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For the non-Americans in the audience, what is White Claws?
Soda water with vodka and a homeopathic amount of fruity flavoring
Bet he was full of pep when he got to work.
I keep seeing people make fun of it online but that sounds like something I’d enjoy. My drink of choice for a few years now has been the depressing combination of whatever carbonated water is available with whatever better-than-rotgut-but-only-just vodka is available.
Rotgut-tier is also fine in a pinch. But the bad stuff here will make you blind.
(I’m also a fan of “give me your sweetest, fruitiest, girliest drink”, which was great fun back in uni when all the dudes around me were ordering bitter beverages they clearly didn’t enjoy. By trying to project masculinity to the girls around us, they were actually betraying an underlying insecurity about it - and by ordering my girly drink I was gently lampshading that idea. Fun times.)
But those sweet drinks caused more hangovers I feel
If you’re drinking for a buzz, then that’s the best way. All the calories you’re getting are only from alcohol. If you drink other cocktails or beer/wine, you’re drinking a lot of sugar, which adds up over time.
Source: my beer gut because I love the taste of craft beer
They're delightful. I personally prefer whiskey and when I want carbonated alcohol I tend towards a beer or a bourbon spritzer (or it's wine sibling), but they're easy and refreshing.
And yeah, as a chick who likes neat bourbon, it's amusing seeing men who are clearly uncomfortable with the fact that they don't like stuff like it. Like dude, just order what you like
I really enjoy a white claw or the various similar brands. I don't know what it is but if I drink a lot of those I have a "lighter" feeling of drunk. It feels nice, and I never get hungover from these drinks. I'm sure it's possible of course
Sounds good -- my go-to drink at my local is a vodka and soda with a lime wedge. (Occasionally will get a vodka and tonic with a twist if I'm feeling daring.)
No hate, its just a drink for me. Other people enjoying it doesnt hurt me
A can of carbonated water with a shot of vodka in it.
Just as much flavour as a typical flavoured carbonated water too
Just to clarify at least original White Claw gets its alcohol from fermented sugar. It’s basically a gluten free clear beer with no hops and fruit flavor added.
High Noon and anything labeled Vodka soda use actual distilled spirit. Those are more expensive and taste better, especially after a few.
It actually says "beer" in small print on the can since it is according to the legal/regulatory definition.
Depends on the state, no? Many states will tax distilled spirits higher than just fermented beverages, even if the end product is essentially just a 5% 12oz can.
We need these laws to change, imo.
it does not depend on the state, white claw does not have vodka in it. high noon does.
I mean the price difference, because tax. The product will be the same but could be different prices depending on state liquor laws.
It's honestly really refreshing during summer to drink vodka + carbonated water. If it's really hot (or I'm super full of food) I don't want much taste and carbonated water does a good job of hiding away the vodka taste.
It's a common drink in Finland, Koskenkorva vodka and vichy (water)
Summer drink is a Gin and Tonic.
Nothing is better after mowing the lawn than a shot of Pin-Sol with lime.
GT is great
Sounds like the water provides the freshness and the alcohol is around only to get you drunk. Just order carbonated water.
Why order vodka if you don't like the taste? If the goal is get drunk, just choose a drink that you find pleasant.
The alcohol is there to relax me.
It's cheap and does the trick. And it can be pleasant, ice cold or in say carbonated water/vichy. Maybe it's a cultural difference but just seems amusing to explain this.
idk where the other guy is from but your take is the norm here in america, also sitting here mildly perplexed at this requiring explanation… maybe OP isn’t a drinker?
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It's a matter of taste but out of hard liquor not flavored after I think brandy can be genuinely tasty. Ice cold good vodka can be refreshing. Sauna and ice cold vodka is worth trying out
Vodka sodas aren't a global thing?
I would think they are but they're not familiar to everyone (actually just had to explain the drink in another reply hah)
"Hard seltzer." fruit scented fizz water with a little booze in it, marketed mainly to women.
I've never heard of this drink before, but I've looked it up and it's 5% ABV. That's not "a little" booze; that's the same as a premium beer.
But... That IS a little booze.
A lot of booze would be like 10% or more for a canned beverage because that would be unexpected.
I find it interesting to hear 5% ABV beer being described as "premium". Here (Canada) it's basically the standard for every macrobrew lager, or around 4% for their light varieties. More high-end, craft beers will vary between 3% and 10% depending on the type of beer.
It's just old fashioned terminology. 4% was the strength of a standard bitter or lager, round about 5% a premium bitter or lager.
The UK doesn't use the term "light beer", so you can probably just think of it as being the equivalent to that distinction.
Obviously there are some wildly strong craft beers out there these days, but the lingo still is what it is.
And confusingly in Australia 'Light' beer is low alcohol (~3.5%) and in the USA 'Light' is low-flavour. I think many australians have been caught off gaurd by going to the US and drinking bud light thinking 'these soda-water beers really go to your head'
Maybe Europe? US mostly you have domestic big box shit that is 5 and 4.2% for light, then like an insane amount of IPAs that are 6-7.5% range.
An energy drink
Found the husband!
Basically flavoured water with alcohol.
And bubbles
White claw is a drink that comes in vaguely energy-drink looking cans, tastes bad (if it has any flavor at all), and has a slight alcohol content.
In fairness, my opinion of flavor should be taken with a grain of salt (lol) because I really dislike the taste of alcohol and am honestly surprised anyone could drink even a low percentage without recognizing ethanol’s horrible flavor.
I think part of that might be genetic, similar to how cilantro tastes like soap to some people.
Huh, you may be surprised to hear, but I actually LIKE the taste of ethanol in many drinks.
Ethanol is also grest for extracting flavours from various fruits and herbs.