Wow, I really struck a nerve here, eh? Alright, beer is great, we must all do our part! ;-)
I've drunk plenty of beer and it all tastes bad. I'm not inexperienced. I much prefer the flavour of fruit juice. I really do think there's a huge social pressure to get to like beer. Maybe after a while our brains get to enjoy the bad flavour and associate it with pleasant past experiences. I have learned to put up with the flavour of beer and sometimes I am able to ignore the bad flavour of beer if there are other parts of the flavour that are enjoyable.
I don't think anybody likes beer the first time they try it.
I feel the same way about coffee too. It's a bitter drink and it smells bad. It cannot possibly be true that these substances would be popular if it were not for the side effects. What is a popular bitter beverage or food that has no other side effects?
> Alright, beer is great, we must all do our part! ;-)
That's the spirit ;-)
> I've drunk plenty of beer and it all tastes bad.
Fair enough, I know a few people who don't like the taste.
> I'm not inexperienced.
Respectfully, assuming all other persons' motivations to be identical to your own makes you appear inexperienced not in matters of alcohol, but rather in (I'm struggling to find a good expression here -- I hope you get my meaning) how the world works.
> I much prefer the flavour of fruit juice.
Fine by me. I like it too.
> I really do think there's a huge social pressure to get to like beer.
Perhaps. I can't comment on American culture.
Certainly among adolescents in Germany there is some peer pressure WRT alcohol, including beer of course. After a while people tend to emancipate themselves from it though. I have a few friends who dislike alcohol. Nobody cares.
> I don't think anybody likes beer the first time they try it.
I didn't like it, that's for sure.
> What is a popular bitter beverage or food that has no other side effects?
I usually try not to feel side effects from beer. I dislike being drunk. I still like drinking beer though.
Apart from that: Brussel sprouts (ok, popularity is debatable ;-) ).
Artichokes.
Endive/Chicory.
There are also other very bitter vegetables whose name I don't know that are quite popular in Asia; I'd have to ask my wife for the name. They have no effects other than taste that I'm aware of. They were definitely an acquired taste for me, but now I really like them.
Perhaps you just don't like bitter taste. Obviously there's nothing wrong with that.
I've drunk plenty of beer and it all tastes bad. I'm not inexperienced. I much prefer the flavour of fruit juice. I really do think there's a huge social pressure to get to like beer. Maybe after a while our brains get to enjoy the bad flavour and associate it with pleasant past experiences. I have learned to put up with the flavour of beer and sometimes I am able to ignore the bad flavour of beer if there are other parts of the flavour that are enjoyable.
I don't think anybody likes beer the first time they try it.
I feel the same way about coffee too. It's a bitter drink and it smells bad. It cannot possibly be true that these substances would be popular if it were not for the side effects. What is a popular bitter beverage or food that has no other side effects?