Extraordinary thread :-)

I am pretty much in the camp of "I like almost every alcoholic drink" in the way that I like most soft drinks. Some are very good however, and some are crap - but they all taste different, so in terms of tasting the alcohol - nope, definitely not. You can feel the alcohol, if it is strong, but no taste that is an alcohol one.

In food with alcohol, a steak and ale pie has hardly any alcohol in it, but tastes of ale (a good thing) whereas a vodka jelly tastes of jelly (also a good thing)