I hate almost all beer. I can discern the differences between them, and there are some beers that, on some days are drinkable—and some I even get to the point of liking—but I would never pay money for beer when other alternatives are available.
Beer is low in my preference ordering.
I like wine. i can distinguish between many different kinds and i can distinguish a preference ordering that I would consider to be correlated with the “quality” of wine.
There is no other way to get the flavours of wine apart from… actually drinking wine.
you can’t buy an equivalent pleasure because there isn’t one.
I am willing to pay for that particular pleasure.
wine is reasonably high in my preference ordering>
so is cider and mead.
but sometimes I prefer cider over wine, sometimes I prefer mead over cider, and a lot of times I prefer coffee over all of them.
preferences for taste change on a daily and even hourly basis.
Just like with food.
Sometimes you want to go for something sweet, sometimes salty, sometimes umami…
thus it goes with drinks.
I rarely go for sweet—I usually prefer tangy flavours or complex interesting flavours such as that of fruit juices or red wine.
There is no way you can say that I gain no pleasure from alcoholic drinks apart from the taste.
and sometimes—I gain more (temporary) pleasure from a higher-priced glass of wine than all the non-alcoholic drinks in the world… because I like the taste, and it’s exactly what I want right then at that time.
I hate almost all beer. I can discern the differences between them, and there are some beers that, on some days are drinkable—and some I even get to the point of liking—but I would never pay money for beer when other alternatives are available.
Beer is low in my preference ordering.
I like wine. i can distinguish between many different kinds and i can distinguish a preference ordering that I would consider to be correlated with the “quality” of wine. There is no other way to get the flavours of wine apart from… actually drinking wine. you can’t buy an equivalent pleasure because there isn’t one. I am willing to pay for that particular pleasure.
wine is reasonably high in my preference ordering> so is cider and mead.
but sometimes I prefer cider over wine, sometimes I prefer mead over cider, and a lot of times I prefer coffee over all of them.
preferences for taste change on a daily and even hourly basis. Just like with food. Sometimes you want to go for something sweet, sometimes salty, sometimes umami… thus it goes with drinks. I rarely go for sweet—I usually prefer tangy flavours or complex interesting flavours such as that of fruit juices or red wine.
There is no way you can say that I gain no pleasure from alcoholic drinks apart from the taste. and sometimes—I gain more (temporary) pleasure from a higher-priced glass of wine than all the non-alcoholic drinks in the world… because I like the taste, and it’s exactly what I want right then at that time.