Campari
I’ve made a complete 180 on Campari. I haaaaaaated it and regretted buying the bottle the first time I tried a cocktail with it. Couldn’t believe how it ruined the entire drink. Since I had the bottle, I tried again, with a different drink. Even worse.
Was close to chucking the bottle out, gave it one last try with a modified Jungle Bird:
- 45ml dark (!) rum
- 15ml Campari
- 15ml simple syrup
- 30ml lemon juice
- 60ml pineapple juice
Shake with relatively little ice. Strain into low-ball glass lightly packed with crushed ice. Let dilute for a minute.
Surprisingly, despite being able to taste the Campari, this one was actually really great. Made it again a couple of days later, and again. Since then, it’s my favorite cocktail, period.
After a while, went back and tasted Campari pure and to my mild surprise, also liked it. Went back to the awful drinks (first one was a Negroni) and also really liked them now.
So… yeah. I don’t know why, but somehow, I went from hating it to absolutely loving it.
Beerr, Spirits, Wine, Dr Pepper
Fuck you, dr pepper is amazing. Anyone who says other wise just has bad taste.
Its super unhealthy, id say herion is healthy. But that doesn’t stop a good fountain drink from hitting that exact spot on the taste buds.
I feel like there’d be too many to list for me… But most would probably be alcoholic.
Whiskey. Eggnog. Red wine. Mulled wine. Coffee.
Most alcoholic beverages.
The only one that is both awful, people acknowledge it is awful, but they still drink it a lot is malort. Fucking love that the best endorsement of malort is “this is the worst tasting thing in the world. Try it.”
…I love Malort. I buy a bottle every time I’m back in Chicago.
It tastes like very bitter grapefruit to me.
That’s a good way to describe it. I had it at a lan party recently as indoctrination and loved it
You don’t drink malort for the taste. You drink it for the cachet, or for the medicinal properties.
Sake
Tap water anywhere near London.
It’s like drinking chalk.
I know multiple people who like Club Mate. It’s just an ash tray flavored energy drink to me, never liked it
Numerous people have said coffee, but I will be more specific:
I despise 3rd wave coffee. Its often sour and disgusting.
I love Italian coffee though.
Anything with artificial sweeteners.
- eggnog
- milk
Possibly not liking the former is due to not liking the latter. I’ve never liked the taste of plain milk. I use it in cooking. I drink chocolate milk a couple of times a year. I’ve not drunk plain cow milk more than a couple of times in my life and didn’t like it. I threw up when quite young (preschool/daycare) to cereal with milk on it and again when I was like 6-8ish when my then-new stepfather tried to make me eat it. That probably didn’t help anything.
My wife always hated milk, ever since she was a kid. The thought of drinking it just turned her stomach.
Wasn’t until she was an adult that she found out she was lactose intolerant
We thought that may be the case, but other dairy products don’t bother me unless I really go overboard.
Chocolate milk has tons of sugar in it.
Try different fat contents of milk. Fat free is like water, full fat is much thicker. Of course I find milk doesn’t really taste like anything.
Hefeweizens, just absolute trash. They all taste exactly the same, it’s like weak shitty grass tea.
Just skimmed through the thread. You know what beverage I don’t see in here? Ginger Ale, because it is objectively amazing.
Matcha. Every everyone says it’s this wonderful day and when I try it it’s like drinking blended lawn clippings.
That will be IPAs for me. If I wanted to drink grapefruit pith I can think of better ways to do it.
