- I mostly drink water. It's readily available, good for me, goes with almost any food and is also good for quenching thirst. It also tastes good both cold and at room temperature. Not really many downsides.
- I occasionally drink tea. Recently a fair amount of Irish breakfast tea, which I prefer to English breakfast tea (though not necessarily to Earl Grey). 1 - 3 cups of tea per week on average; I keep it moderate so my caffeine tolerance remains fairly low. I don't like coffee.
- I drank a ton of milk growing up, but not so much any more. In part because it's harder to go through it living on my own and not eating as many meals at home.
- I like fruit juices but rarely pay the extra to buy them over just having tap water. I did make my own lemonade recently and have limes to make limeade with, though. Elderflower is underrated in the U.S.
- I didn't like soda growing up, was introduced to it by way of rum-and-cokes in college, found I didn't hate it anymore, and got into trying unusual soda flavors around 2012. But that's faded away, and I don't drink much soda anymore. What I do drink is regular (non-diet) soda, usually sugared with real sugar. I might drink more soda if Hawaiian pineapple soda was readily available in the midwest. Sprecher's cherry cola is also quite good, though I haven't figured out why they artificially flavor it when they have lots of high-quality cherries in it. Maybe for the cola part?
- I was not exposed to alcohol at all growing up. Found it wasn't the root of all evil during college. My general trend over time was mixed drinks (college) --> beer --> cider.
- I don't like IPAs. Way too hoppy for my tastes. I don't like lagers, either - every one I've tried except Yuengling was an abomination. Malty beers I tend to like, including brown ales, scotch ales, and Belgian dubbels, trippels, and quadruples. Hopless ales, such as heather ales, can also be good. Wheat ales are also okay. New Glarus is my favorite brewery, but they only sell in Wisconsin.
- It was when I was in Belgium that I first gained a positive opinion of beer, and that was furthered when I was in Wisconsin. Since leaving Wisconsin, I've gradually shifted to ciders, in part because that's the common beverage that all of my friends who drink like (we have vastly divergent beer preferences).
- I don't drink much wine, and what I do drink tends to be what's left after cooking with it. A large part of that's due to not really knowing enough about wine to know whether I'll like it if I buy it - there's a few I like, but it's largely luck whether I'll like what I buy, which makes it not really worth it.
- I like some meads. I tend to prefer the ones that involve mainly honey, water, and yeast, as opposed to those that start with white wine and add to it.
- I could've had free beer tonight, but went with water instead. I think it was a good choice.
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