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Try it steamed with butter and maybe some garlic. Mmmm!

Do you want a list of names? ;)

I was speaking of young people in particular, and an older "meat & potatoes," nothing spicy, weird, or healthy, family member also comes to mind. Regardless, I'm just saying that the taste of broccoli isn't something a lot of people seem to love at first bite, and needs to be acquired.
In the 80s there was a fad called Near-Beer. All the taste, none of the buzz... it didn't catch on.

hmm...wonder who was behind that idea...

Proper beer is lovely and I'd still drink that without the alcoholic content. I can't see how anyone can like the taste of the mass-produced lagers like Budweiser, Coors, Carling, Stella etc. but for something that is produced correctly and designed for taste rather than the mass market then it's lovely. You can get so much more out of a beer than the generic lager taste.

"Wine's magic health-minded ingredients come from the skin of the grape. Resveratrol protects the body's cells, keeping them young and strong. Saponins bind to bad cholesterol and usher it out of the body. And flavonoids interfere with the multiplication of cancer cells."


Red wine is supposedly more beneficial than white. With the ever increasing liquor store prices, my doctor telling me it was probably a good thing to drink a glass or two a day, and having a nice spot to plant a vineyard it only made sense to put some vinifera in the ground.






Landot Noir


I  enjoy the taste of well made vino. Dry ones that is. And they do go GREAT with food! 


Praise Dionysus and Bacchus!!!!

Animals, such as elephants and moose (like the one who got caught in a tree this week) imbibe alcohol.  Either they like the taste or it doesn't discourage them because they tend to return yearly for more fermenting fruit to indulge in.

I enjoy certain alcohol drinks even not aiming to get drunk. A slightly chilled beer with dinner is quite good. It seems to add to the filling part of dinner. Maybe it's just me but drinking a beer vs pop with the same meal, beer fills me quite more and tends to help me take fewer servings. A good wine for a special occasion like Thanksgiving also suites me. As does a good cigar and a toast shot for bigger events (graduation, wedding, occasionally a round of golf haha). As for energy/alcohol drinks, shots and drinks with 'fun' names. I'll pass. I feel like if alcohol didn't have the intoxicating effects it did you wouldn't see nearly the market but you would still see people drinking occasionally, dinner ect... Don't get me wrong I do drink socially and get drunk but when I do it's still the drinks I would drink with dinner.

I have never been a drinker except for my 21st birthday, and once in the 20 years since then. To me, anything fermented tastes rotten and disgusting, and I have to force myself to not gag if, for some bizarre reason I try to taste it. Anything distilled tastes like industrial solvents, and is about as pleasing to drink as paint thinner. In addition, my metabolism reacts very strangely; it takes huge volumes to affect me, and the buzz fades in minutes. Not much point in drinking for me.

I'm probably atypical, so I don't know how much use my two cents is worth.

It is an acquired taste… as is the taste of vegetables to most children (and a good number of adults). Many of us have been conditioned to like bustle sprouts and other arguably objectionable tastes.


I’d argue that everything is an acquired taste; we just acquire some tastes faster than others or some not at all.  


As long as someone finds objection to a taste, anything can be substituted for alcohol in your question.


To address the specific question: yes, I actually like the taste of beer (and alcoholic beverages.) I don’t drink to get drunk and I’m willing to spend money on craft beer and fine liquor simply because they taste good.


If I were to drink just for an altered perception, there are many less expensive options available that produce the results without any of the satisfaction.







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