“One sip and I was turned off of hard stuff.”
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That is a bit strange. Your system obviously is allergic to anything with alcohol.
Back in the US, I use to say that my drinking consisted of Scotch in winter and beer in Summer. I did, however, become addicted to Carlo Rossie California red wine that I bought in 4 ltr btls.
When I moved from the US for good in 2004 to Slovakia, I was pretty much a wino, and I could buy red or white wines from the barrel, pumped into 1.5 ltr plastic bottles.
Here in the Philippines, they are not so much into wine, but I can still buy Carlo Rossie and other import wines.
I am now on to drinking a local Sangria, costing about $3 per bottle. When I travel to one of the big cities, I can buy red or white imported wine in 1 ltr cardboard boxes...very easy to carry home.