To me alcohol is overwhelmingly bitter.
I don’t know if I could ever acquire a taste for the stuff.
I always thought beer smelled like pee. Never liked the stuff. Thus the search for something I could actually choke down. Bitter is another problem, maybe you could shop around or consult a bartender at a very good restaurant who might know something,
Or just forget about it. Cabernet is good at artery cleaning too. However, wine raises my blood pressure, a common problem, so what good is that? I take resveratrol capsule, the active ingredient in red wine, so that’s another way to go.