Although I no longer drink, I still have credibility on drinkin' discussions because of my past life-style ...

- DON'T FRUIT THE BEER (and don't veg the beer)

; if you want and like beer, drink the beer; if you need to fruit-it-up (or veg-it), then drink fruit-juice or veg-juice.
To give you an idea of my style back in the day; in between the beers, my summer drink was gin on-the-rocks; my winter drink was scotch on-the-rocks; my version of irish coffee was a cup of coffee with a shot of irish whiskey on the side in a shot glass.
What I'm sayin' is when I drank, I drank it as it was (didn't hide it behind any other foo-foo flavors

); so ..

DON'T FRUIT/VEG THE BEER
