# Beer drinking for the uninitiated

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2006-07-30
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2006/07/30/beer-drinking-for-the-uninitiated/
- Categories: essay

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<b>Warning: I am not a beer connoisseur. I have started drinking only about a year ago. I started drinking beer only on July 11, 2005. But, it has become one of all time favorite drinks. There will a lotta yapping and assumptions, forgive me for them, and read, else don't :-D!<br />
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That said, some more disclaimers. I cannot gorge on beer. I can hardly finish a pitcher, and a mug after that AT THE VERY MOST. I can get high on beer, even after just a pint. <br />
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</b>Phew... Now that's something I have come out and told in the open :-D! Anyhoo, getting back to the topic. I started drinking only after my college. I was strongly against for no particular reason except that I thought that I didn't really need to drink to enjoy. I still believe so. I hardly consume alcohol even now. On an average, it's once a week, if people wanna really hang out and grab some beer. But I have had some awesome times, when I got drunk as well. :-D!<br />
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Why am I digressing so much? Already I see no structure in this blog... ;-)<br />
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First of all, <a href="http://wantonurges.wordpress.com/2006/05/12/the-golden-rules-of-drinking/">The golden rules on drinking</a>, which was co-formulated by me and Arjun! So, ya gotta follow all that.<br />
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Now, comes to the part where in I started preaching about drinking to the prestidigitator. So, here's the excerpt from that. [Psstt... I am too lazy to type it all over again :-D]<br />
<blockquote> -&gt; Don’t go by the taste. It sucks, initially, but then you grow to love it.<br />
-&gt; GO FOR THE DRAUGHT BEER and NOT the bottled beer.<br />
-&gt; Drink slowly and steadily.<br />
-&gt; Always keep some bites near you. The best I like is “peanut masala” served in all the pubs in India. French fries, Potato wedges, wafers, chicken wings, drum sticks??? if you are a non-vegetarian<br />
-&gt; If people have told you that you will puke when you drink the first time, it’s but a myth. It’s all in the mind. If at all you feel like puking, all you need to do is take a bite of something you like and smell it. Removes the feeling<br />
-&gt; Do not mix your drinks the first time! That’s for later <img src="/assets/images/blog/icon_wink.gif" alt=";-)" /><br />
-&gt; Beer is healthier than Coke/Pepsi/other aerated drinks <img src="/assets/images/blog/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="-D" /> !!<br />
-&gt; If it’s a pub, DO NOT GO TO A PUB where in you don’t like the music. Screws the experience big time <img src="/assets/images/blog/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="-D" /> !<br />
</blockquote>Now, those should get you started. Will fill this up and complete it later, as I am totally bored rite now :-D!! Just too many blog entries for today!