the trick is to be 15 and get started with a 40 of colt 45 that your friend's mom got for you and your friend for helping with yardwork. choke that down just for the buzz and then actual craft beer is like candy

Stealing keystone light from your parents in 7th grade makes all other beer taste amazing except for Miller light

How old are you? (this is a legit question, not trying to judge or anything). Do you drink coffee? If so, how do you like it?

What’s weird is ciders exist that taste just like juice yet they are the niche drink.

I don’t get beer

neither do I ...... gotta buy it to have it

You just need the right beer. Sam adams and Octoberfest. Cali squeeze blood orange tastes like orange hi-c. Devils gap Jalepeno ale. There are some good tasting beers

Since others are posting about the how and not the why:

I don’t like most beers, but the ones I like are refreshing (mainly Almaza the local standard here in Lebanon, a Pilsner if that means anything to anyone). It’s slightly bitter like tea, less so than coffee, and fizzy but not as much as a sugary drink. It complements a lot of foods, doesn’t really get you drunk quickly (I don’t drink to that point), is pretty widely available, and is nice to drink during a chat because it takes a bit of time, kind of like coffee or tea.

Supposedly Almaza is similar to Asahi or Kingfisher from India.

I’ve also enjoyed “interesting” beers but that’s how beer works for me. I’ve had Guinness, it’s interesting, more of a curiosity for me, very bready, I can see myself having it often if it was widely available.

If you’re talking more about the American movie style “buy a 96-pack of canned yellow water and consume half of it while watching American football alone” beer I have no idea what that’s about.

Just think of it as stanky sourdough social beverage. If that doesn’t appeal to you, there you go.

It is possible that you just haven’t had one you liked yet. The are a lot of different flavors and styles. I like some but not others. Then again, why bother since drinking isn’t really all that great for you anyway. 😄

I'm with you. I tried to acquire a taste for it in college, but it still tastes like sour regret to me.

Matcha does taste like grass, I agree, and I still like it. I guess if I ate grass I probably wouldn’t hate it, at least from a taste perspective

It’s delicious. I also love sencha. Black coffee is also superior compared to the sugar bomb coffee drinks most of the country drinks.

If you like that bite, you might also try (non-alcoholic) birch beer. It's generally stronger.

if that's the case Irn Bru is also on that list...though it's an acquired taste.

Real ginger ale, not that shit they sell at grocery stores.

Also spruce beer, which I've never seen outside Quebec.

Oh the white peach is genuinely habit forming. One day I opened the fridge to find out hubs had picked me up one on the way home and genuinely felt myself salivate.

What about V8?

bawls are the only good energy drink

I'll go one step further and say, most energy drinks in general.

It's not even so much the flavor as it is the chalky texture and aftertaste that just about every one of them seems to have. I'm not sure if they're all powder-based or what, but there's a residual feeling left on my tongue that I can't stand.

Are those considered delicious by anyone?

Kombucha was what she was reacting to.

I worked at a natural grocery store in college. I was totally with OP at first, but many a free sample got me into it. If you drink enough of it, you start to enjoy it, much like beer or wine, it's an acquired taste. There was a time where I was drinking 1/day. Now since I'm not around it all the time, I'll get it once every few months, but I still enjoy it very much.

If you like yogurt it's not that different. Both are 'off' and it's just the cultural context that you grow up in that teaches which one is acceptable.

its like soda-lite, if people want probiotics, get in pill form more effective.

Seems like you only had bad or strong kombucha?

Foamy dog vomit is a band name I would claim.

Add wine and beer to the list.

I agree except for barley shochu

It’s cause Malört is fucking gross so people started drinking it ironically and came full circle.

There’s a bar in Tennessee that specializes in Malört based mixed drinks. I tried some just to say I did and they were just OK.

It really ain't that bad lol

I got to liking it because I would drink it with friends, now it reminds me of the good times

This and Underberg. Most of my bartender friends love it and I’m still convinced they’re all fucking with me. I’d rather take a shot of Malört. But I’ll still join the round of Bergs for the camaraderie.

IMHO it’s saved by the mimosa. Throw some orange juice in that overhyped sparkling grape juice and I am IN. Great for tolerating events with people you don’t like.

I had LOTS before I had one from a friend who really knows wines.

That changed my opinion of champagne as a whole, but most of it (especially in the US, or the Brut style) just sucks.

But that's wine in general. I've had lots of mediocre wine and a few that were fantastic (to my tastes).

Consider all the varieties and vintages, then everyone's personal tastes, and it's no wonder opinions are all over the map.

Champagne is one of the few drinks that generally fucks me.

I can have nine or ten pints in a night and feel rubbish but function the following day. I can have a bottle or two of sparkling wine and feel like shit for the following morning, but still function.

Two glasses of champers and I am literally doubled over with a bastard of a hangover the following day.