On 2021-06-09 6:56 p.m., Graham wrote:
> On 2021-06-09 3:34 p.m., Dave Smith wrote:

>> I love Scotch. Straight, with just a tiny bit of water, or little ice.
>> Irish whiskey is pretty good too.Â* My limited experience with Bourbon
>> has left me unimpressed. Maybe the premium stuff is worth trying.
>
> I've never liked hard liquor. The last whisky I drank was ~50 years ago
> when one of my profs treated a bunch of us to a straight malt, which is
> the closest I've come to tolerating the stuff. I'll drink gin suitably
> diluted with tonic water, but that's it.
> I drink wine most of the year and beer in the hotter summer months.


I love the taste of it and I love the warm sensation as it goes down.
What I don't like is not being able to drink more of it because I don't
like getting drunk.