Somewhere along the line I fell in taste love with Ketel One vodka. Does it taste good? Well.. it's hard to explain. It's clean while giving me the impression "there's help on the way" when body and/or mind are hurting. And I think that somehow "lifts" the taste, perhaps like how some feel about eating veggies they'd otherwise not be able to honestly claim enjoying.
But then I get a similar sense from rubbing alcohol on a wound.
I've enjoyed gin martinis, but must admit the juniper seems over the top - compared to vodka - to attain similar medicinal benefit.
Something like that....