Why You Don't Like Wine But Like Bourbon/Gin/Vodka

SifuPhil said:
That's something I never understood - not from a chemistry aspect, but from a financial one - why drink several bloating beers when you can get te same buzz from a single shot of, say, Southern Comfort?

Your belly will thank you, as well as your wallet / purse.
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I LIKE the taste of beer. Getting a buzz or relaxing is not the only reason to drink it.

Hubby can't figure out why people on tv or in movies always pour a shot of whisky down their throats as fast as they can so that they never even taste it. He loves the taste of good Scotch.
 

I doubt if anyone can gulp 'good' scotch down, even if they tried, as I find it so strong it would burn my throat and stomach. I have to take tiny sips it just to get it down. The stuff they are drinking on TV must be regular rye, and of course they are stressed, those characters, so very very stressed, those lawyers, detectives, cops, or advertising executives so they need to get that stuff down fast.

What I find funny is the vodka shots in some TV shows (The Good Wife) when they get stressed they go to the bar and have a vodka shot fest.
 

Ameriscot said:
Hubby is a true Scot and only drinks Scotch!

The first time I got drunk I was 16 and I was wishing for death!
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The first time my ex-wife's sister got drunk, she, too, was 16, but this occurred at some high-schoolers' party, and the result was that she was violated while passed-out. She did not tell us, but wrote it in a letter to her friend in Florida (we lived in Vegas). At 18, she moved to Chicago, and my wife found that un-mailed letter buried in one of Diane's dresser drawers.

My life experiences, by now you will likely agree, could be made into a Hollywood Movie. imp
 
Ameriscot said:
I LIKE the taste of beer. Getting a buzz or relaxing is not the only reason to drink it.
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Well, I was only referring to American beer - you know, that weak, pale-yellow pee water that's called "beer" here. The stuff they serve in bars when you ask for a generic beer.

Hubby can't figure out why people on tv or in movies always pour a shot of whisky down their throats as fast as they can so that they never even taste it. He loves the taste of good Scotch.
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I'm a huge fan of the old hard-boiled detective books, and I've NEVER seen one of the protagonists sip a drink - they always "gulped it down", "threw it back", "drained their glass in one draught", or "slammed it down nice and neat".

REAL men gargle their booze, didn't you know? :)
 
SifuPhil said:
Well, I was only referring to American beer - you know, that weak, pale-yellow pee water that's called "beer" here. The stuff they serve in bars when you ask for a generic beer.



I'm a huge fan of the old hard-boiled detective books, and I've NEVER seen one of the protagonists sip a drink - they always "gulped it down", "threw it back", "drained their glass in one draught", or "slammed it down nice and neat".

REAL men gargle their booze, didn't you know? :)
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Ugh! None of that American lager pish! I find it hard to believe I used to like that stuff. I like IPA's and a variety of craft beers. In the US one of my favourites is Two Hearted Ale.

Unfortunately there is not a huge choice of beers in Thailand. I don't think they are familiar with craft beers. I actually do like a Foster's though and we can get it on tap at an Aussie pub we don't normlly go to - not on our beach. We stick to Singha which is a lager and we just get used to it while here.

I think the shots that are gulped down aren't Scotch, but probably bourbon or some American or Canadian whisky.
 
I can well understand your preference for craft beers.

The hard-boiled guys were usually depicted as drinking rye - I guess that was a drink of preference back in the day.
 

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