I definitely acquired a deep interest in all things bitter around age 21. I started enjoying darker beers, coffee with no sugar in it, and red wine. Oh yeah - bourbon, too.
I can only assume it was all at once because of the bitter combos in all of them, but on the other hand, all four of those are drugs with not altogether unpleasant side effects, so who knows.
There does seem, as least in my experience to be a conversion from sweet to bitter sometime in adulthood for those who enjoy the kinds of libations that you speak of.
I grew up on a small farm. Every time we butchered a steer, my mom always cooked the liver. I just did not like it. She had mercy on me and never made me eat it.Through the years, every once in a while I would try it again. Somewhere in time my taste changed. I now find liver to be delicious.
I definitely acquired a deep interest in all things bitter around age 21. I started enjoying darker beers, coffee with no sugar in it, and red wine. Oh yeah - bourbon, too.
I can only assume it was all at once because of the bitter combos in all of them, but on the other hand, all four of those are drugs with not altogether unpleasant side effects, so who knows.
There does seem, as least in my experience to be a conversion from sweet to bitter sometime in adulthood for those who enjoy the kinds of libations that you speak of.
For sure. Age 19: Kool-Aid with vodka (to mask the taste of the vodka). Age 25: bourbon on the rocks.
I grew up on a small farm. Every time we butchered a steer, my mom always cooked the liver. I just did not like it. She had mercy on me and never made me eat it.Through the years, every once in a while I would try it again. Somewhere in time my taste changed. I now find liver to be delicious.