Drinks for new ppl?

I turned 21 a few months ago, and I’ve only been out drinking once. I tried a glass of some cherry flavored drink and a few sips of normal beer. Those weren’t good, but they weren’t awful either, so I had no problem finishing it. Then, I had like 3 different shots. Fireball, rumchata, and some other drink. Every single one tasted disgusting beyond belief.

I’ve pretty much given up on shots, because apparently it takes a lot of them to affect me, and every single one I’ve tried tasted like hand sanitizer. I know it’s not supposed to be good, but these things were just unpallatable. And on top of that, I can’t just throw one back, or I’ll be coughing it back up for like 5 minutes, so I have to slowly swallow it all. Yikes.

So, in the place of shots, what do y’all think would be a good place to start with actual drinks? I mean full glasses of something that doesn’t make me physically recoil when I take a sip. Again, I know none of them are gonna actually taste good, but as long as the taste isn’t so bad it makes me wanna take a break in between sips, it’ll work for me.