So 5 year old boys (and girls too, but especially boys) learn by imitating. They are curious; they want to try new things. Like jumping from absurdly high places with ease, killing your aging knees just watching the feat. But more important than the story, how to taste your beer. So at some point, you give up, imagining that they'll make that dumb face (AKA the Brussels sprout pout) and maybe even spit/drool a little. And then beer will be off their radar for a decade or two, depending on their future propensity for underage drinking. This was my experience when my father gave me a Miller-based product 25-30 years ago. I didn't like the taste at all. But not to my son, I give it to him and of course he loves it. I think he actually likes it for the taste, but I know part of it is to push the buttons of our collective parenting. He knows you shouldn't drink mom and dad's drinks until you're much older. So he enjoys breaking the rules (more on that in future posts, lots, lots, more) and this is just one example of that. But he can't b...