Edit: After further checking around. It's the Extra Stout I enjoy in the bottles. I like the Daught okay but not nearly as much as the extra stout. [ 02-27-2003: Message edited by: Taylen ]
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Baron Von Mortay had this to say about John Romero:
All alcohol is disgusting.I don't need chemical influences to enjoy my life.
And who says all those that drink do it to get drunk? I happen to like the taste of many different mixed drinks. A Margarita is a very tasty drink, Same thing with a well made G&T, I could drink them till the cows come home, However I dont cause I happen to dislike acting like a fool and losing control over my self.
As for beer, It is an acquired taste, I grew up being able to take sips from my dad and mom, and most of my buds drink beer, and just from trying different type I have acquired a taste for it. I am used to it now and it now longer taste bad, and I can tell the difference between different ones.
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Peter had this to say:
And who says all those that drink do it to get drunk?
No, not all.
Just most. [ 02-27-2003: Message edited by: Baron Von Mortay ]
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Baron Von Mortay wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
All alcohol is disgusting.I don't need chemical influences to enjoy my life.
Wow, I dont need them either!
God forbid I enjoy the taste of an occasional alcoholic beverage, and dont get drunk when I drink it.
And beer tastes crappy [ 02-27-2003: Message edited by: Falaanla Marr ]
It taztez like zhit!
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Nobody really understood why Baron Von Mortay wrote:
I don't need chemical influences to enjoy my life.
A single drink wont normally inhibit a person.
Now, had you said "I dont enjoy the taste of alcohol" that'd be ok But, well...You seem to be coming across as saying hte only reason to drink is to get drunk.
I furthermore add, that if you don't like beer because you tried it once and thought it tasted bad, you are worse than a kid that doesn't like green beans "just 'cause"
It's not something you can just pick up and enjoy, just like cigars, or wine, or coffee. You have to give yourself a chance to warm up to it, and sample a few different kinds until you find something that you like. You also need to get a handle on your particular tolerances and know when to say when before you make an ass out of yourself and mess up your toilet. People who drink just to get drunk don't enjoy beer any more than people who don't drink because they don't like the taste.
It's not something that is just going to cause you to say "Hey, I like this," it's something you have to, well i don't want to use the word, but WORK to enjoy.
It's well worth any efforts though. There is nothing quite like enjoying a Fosters with a nice steak dinner, or some MGD with pizza, or drinking some Irish Red while bowling. It adds flavor to everything, just like a spice, and kinda loosens you up if you are in uncomfortable social situations.
So, in closure, B33r = LuV!
I have no desire to get used to the taste of any of it.
My family has a history of mean drunks. I can't help but worry that I might be the next to continue that tradition.
I have enough self control issues as it is. The thought of taking some chemical that relaxes self control kinda scares me. I NEED what self control I have.
If someone else wants to drink in moderation, then more power to them.
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Blindy McBlinderson attempted to be funny by writing:
I maintain my statement that beer and all other forms of alcohol are aquired tastes.I furthermore add, that if you don't like beer because you tried it once and thought it tasted bad, you are worse than a kid that doesn't like green beans "just 'cause"
It's not something you can just pick up and enjoy, just like cigars, or wine, or coffee. You have to give yourself a chance to warm up to it, and sample a few different kinds until you find something that you like. You also need to get a handle on your particular tolerances and know when to say when before you make an ass out of yourself and mess up your toilet. People who drink just to get drunk don't enjoy beer any more than people who don't drink because they don't like the taste.
It's not something that is just going to cause you to say "Hey, I like this," it's something you have to, well i don't want to use the word, but WORK to enjoy.
It's well worth any efforts though. There is nothing quite like enjoying a Fosters with a nice steak dinner, or some MGD with pizza, or drinking some Irish Red while bowling. It adds flavor to everything, just like a spice, and kinda loosens you up if you are in uncomfortable social situations.
So, in closure, B33r = LuV!
The smell of beer gives me a migrane. I think it's what is used to make it. This happens form different types of beer, as well.
b33r=h8.
If I'm attempting to maintain a dunken state, just about anything will do and I'll gravitate twords Coors Light simply because it's like drinking water at that point. I can't sense it anymore.
And for my morning cheerios, Heineken.
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How.... Random Insanity Generator.... uughhhhhh:
...And for my morning cheerios, Heineken.
Guinness or a Killians Or a Good Stout is like the breakfast of champions...Specially if it's 4 Am And your being forced to go out to sea by an Madman with a Fishing rod. 
Usually, there are about three kinds of alcohol in my house; a good bottle of tequila, a good bottle of vodka, and a bottle of Southern Comfort, as I have friends who really like it. Most of the time, however, I use alcohol in cooking, not for getting wasted (see previous paragraph!).
I can agree, that in excess, alcohol can be a very, very bad thing. I grew up with my dad being a serious alcoholic. A night where less than a 750ml bottle of Dewars was consumed was a light one for him, and he was an exceptionally nasty, confrontational drunk. More than once, I remember sitting up in my room, with 9 and 1 pushed on the phone, getting ready to hit the second 1 if I heard anything break downstairs. I've seen the detrimental effects of alcoholism, both on physical and mental health of the drinker, and those around them. Which is why I am such a staunch believer in moderation now.
Ugh... offtopic. Anyways. Beer icky. Occasional mixed drinks/booze used in cooking good.
[ 02-28-2003: Message edited by: Xyrra ]
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Gikkwiny had this to say about Cuba:
The smell of beer gives me a migrane. I think it's what is used to make it. This happens form different types of beer, as well.b33r=h8.
So you hate beer and all other forms of alcohol, solely because you're broken?
(I LOVE YOU GIKKY!!!! 
)
This is not to say that I find everyone who drinks stupid or that I believe they're completely wrong for liking it. I just don't like it and don't see the need for itmyself.
I don't see any 'raging intolerance' on this board at all
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Blindy McBlinderson was listening to Cher while typing:
I furthermore add, that if you don't like beer because you tried it once and thought it tasted bad, you are worse than a kid that doesn't like green beans "just 'cause"
I can taste (and smell) alcohol a mile away, and it's an absolutely horrible taste. It isn't just beer; though I do think beer, for the most part, tastes the same as other types of alcohol, probably because the alcohol itself is overpowering any other taste it has. It's not like I haven't tried different types of drinks, in fact many of my friends in the past have made it a goal to try to get me drunk.
Once someone tried to slip me some alcohol in jello, I knew something was amiss as soon as I put a piece in my mouth, even though afterwards it was claimed that there was so little of it in the jello that no one should have noticed it.
Maybe I've just got genes that make me sensitive to alcohol or something (though I hardly come from a dry family - and no alcoholics either), because people think I'm crazy when I say that beer tastes the same as wine which tastes the same as vodka, which tastes the same as any mixed drink I've tasted.
The ones I cannot stand are the standard American fare, such as Coors, Bush, etc.
The ones that I like are the dark beers and stouts, like Guiness fresh from the tap, and Xingu (Brazilian dark kinda chocolaty beer).
b33r is h8. it gives me migranes.
) and for god's sake don't ever give me champagne. That's an aquired taste for you.
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Beer is god. You must all worship the beer.
I'm german. D'uh.
I just want to do it in moderation, ie 1-2 bottles/cans at dinner or something.
although i love beer, good wine (red, rose, white, it's all nice), a good scotch, some wisky, or even a small taste of baley's irish cream.
I like the warm feeling hard liquor gives you, i like the way scotch is a little buttery, and wisky is a little acidic, i like how wine if good for sipping, and beer is good for mouthfuls. I like the feeling i get after 3-4 drinks, and i like the feeling i get after 8-10 drinks. I am Jake, and I... Drink... CANADIAN!!!
No, Really. Bite me.
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Random Insanity Generator stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
Everything except that 'banished to France' bit sounded like the average German firday night...
Yes.
And here's a picture of me taken yesterday night... while I was drinking.
As for people saying alcohol isn't a drug, I have to disagree. The effects of alcohol are very much the same as those of drugs. The only difference between them is that alcohol, for some reason, is both generally accepted and legal.
This is all in reference to drinking to get drunk, however. If you've acquired a taste for alcohol and drink it for the taste or whatnot, more power to you. I just don't want to be around you if you drink too much.
And I don't care at all whether or not you drink. People are allowed to have opinions, so long as you don't a) get all high, mighty, and "I'm pure because I don't do such and such" about it, or b) try to foist them on others. Which, as I've noticed, happens a lot with these types of issues...
I prefer Blackberry Brandy, Strawberry Daquirii's and Mead. Fruit wines are ok too.
Haven't tried much else.
"How can you ever hope to know the Beloved
Without becoming in every cell the Lover?
And when you are the Lover at last, you don't care.
Whatever you know or don't - only Love is real."
Evil will always triumph over good because good is dumb. - Dark Helmet
Brewed with an attitude one brew at a time at the little brewery in Shiner. Texas' oldest independant brewery.
http://www.shiner.com/
-Tok
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Toktuk had this to say about Pirotess:
Bock. Shiner Bock.Brewed with an attitude one brew at a time at the little brewery in Shiner. Texas' oldest independant brewery.
http://www.shiner.com/-Tok
You, sir, are a fine person with impeccable taste.
Shiner is not only good for drinking, but also good for cooking.
