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MrScorpio

(73,631 posts) Fri Aug 15, 2014, 04:22 AM Aug 2014

Do you like beer, wine and booze for the taste, or because it gets you drunk? [View all]

Yes, we all know that alcohol is a social lubricant. But, why do you love getting lubricated so much?

Curious minds want to know.

13 votes, 1 pass \| Time left: Unlimited
	Because it's expected of me
	0 (0%)
	To get me buzzed
	3 (23%)
	To get me moderately wasted
	0 (0%)
	To dull the pain of rolling my skull into the nearest gutter like a bowling ball
	0 (0%)
	For the taste
	4 (31%)
	Hmmm, tasty drunkenness
	5 (38%)
	Robb is my bartender.
	1 (8%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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Do you like beer, wine and booze for the taste, or because it gets you drunk? [View all] MrScorpio Aug 2014 OP

They say you have a problem with alcohol if you drink for effect. Tobin S. Aug 2014 #1

Alcohol doesn't taste good, but... GoCubsGo Aug 2014 #27

Really good wine with a really good meal is an extraordinary experience The Second Stone Aug 2014 #37

I don't care at all about the effects of beer and enjoy the taste of it. chrisa Aug 2014 #31

I drink malt liquor to get drunk. I drink craft and imported beers for the taste. Throd Aug 2014 #2

Have to pass DFW Aug 2014 #3

I don't really like alcoholic drinking. Xyzse Aug 2014 #4

I don't like beer or wine. Wait Wut Aug 2014 #5

Yes. KamaAina Aug 2014 #6

I make the bulk of my liquor purchases at Christmas - hedgehog Aug 2014 #7

Normal beer to slowly get a mellow buzz hifiguy Aug 2014 #8

For the taste. Aristus Aug 2014 #9

I'm trying to learn wine OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #10

I like the taste of beer and fruity mixed drinks- Raffi Ella Aug 2014 #11

yes Kali Aug 2014 #12

That calls for a... pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #13

I like beer for the taste. bigwillq Aug 2014 #14

About time you booze hounds start showing up nt MrScorpio Aug 2014 #15

Did you say booze hounds? pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #17

I drink vodka because it gets me drunk (doesn't taste much of anything). Spider Jerusalem Aug 2014 #16

Beaking of Speer OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #18

Why doesn't EVERYBODY love Rexas Toadhouse? pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #19

Am not fibbian OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #20

Yuengling is a fine little brew. hifiguy Aug 2014 #25

Yuengling is so overrated, imo. Was not impressed. chrisa Aug 2014 #32

It is no fine English or US IPA hifiguy Aug 2014 #33

Yep - it's my go to cheap beer OriginalGeek Aug 2014 #34

A little from column a, a little from column b. Initech Aug 2014 #21

The two are not mutually exclusive... nomorenomore08 Aug 2014 #22

I love the taste of wine, like the taste of fruity mixed drinks, and hate the taste of beer. Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #23

I haven't had any booze since 1982... Tom_Foolery Aug 2014 #24

Both. ZombieHorde Aug 2014 #26

I loathe beeing drunk or even having an alcohol "buzz" intaglio Aug 2014 #28

I don't like beer or wine but like the taste of rum Skittles Aug 2014 #29

It really depends on the type of alcoholic beverage. Liberal_from_va34 Aug 2014 #30

Taste sakabatou Aug 2014 #35

The taste and buzz are inseparable. Enthusiast Aug 2014 #36

I like both, but I've been sober for 5 years, three months and two weeks. Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #38

17, 9, and 3. Iggo Aug 2014 #41

Congratulations! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #44

Thanks! Better and better every day. Iggo Aug 2014 #45

Realizing I only needed to make it through today was an epiphany for me Rhiannon12866 Aug 2014 #46

I confess to a fairly pedestrian palate. 3catwoman3 Aug 2014 #39

12 oz Buds. Rack 'em up. Fire for effect. Iggo Aug 2014 #40

I don't generally like alcohol davidpdx Aug 2014 #42

I enjoy the taste of beer and wine sooooo much that I actually don't drink very often. mackerel Aug 2014 #43

I only ever drink beer these days T_i_B Aug 2014 #47