Not trying to get anyone involved with alcohol, but I'd just like to say that beer is pretty much bad-tasting in general, and it hardly has an alcohol percentage - most beers I know are around 5%, some are 7% but it's rarely more than that. If you try out beer and you dislike it, don't say you won't be liking alcohol in general. Beer is very much unlike other liquor, in fact.
Beer tastes pretty bad to me, so that's why I prefer not to drink it. However, I do like certain vodka mixes (Petrikov Red and Blue, 12.5%), triple sec (some kind of orange drink with 40% alcohol volume), several liqueurs like Safari (15%) or Tia Maria (20%), etc. I also ought to try Gold Strike (40% about) someday.
So what is it that I like about alcohol? Surely there must be a reason I like the liquor which has more alcohol volume than others. To me, it is the burning aftertaste alcohol has. You will not experience this with lightweights such as beer.
Anything up to 15% alcohol volume, I am allowed to buy at 16 (which, quite frankly, I am), anything beyond that at 18. If you know what you're buying, and if you like the taste, alcohol can be pretty good for you. If you don't like the taste of beer, avoid it. Of course, the clichéd but ever as important phrase 'Enjoy drinking, but control it.' applies. Never drink too much, and if you do, make sure you do that in a safe place.
Welp. Note that I am not saying alcohol is good for you.
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