Your first beer?

What was it and what age? Also, how can you tell if you're a violent drunk of a non violent drunk? Don't have to say age 3. Oh, any tips for some one who is about to have there first alchohalic drink? Finally, what would be a good first beer/whiskey. I was told NO SHOTS for first alchohalic drinks ..confirm/deny?

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Drink a Hoegarden. You might actually like that... or maybe a rum and coke

(I'm trying to think of what you'll like - as your tastebuds aren't trained).

I had my first drink around age 12, or 11. By the time I was 15 I could taste the difference between a Bombay Saphire and a Beefeater Martini.

 
Im with BuseyI cannot remember my first meaningful drink, but we should all be christened by Milwaukee's Best.

That's a true PSUer right there... My first beer was a Budweiser I think... Took em out of my friend's dad's basement fridge

As for your first beer I would say go with something smooth and simple... Hoegaarden is good but it can be an acquired taste. I's recommend Yuengling... Timeless and smooth... Great lager... Shots are a must on your 21st but be cautious as they will sneak up on you and ruin your day hahaha

 

My first real drink was in HS. I was the kid who never got detention, and my buddy was one of those guys who was there everyday. I was clueless, so I put the whole night in his hands. Mistake. He started me off with Natty Ice. And.... he poured a little vodka in my solo cup "So I could be sure you'd get drunk."

I would advise against this combo, and maybe start off with something really lite... maybe rolling rock? Or you could potentially try something like Blue Moon with an orange slice.

Cheers dude!

 

The first beer I can remember having was Beast as a freshman in highschool. I think the best way to tell if you are a violent drunk or not would be to split a 5th of whiskey with someone as a pregame and then go to a crowded bar with plenty of sausage. See how twisted and aggressive you get in that situation.

Also stop being such a dork and over analyzing everything about drinking. Just get after it and learn from your mistakes along the way.

 

Night of my high school graduation. Had first alcohol when I was 13 or so... It was mike's hard lemonade so I didn't even know

 

13, I had a Miller High Life with my cousin, given to us by his older brother (my other cousin). He also gave us chew, which started a puke fest (I swallowed my spit---oops). Middle-school was filled with stealing wine from huge jugs that our parents had. Real classy stuff.

When I was 14, that same older cousin gave me some vodka, picked up my girlfriend, and dropped us off at my house (parents were out of town, and I was staying with my cousin's family). Screwdrivers and foolin' around all night. My cousin was an awful influence haha. Fortunately.

 
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I was 12. We ran into people's garages at night in the summer time to steal shit, one night we stole 3 beers. I decided this would do nothing for us collectively and that I should just put them in my brother's beer bong and have them all to myself.

After I bonged those three beers my life was changed forever. I spent the rest of my jr. high and high school years getting shitfaced and hooking up with shitfaced chicks. I think this was a tremendous asset to my personal growth because once I reached college, I was a veteran. I'd essentially been a frat boy for the last 5 or 6 years of my life and knew how to balance work and play.

As for the violent drunk, it depends what you're drinking. Gin makes a man mean. If I drink enough whiskey I start to lose my shit. Once I tackled a trash can in a town square that was cemented into the ground and broke my collarbone, that was mixing gin and whiskey.

Other tips, blacking out is inevitable, so is pissing your pants at least once when you pass out, and so is a bar fight.

 

Are you all a bunch of wankers or bankers? We only drink the best J&B on the rocks.

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11/12. a local beer. By 15 I was hitting pubs in Germany (legal drinking age for beer 16). Not usually a violent drunk, but wont run from a nice fight. Too much stories!, although now I am boring and tend to just drink some beers and safely arrive home.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. - Tacitus Dr. Nick Riviera: Hey, don't worry. You don't have to make up stories here. Save that for court!
 

You surely SHOULD have a shot for your first drink. As far as my first drink, 12 years old, story not worth bragging about. I opened the refrigerator and took out a beer.

When you are great, people will often mistake candor for arrogance.
 

First drinks I had was probably the same as many others. Raided my parent's liquor cabinet, ended up with vodka, rum, and some weird liquors. Chased with soda and juice.

 

Freshman in HS, friend got me into a club, first drink = vodka lime. They aren't as bad as shots. Tried shots at an open bar at some VC event in my junior year of HS, my friend projectile vomited on me later. True story.

 
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HSdaydreamerFreshman in HS, friend got me into a club, first drink = vodka lime. They aren't as bad as shots. Tried shots at an open bar at some VC event in my junior year of HS, my friend projectile vomited on me later. True story.
HS junior at a venture capital open bar? say whaaat?

My friends are iPhone app developers and the startups love people like us, who are cheap and can do the same amount of work for less money.

 

My parents had this philosophy that if I tried some of the vices when I was young, I would hate them and and therefore be scarred for life. They're 1 for 2 on that front.

Mom had me try a cigarette when I was 10 (no idea what age exactly) and I despised it. Still have no desire to smoke (although I will occasionally when I'm drunk and I do enjoy a good cigar).

Had my first shot of vodka when I was 11ish and after I got done with the violent coughing fit my gag reflex inspired, a warm feeling set over me. Needless to say, to this day a good buzz brings a smile to my face every time.

 

When I was around 9, my older brother (who was an early teen at the time, mind you), decided to initiate me to beer as I was "old enough already". We split a bottle of Heineken and I actually liked it. Fast forward a week later, and I'm buying a beer at the local kiosk "for my daddy". I proceed to drink it in front of a girl on my block that I tried to impress. Next thing I know, my best friend rats me out to my grandma for god knows what reason (never spoke to that kid after that). She took me to the kiosk and verified that I did in fact buy beers. When my parents found out they were in total shock, as you can imagine. They and their friends would then tease me for years, asking if I wanted a beer all the fucking time... it was really embarrassing and I felt incredibly guilty haha.

Then, the first time I tried vodka was in middle school, 6th grade. This one fucked up kid brought a tiny bottle, so we all locked ourselves up in the girls bathroom and had a few sips chased by tap water (disgustinggg!). I began drinking lightly in 7th and 8th grade, it's hilarious to remember those times now with my buddies. We would buy a small vodka, pour it in a bottle of 7-up to mix, and go to the cinema (!) to drink hahah. Tickets were cheap, and it was actually the only place we as kids could sit and drink besides parks and benches. I still wonder what genius came up with that idea. Mind you, we didn't drink much, and I was tipsy but never wasted at that age. The first time I got proper shitfaced was, like everyone else, in high school. My friend filmed me and another freshman getting flatlined, it was the most embarrasing video I have ever seen of myself or anyone else, for that matter. Apparently I drank 600mg of vodka, mostly by chugging FULL plastic cups - I would never be able to do that now. That was the worst hangover of my life, I stayed in bed for 3 days and couldn't drink coke (that was our chase) for 3 months, let alone any other alcohol. I would also get nauseous by looking at those plastic cups.

That's probably why throughout my life many groups of friends independently gave me a nickname alcoholic.

 

i know as a kid i had beer often but when i first wanted it maybe around 10? i say no to the shots but coke and rum does sound good for starting and just me but i hate beer..

It's what you put into it
 

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I had half a glass of beer at 4, drank it off the dinner table whilst parents werent watching. badass.

if u wna start softly just fk the beer and have a gt, or try some belvedere with apple juice(this is rly gay, yes).

 

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