I am sure you have been sitting around having a cold one or three with your friends when one of you does something stupid which causes someone to say, "I remember my first beer". Do you really remember your first beer? Was your first legal drink a beer?

I know the first booze I ever tasted was beer. Who didn't sneak a sip of dad's beer just to see what it tasted like and then were shocked at awful it was and wondered how they drank that crap? It was the same way I felt about coffee. I am now 50 and still don't drink coffee and haven't had alcohol in 15 years or so but there was a time when I was a varsity level drinker. I had to give it up for diabetes.

I remember vividly though the day I reached legal drinking age and headed to the bar for my first legally purchased cocktail. The drink my friends decided I needed to try first was called a "Prairie Fire". It was a shot of tequila with Tabasco sauce in it. They should've renamed it the "Flaming Anal" because those babies hurt for several days that followed.

How about you? What was your first legal drink?

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