Question regarding alcohol: Meaning of " 飲める！甘いのだけ”. More context in description below


Is Japanese beer sweet? To provide context to the question I asked, the
sentence was extracted from 2 characters talking to each other. Both of them
went into a bar. One of them has low alcohol tolerance so the other character
teases them about it. The teased character retorted back with a "飲める！甘いのだけ!" I
would like to ask about the meaning of "甘いのだけ". Is this a slang, or does it
mean "I can drink! It's just too sweet for me!" which brings me to my question
above if Japanese beer is sweet, because normally beer is bitter right? So why
would he say that it is sweet? Does "甘いのだけ" have another meaning here, for
instance, "I can drink!I'm just trying to go slow"?




This 甘いの means "sweet ones" where の corresponds to a pronoun "one(s)" in
English. For example, 高いの means "the more expensive one". The sentences mean
甘いのだけは飲める or "I can drink (at least) sweet ones."

I'm a bit confused what exactly is happening in this situation, but are they
really talking specifically about beers? Japanese beers are not fundamentally
different from foreign beers. To me, it sounds like this person is saying "I
can drink (not-so-hard) sweet alcoholic drinks", such as Cassis orange. Can
you double check the context?




This 甘いの means "sweet ones" where の corresponds to a pronoun "one(s)" in
English. For example, 高いの means "the more expensive one". The sentences mean
甘いのだけは飲める or "I can drink (at least) sweet ones."

I'm a bit confused what exactly is happening in this situation, but are they
really talking specifically about beers? Japanese beers are not fundamentally
different from foreign beers. To me, it sounds like this person is saying "I
can drink (not-so-hard) sweet alcoholic drinks", such as Cassis orange. Can
you double check the context?

