Source: xkcd
I hate the taste of red wine. Know what I do when I meet oenophiles? I drink a beer, because I like beer. But a non-alcoholic beer, because I’m a recovering alcoholic.
Where do I find me some non-alcoholic room-temperature 190-proof Everclear?
But beer does taste good…
Can we all just agree that my tastes are correct and every person that disagrees is wrong?
Willing to bet most people who don’t like the taste of beer base that opinion on tasting some cheap horse piss lager in their teens. Much like I hated wine until I drank something above $10/bottle.
For me I just don’t like the taste of Alcohol. It’s a subtle bitterness that ruins the drink for me and it burns in an unpleasant way, like the smell of nail polish.
I’ve tried various drinks over the years, the front taste might be pleasant, but when I taste the alcohol, bleh. What’s sad is that there was a wine or two that had a fantastic front taste that I just wish was alcohol free.
If beer “burns”, you’re doing it wrong. Sure there’s the odd Jamaican Ginger or Cinnamon that might be spicy, but I’ve never had a beer strong enough to get that burning sensation that stronger alcohols can give.
Are you allergic? Did you try a beer so far gone that it’s basically formaldehyde?
You’re of course welcome to chose not to poison yourself with alcohol and I don’t want to push anyone into drinking …… but if you legit were willing but didn’t like the taste, microbrews have a huge range of tastes and strengths that could appeal to many different people
Its been a while since I had alcohol. The last thing I had was Vokda since my wife is using it to make Mint Extract, and sip was enough to remind me why I don’t like the drink.
As for Beer proper. I think it was a fresh bottle of mikes hard lemonade, and what I can recall was overwhelming bitterness mixed with a burning sensation. But that could just be the alcohol drying out my throat.
I also did a rum and coke shot, again bitterness and burning.
Not sure if allergic, but I can see a sensitivity to it. Especially with my strong sense of smell.
I personally see it more like an aversion like how some people avoid carbonated beverages
Except there are wines from certain regions that are inexpensive and absolutely fantastic. It’s typically American wine that is really bad if it’s at a low price point.
Wouldn’t even say that. Zinfandel is a Californian wine and it doesn’t break the bank, a bottle here being less than 5€. Although, to be fair, I’m in Europe and they probably don’t import the shit wine from overseas.
What?? I drink non-alcoholic beer, because it tastes great and I dont want to get drunk.
Is that a real xkcd? Seems like a rare miss for that guy, since it is an incredibly disingenous claim. A lot of people actually thinks that beer taste pretty great.
Idk you probably didn’t notice, but I think this “xkcd” stuff is very often doing jokes ;)