Some people notice the taste of alcohol a lot more, and when you're younger it's also the case of it being more distinct. I'll say as someone who does like to drink their alcohol, if you don't like it, please don't force yourself into it. If anything you may be able to serve as the DD for friends who like to have a few drinks while out.

For me, it's the smell. I always get a whiff of an underlying, rotten garbage smell underneath anything alchoholic.

I've had maybe a dozen drinks since my first one 7 years ago, and most of those were bagged fruity frozen drinks that, yeah, helped hide the alcohol flavor. Would have been better as just nonalcoholic frozen fruity drinks. Mocktails can be good but imo most of the ones I've had were overpriced for juice and soda water.

Outside of those, I had some sips of an IPA and a pilsner on a food tour, tried a couple cocktails my folks made after they got back from a cruise (which was weird because I never saw them drink before), tried whatever drink has a salt rim at a restaurant (it was terrible). Haven't had anything this year. Never been buzzed.

I’ve never seen an opinion be so terribly wrong before.