During my high school days, I excelled academically but not socially and as a result, I didn’t go to many parties. Looking back, this was good for me in the long run, as I wasn’t drinking alcohol like many of my peers at the time. My experience with drinks at the time included a sip of beer and virgin piña coladas, and I very much enjoyed the latter. I’ve got quite the sweet tooth and never deny myself the opportunity to consume anything sugary or sour.
They say that beer is an acquired taste, and I would certainly agree with that statement because that tiny amount I had tasted was about the worst drink ever to me. Which brings me to my little story from back in the day.
I sat with a girl who played on the softball team and was quite the tomboy, and during our time together in class we became buddies. One day, we were talking about parties and she asked me what I liked to drink. Not wanting to look stupid by saying “Well, I don’t drink” (I know, I was immature), I told her that I loved piña coladas; when she asked if I liked beer I said no.
She giggled a bit and then called me a girly man, just as class was ending. I was so confused as to why she would call me that, I mean after all, I had no idea that there were manly and girly drinks at the time. Piña coladas just tasted good, and they still do, so what was wrong with admitting that I like(d) them?
I still can’t fully accept the notion that what you drink defines or accents your gender identity. My wife loves beer, but I don’t envision her as a truck driver or football player on the inside. Also, my father and several of my other male relatives partake in coladas and daiquiris yet I’ve never looked at them sideways because of it. As it turns out, hundreds of beers later I am now a convert, and now it’s usually my drink of choice. Chicago is a great haven for this stuff, and we certainly take advantage of that.
So what do you drink? Do you partake in Appletinis, Seabreezes and Cosmos or Beer, Shots of Tequila and Whiskey? A little from each group? Did you ever think that your gender identity should dictate what kind of alcohol you consume? In any case, I’ll be here, trying to remember that great Bacardi recipe that my parents used to make those delicious tropical frozen drinks.
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I’m a bit of a beer snob. We travel hundreds of miles just to go to brewerys. The best place for us to plan a trip around is http://www.beermapping.com. They have brewerys all across the US and many in other countrys to. Ale Fest in Chicago is in a week and a half, I think.
@Brit Cool! When is Ale Fest, I’ve never been. I think I’m turning into a beer snob as well, I love bars that have a big selection on tap
Beer? Well, back in the day I didn’t really like the taste. I’d prefer whisky or cocktails if given the chance. Well, so long as said cocktail has some booze in it
Now, I guess my tastes have changed in that I quite like a pint. Ale or stout please!
@Lynn I had some strong Irish whiskey the other day, it was like drinking rubbing alcohol, lol
I was very similar back in high school and college. Except I was deathly afraid to admit that I liked “girl drinks” because of the associated stigma. I did not like beer at first and did eventually acquire the taste but I still like the fruity drinks too and it’s a good thing because now I’m gluten intolerant and can no longer stomach the beer, so to speak hah.
@Savanna I absolutely LOVE fruity drinks, as I mentioned I have a prominent sweet tooth. Especially on vacations, they’re the best!
Just attended the San Diego International Beer Fest at the Del Mar Fair last Friday. They had 300 different beers on hand to sample. Needless to say, a couple ounce sample from all 300 would be a bit of a problem, but, I must say, I got my money’s worth by trying nearly every IPA available. Gotta love the craft beers being produced nowadays.
Beer drinking isn’t exactly a girly thing to do, but, I do indeed love my brew. I slip in the occasional rum and diet Coke with a slice of lime. Helps keep a more girlish figure. Beer bellies do very little to help the self image of most crossdressers.
How cool, sounds like you had a great time at the Beer Fest! Yea, beer bellies are not a good look unless you’re trying to pull of the preggo look!
I tried and tried to like beer in my twenties. It never took. Vile, nasty stuff! But I could drink quite a lot of White Russians or Brandy Alexanders. They didn’t come with umbrellas, so I wasn’t too self-conscious. I hardly ever drink now, though, and don’t really miss it.
Yea, I only drink about once a month, and so one or two beers is more than enough for me to feel a good buzz. My wife calls me a cheap date
Funny story Jess… Well, for me, there are lots and lots of fav drinks now-a-days. Although, I must say my first drinks back in HS were Bacardi Limon (of which I almost hate now b/c of previous abuse), and of course beer, the cheap crappy kind you would find at a HS party, lol. Both my wife & I did partake in the shenanigans that were going on at those parties in the early days… Although, we both hated beer untill 5 yrs ago or so. It was a nice summer day and the boys were doing a endurance kart race, so the girls had a case of the Silver-bullet to put down the hatch. That is the day she started drinking the hoppy stuff. For me, I started really loving beer just a few years ago after going on a ‘hefe-wiesse’ kick. I still love a great hefe brew… Now for the Pina’coladas, lol. I too liked the taste of the stuff, although a Vodka tonic used to be the drink of choice, but the cocunut flavored drink by itself is a bit weak by our tastes. Sooooo… a few years back while on the island of Kauai for our honeymoon, we came across this drink called a Lava Flow. The Lava Flow is basically a Pina Colada with a flow of Strawberry dachari down the middle and setteled at the bottom. It had regular Bacardi rum in it already, but it was a tadd on the soft side and you could bearly taste the alchohol. We asked the bartender to spice it up a bit, they said “sure how about a rum floater!?” I said, “That sounds great, do you have 151?” “Yup, we sure do”… Sweet! Ever since then, the drink is amazing and we have renamed it the “Lava Bomb”! Two of those and you are BOMBED….!
That Lava drink sounds pretty tasty, though I’m sure it would only take one for me to get bombed lol