 2011 at 3:22am

I won't say that I'm offended, but I've never liked the taste of broccoli florets at all. I don't see the point in drowning them in cheese to eat them (what's "healthy" about that?). The only way I eat broccoli is as "slaw," in a salad with other veggies, in pieces so small that I can't really discern the taste of it at all.

But I freely admit that I have the tastes of a spoiled 3-year-old.

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Permalink Reply by Artor on September 11, 2011 at 12:46am

Try it steamed with butter and maybe some garlic. Mmmm!

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