Do Different Types of Liquor/Alcohol Really Have Different Effects? If so, why? If not, why do people claim they do?

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I’ve seen people claim that getting drunk off of X causes them to party, while getting drunk off of Y causes them to sleep, and getting drunk off of Z causes them to be more depressed, but X causes them to be more happy, etc.

Is this actually true? If so,

– I presume it’s dependent on the person, so what physical or mental differences in a person make them more or less likely?

– What about the alcohols could affect this?

– How does what you mix it with take a role? (Like do Citrus mix-ins have a different effect than caffeine mix-ins, etc).

If it’s not true:

– Why do people claim that it’s true so fervently?

Edit: So the consensus seems to be “The difference comes from the atmosphere and emotions you have going in. The alcohol itself likely has little difference. However, some alcohol has more or less histamines, melatonin, or are often paired with things with more sugar or caffeine, or contain more or less fluids to hydrate, so these all may play roles”.

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As far as I know, there is no evidence that different alcohols, ingested in the same alcohol quantities, make people behave differently.

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