What's the fun of bitter beverages, why do many men like them?

[SarahS98]

I love Baileys Irish cream or fruity cocktails. I can't see the point of enjoying something so bitter. The only way I can drink beer is if it's mixed with soda or juice, turning it into a Shandy.

My husband has gotten used to my preference and orders the same for him. Though when we were boyfriend and girlfriend, he was into beers, rum in the rocks or tequila. I've tried it once for a bit and eeekk, I couldn't stand the bitterness. It felt nasty in taste for me.

Guys how can you tolerate bitter drinks and still go on? What's the fun to it if it's bitter?

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I actually started to favor increasingly bitter and sour alcoholic drinks simply to slow myself down. It only worked for a while though until I was chugging Kamikazes.

Beer is nice to me though (I especially enjoy dark beers which tend to be more bitter). It's an acquired taste but I didn't find it much different from acquiring a taste for black coffee.

[SarahS98]

I can't stand black, bitter coffee either. I think my taste was made mainly for the sweets.
How long did it take you to get used to dark beers?

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Initially all alcohol tasted gross to me except the fruitiest cocktails like Pina Coladas and Margaritas. So I started with those. Then once I got drunk on those, I think we cease to mind how alcohol tastes so I started throwing in tequila shots on top at suggestions, then whiskey, then finally started drinking beers.

At first, I only found beers palatable when I was already quite tipsy, then oddly I started to crave a beer one time when I was completely sober. I think that visual image of an ice cold beer on a summer day started to appeal to me at some point.

Initially I only liked really light-tasting beers though, like Asahi Super Dry:


It has a very sharp and clean taste, not so bitter. But over time I started to like earthier and darker beers. Maybe a few years later, I started to really enjoy dark beers.

[Danny_dan92]

I don’t drink alcohol.




Tastes like shit, isn’t good for you, makes you gain weight, gives hang overs… need I go on?

[SarahS98]

If not drinking any alcohol makes you happy ok. If you drink too much of any alcoholic beverage (whether bitter or sweet) and do it so often then obviously you're going to get hangover and gain weight. My husband and I don't drink frequently though and we don't drink to get drunk.

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I think of it just like coffee drinks: Some like it bitter and others like it sweeter. The same applies to alcoholic drinks. I'm a sweet drinker though on both. I'm sometimes ok with coffee being bitter though.

[Agent_Elflord]

I don’t, I hate it and would prefer a lemon drop, screwdriver, vodka smoothie, or some Abuelita (Mexican hot chocolate) with Kahlua and Bailey’s.

[Phoenix98]

Well I mean I often drink my coffee black with nothing in it so bitter drinks don't really bother me to much.

[exitseven]

I used to like craft beer. Some of it was very bitter. I guess it is an acquired taste.

[LiamS95]

The only bitter beer or ales I've ever had are very dark stouts, not lagers or pilsiners