Back when I could drink, I'd go for Jameson's or pear cider -- what's your booze of choice?
I actually cannot drink very much for medical reasons myself, but I am indeed fond of perry. Otherwise it's mostly whiskies that taste as though they were exhumed from a peat bog.
Have you tried non-alcoholic or low-alcohol drinks? Some beers are surprising-to-me good, but I'm also not a huge beer person, so perhaps I'm less discerning.
Is 3% ABV too high? I think one of my favorite dessert wines is only that strong Wow, just Googled to check, and apparently I remember very wrong. It says Quady Essencia Orange Muscat is 15% ABV. Nevermind.
Have you tried non-alcoholic or low-alcohol drinks? Some beers are surprising-to-me good, but I'm also not a huge beer person, so perhaps I'm less discerning.
I never have. For about a year and a half I was completely prohibited alcohol and now I am allowed small quantities at infrequent intervals and I never drank that much to begin with; it never seemed that important. I also dislike most beers on account of the hops. Sour ales and stouts are the negotiable exceptions.
I have never personally noticed alcohol making me feel happier or more clever or anything like that, although KY says from her observation I get more talkative. So for me, if it doesn't taste good, I don't see any point, and don't feel it adds to my enjoyment of social events.
But there are some things I do enjoy the taste of. I'd say I generally am not crazy about bitter things, but perhaps my tolerance has gone up in recent years, and so I am able to enjoy hoppy beers. That said, a friend introduced me to shandies, and I probably do enjoy that more than straight beer.
And the magnitude of my memory of ABV made me wonder if I remembered the name wrong. Googling suggests I meant Quady Electra Moscato, because the description and cost more closely matches what I remember: fermented for only a month (which makes me wonder if I would actually prefer to just drink the grape juice unfermented), and 4.5% ABV. (Plus, the one I remembered wrong, I spelled the name wrong. It is Essensia.)
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I actually cannot drink very much for medical reasons myself, but I am indeed fond of perry. Otherwise it's mostly whiskies that taste as though they were exhumed from a peat bog.
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I have really good memories of the Ardbeg Corryvreckan.
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Is 3% ABV too high? I think one of my favorite dessert wines is only that strongWow, just Googled to check, and apparently I remember very wrong. It says Quady Essencia Orange Muscat is 15% ABV. Nevermind.Re: It was a calcium deposit!
I never have. For about a year and a half I was completely prohibited alcohol and now I am allowed small quantities at infrequent intervals and I never drank that much to begin with; it never seemed that important. I also dislike most beers on account of the hops. Sour ales and stouts are the negotiable exceptions.
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I have never personally noticed alcohol making me feel happier or more clever or anything like that, although KY says from her observation I get more talkative. So for me, if it doesn't taste good, I don't see any point, and don't feel it adds to my enjoyment of social events.
But there are some things I do enjoy the taste of. I'd say I generally am not crazy about bitter things, but perhaps my tolerance has gone up in recent years, and so I am able to enjoy hoppy beers. That said, a friend introduced me to shandies, and I probably do enjoy that more than straight beer.
And the magnitude of my memory of ABV made me wonder if I remembered the name wrong. Googling suggests I meant Quady Electra Moscato, because the description and cost more closely matches what I remember: fermented for only a month (which makes me wonder if I would actually prefer to just drink the grape juice unfermented), and 4.5% ABV. (Plus, the one I remembered wrong, I spelled the name wrong. It is Essensia.)