some minimal things since I don't drink: Rum is very sweet Scotch apparently tastes the way pine needles smell Red wine is rather bitter, tastes the way it smells blushes are sweet, sometimes too sweet [spoiler]I work at Olive garden. Kinda my job[/spoiler] here's a link to the description of many different drinks: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=657408 scroll down to the 5th response, has a list of drinks