Beer: IPAs, Stouts, Wheat Beers, Brown Ales, just about anything with some *taste* to it.

Wine: really don't drink much wine 'cause I'm not a heavy drinker, and I live alone, so I'll rarely finish a whole bottle before it goes bad, as most wines generally don't keep for much longer than a day or two after opening and who wants the same wine for 3-days in a row?

Liquor: I'm a whisky/scotch fan. My brother and sister recently surprised me with a birthday present of a 30 Year Laphroaig. Wow. I like other hard liquors as well but I'm not as familiar with many of them. My standbys when ordering liquor are usually Bourban Manhattan, Maker's Mark on the rocks, Gin & Tonic, or Scotch. I was on a white russian kick for a while, but that's not really "hard liquor", more like candy in a glass .

I recently acquired a bottle of the most interesting liquor I've ever tasted. I went on vacation to Austria recently and in Innsbruck there was this little liquor shop, and the proprietor was super cool. He was telling us all about the local wines he carried and the varieties of Brandy and Schnapps, many of which he made himself, that he had on hand, and even gave us tastes of a few different ones. One of the ones that he made, and that we sampled, was a Schnapps that was made with pine. It's amazing stuff. You'd expect the pine taste to be overpowering, and it is quite strong, but it's also quite pleasant. It comes on kind of strong, as you would expect, but then sorta evaporates away into a smooth, almost vanilla finish. I was impressed enough that I decided to buy a bottle.

I also got a small bottle of absinthe at another store just 'cause you can't get it in the states, but really wasn't all that impressed with it. Tastes like crap AFAIC.

-Trevor