I'd probably say most have their drinks of choice, some hit harder than others as we're all different. Beer eventually didn't do much for me in the way of getting drunk, so I graduated to liquor after a while, it got me drunk quicker and I didn't need as much of it.
The problem for me though was when I made a deal with myself that I would only drink beer and wine in an attempt to moderate, I would drink beer and as I got a slight buzz all good intentions then went out the window and I'd reach for my trusty liquor to finish the job off out of frustration.
At Christmas time when I would run out of liquor I would reach for all crazy types of weird liqueurs and spirits that were left over, they didn't do the same thing as my alcohol of choice, but that didn't matter in the end!!
Alcohol was the common denominator in all of my drinking, and that was what I needed to sort out!!