Booze

[poliphilo]

I used to like a glass of wine. With a meal. If I was cooking.  Not any more. These days I reach for the lemonade. 

We were out to dinner at a very fine restaurant the other night. Some of the party were drinking wine but I was happy with iced water. Ailz ordered a cider and shared some of the bottle with me. I didn't particularly want her to.

Non-alcoholic apple juice would have been just as nice. No- nicer. 

The change has come about gradually, without incident, over- say- the last 6 months. 

(I'm not going teetotal. This isn't about ideology. Well, maybe a teensy-weensy bit. I've never liked pubs and I'm a bit old-maidish around the alcohol culture. I've just been reading about Dylan Thomas. What a tiresome man! How I'd have hated him!)

Children rarely like the taste of alcohol. They have to be taught - conditioned- broken in.  Between 16 and 56 I was under the impression I enjoyed the stuff. I wonder if I ever really did.  Now that I'm approaching my second childhood- and no longer under pressure to impress and compete with other adults- I can say what I really think.

It tastes horrid and makes me feel poorly.

Take the nasty stuff away.

Comments

[dadi.livejournal.com]

I never understood the whole thing. Neither the "getting drunk" stuff - how can something which makes your head ache and your stomach revolt be FUN??? - nor the "taste". For me, alcohol usually spoils the taste of what I am eating. I will make exceptions, very seldom, for a cool beer, but that too I can't remind when I did it last. Gimme lemonade, ice tea or fruit juices any time, or just plain water.. that is a lot more pleasure!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I got really, really drunk a few times in my youth- and ever since I've tried to avoid the experience. It isn't pleasant. It isn't clever.

I agree about the cool beer. Occasionally that hits the spot.

[solar-diablo.livejournal.com]

I find it amusing you both refer to it as a "cool" beer. I suppose my preference for a beer that's at least colder than room temperature springs from living in a desert, but it's also typically American. Took me a long time to understand that ales, English ones especially, are meant to be cool, and not so cold that ice crystals form in it.

I've heard that Budweiser is rather popular in Europe (God knows why) - is it also served cool?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

If I'm drinking beer I go (whenever possible) for the product of local small breweries. Incidentally, the best beer I've ever had is the home-brew my mother used to make.

The success of Bud is presumably down to advertising, product placement and the perceived "coolness" of all things American. I don't think I've ever drunk it myself (except- perhaps- on visits to the States) but I believe European venues store it in the ice box.

[saare-snowqueen.livejournal.com]

It's not available here in Estonia. We wouldn't drink that cow p--ss. Although we do drink the Czech original Budvar.