# Some people don't like the taste of beer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [May 18, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633 "2022-05-18T19:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/122 "2022-05-24T17:03:08Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Well, a _ **true** _ Old Fashioned is just bourbon, sugar, water and bitters. That’s where the name comes from- at some point in the late 19th/early 20th century people started asking for the “old fashioned” cocktails, meaning without all the fruit, absinthe, maraschino, curacao, and whatever other modifiers were added (look up the “Improved whiskey cocktail” and the “Fancy whiskey cocktail” for examples. An Old Fashioned the old fashioned way? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/123 "2022-05-24T17:04:21Z")
An Olde Fashioned, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/124 "2022-05-24T17:09:56Z")
Generally, I’m [this kitten.](https://old.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/21ls3e/kittens_first_beer_dont_worry_youll_develop_a/) (Two photos.) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/125 "2022-05-24T18:28:58Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > My Pop drank **Fox Deluxe** , a beer that actually claimed to have vitamins in it. This was one of our college beers (three cases of returnable bottles for $12 (which was cheap even in 1980)). ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/126 "2022-05-24T18:59:35Z")
Indeed. Ironic, huh? And I’d be willing to bet if you made the real deal for a lot of people, they’d probably tell you that you made it wrong without the orange, cherries, etc… ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/127 "2022-05-24T19:10:03Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > I distinctly recall dad giving me sips of beer (Goebels) when I was a kid and thinking it tasted kind of bitter and somewhat unpalatable. Fast forward to high school and I remember drinking Michelob and thinking it was not unpleasant. Over time as I tried more brands and styles of beers (particularly after the microbrew revolution in the late 80’s and early 90’s) I found myself appreciating the taste of quite a few different beers. That was more or less my experience. I remember trying a sip of Dad’s beer as a child (probably Miller Lite or something) and thinking it was bitter and unpleasant. So fast forward to college, I remembered that experience and assumed I wouldn’t like beer, so if I did drink alcohol I stuck to sweet cocktails (like the guy in the KITH “Girl Drink Drunk” sketch). Until I was an intern at a large company and went to their company picnic. We had a cookout by a lake where both beer and soft drinks were served, and then went out on a coworker’s boat. Except no one thought to bring anything to drink on the boat other than beer. So just because I was thirsty and there was nothing else to drink, I tried a Rolling Rock, and thought it wasn’t bad. Probably the fact that Rolling Rock is a rather light beer was a good way to ease me into it. As I got older I started trying various craft beers and started appreciating darker, more flavorful beers. I still don’t like the super bitter IPAs that were trendy for a while, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/128 "2022-05-24T19:36:10Z")
> [@bump](#): > > But I think my point still stands; there’s a lot of toxic masculinity (IMO) bullshit that prevents many men from ordering drinks that aren’t “macho”, and that actually taste good. Yeah. I know some American men, even some American homebrewers, who disdain witbiers and anything similar as “chick beers”. I mentioned that on a trip to the Netherlands one July while out with some colleagues drinking witbier, and they just shrugged and laughed. No gender stereotypes are gonna keep Dutch guys off their witbier in the summertime! Another entry in the Dueling Prejudices category of “American men think European men tend to be rather effete and un-masculine while European men think American men tend to be obsessed with and insecure about their masculinity.” See also: slim-fit vs. loose-fit tailored dress shirts and Speedo-style bathing suits vs. trunks. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/129 "2022-05-24T22:48:44Z")
Something happened to my tastebuds around the legal age, I liked the bitter flavor of beer more and sweets less. I have always wondered if tongues do that to some extent. Or the brain gets rewired or something. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/130 "2022-05-24T23:00:58Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > I have always wondered if tongues do that to some extent. My understanding is that’s true. Children can taste bitter flavors more, which is why children often don’t like vegetables, and coffee, and beer. By adulthood your sense of taste dulls, bitter foods no longer taste as strong, and you start liking them more. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/131 "2022-05-25T05:02:59Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@pkbites](#): > > > > My Pop drank **Fox Deluxe** , a beer that actually claimed to have vitamins in it. > > This was one of our college beers (three cases of returnable bottles for $12 (which was cheap even in 1980)). I can top it. I was working in a Snyder Drug store in 1980, a year after I graduated high school. They had a full liquor department. There were 3 beers you could buy, 24 twelve ounce returnable glass bottles, for $1.88 each: Kingsbury, Red, white, & Blue, and Wisconsin Club. Kingsbury was one of the best cheap beers ever, RWB wasn’t too bad, Wisconsin Club was terrible. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/132 "2022-05-25T11:44:54Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I had rural Peruvian men, who were far from gigantic in stature, making fun of me for hours. There is a drink called Ti Ponch that is popular in the Caribbean. It consists of muddled limes, some sugar or simple syrup, and Rhum Agricole. It is a “manly drink”. Women are welcome to order it, but they’ll add ice to tone it down. I ordered one at a beach bar. I was pretty buzzed. The bartender, seeing a tourist, scooped up some ice as he put my drink together. I growled, “ICE??” He apologized and left it out. When I’d emptied my glass he made another for me on the house. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/133 "2022-05-25T13:20:16Z")
I can top **that**. [![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Za4AAOSwHK1fv~BJ/s-l500.jpg) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/Za4AAOSwHK1fv~BJ/s-l500.jpg) The cheap beer of choice when I was a lad. Almost as bad as: [![](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6BgAAOSwT~hfHZHI/s-l500.jpg) ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/6BgAAOSwT~hfHZHI/s-l500.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633/134 "2022-05-25T15:10:05Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > I mentioned that on a trip to the Netherlands one July while out with some colleagues drinking witbier, and they just shrugged and laughed. No gender stereotypes are gonna keep Dutch guys off their witbier in the summertime! Yeah, I was VERY pleasantly surprised to find out that witbiers were pretty much THE spring/summer beer in the Netherlands and Belgium. I had gone expecting it to be some variation of pale lager, but it turned out to be witbier. With lemons, not oranges like they often do here in the US. > [@Kimstu](#): > > Another entry in the Dueling Prejudices category of “American men think European men tend to be rather effete and un-masculine while European men think American men tend to be obsessed with and insecure about their masculinity.” See also: slim-fit vs. loose-fit tailored dress shirts and Speedo-style bathing suits vs. trunks. Well, there is the [“Gay or European?”](https://leosigh.com/gay-european-graham-norton-wants-know-video/) game… and Graham Norton’s Irish, not American. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-people-dont-like-the-taste-of-beer/964633.md?page=6)