Yeah, I think it is harder to learn about liquor if you are coming from a family that doesn't drink. I am lucky in that my mother's grandfather owned a bar, and she has been brewing her own beer since I was a little kid, and my father is descended from G. Selmer Fougner (http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/23/magazine/wine-affairs-to-remember.html), who is often credited with creating the modern wine column. My dad doesn't like liquor but he's always had a healthy appreciation for it because of this.
SoCo on the rocks by itself is pretty sickeningly sweet but it is not the worst thing to be drinking! I actually use Soco mostly in things like hot cider drinks or in eggnog. When you're learning about liquor, usually the thing I recommend doing is sticking to one type of liquor for the night so if it has an ill effect, you know what caused it. But then within that you can order a lot of different drinks-- for example, g&t, martini, gin gimlet, negroni, are all made with gin but all taste very different!
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Date: 2009-07-06 01:23 am (UTC)SoCo on the rocks by itself is pretty sickeningly sweet but it is not the worst thing to be drinking! I actually use Soco mostly in things like hot cider drinks or in eggnog. When you're learning about liquor, usually the thing I recommend doing is sticking to one type of liquor for the night so if it has an ill effect, you know what caused it. But then within that you can order a lot of different drinks-- for example, g&t, martini, gin gimlet, negroni, are all made with gin but all taste very different!