To me, alcohol has neither taste or smell, but does have a definite tactile experience in the mouth; I like beer; the first glass of wine is ok but after the second it all tastes to me like bad wine; vanilla is *V*A*N*I*L*L*A*, not plain at all; I don't seek out ferociously hot curries.

Now cheese, that's gross.

Conclusion: people vary.

And of course people use alcohol to get high. What they put up with is not the taste, but the hangover the next day. And, er, this.