@earlyre My recollection includes no mention of using it as a mixer, but the association by inference with moonshine was pretty clearly intended to appeal to rebellious youngsters. So was the bilious greenish-yellow color. My opinion was the '60s equivalent of “meh”.
@earlyre Pfui. By the time that Pepsico took it over and produced it for nationwide distribution (which the originator could not have achieved), that history was truly irrelevant. I’m mildly surprised that the caffeine is removed from the formula in some non-US markets, though.
I do some bartending for a venue, and it makes it easier to have a mix than to make each cocktail using each ingredient individually. And I don’t feel bad since it’s usually a private event.
I don’t drink alcohol (personal choice), so I haven’t had a use. Can you drink a cocktail mix without liquor? I’ve always been curious. I know some friends of mine have advocated for alcohol free “mocktails”, but I frankly have no idea how to make them. I would think the flavor of the liquor would be a key ingredient. Am I wrong?
@brmarwedel Not entirely. Some of the mixers are decidedly mediocre in some way if used without liquor, and many of them are overly strong unless diluted. Some taste just plain freaking weird. But a regular sour mix is generally a base for decent lemonade in a pinch. I would not call these good candidates for regular beverage use, however. Even the one called sweater weather really deserves hard cider in my estimation, although as an embellishment to the regular kind, it would be likely to work. If I had some, I might be tempted to try mixing it with cranberry, too.
No but I do use a DJ mixer.
@yakkoTDI
I have a Kitchenaid personally
@yakkoTDI Mixing a DJ? My my, how the tables have turned.
@awk @yakkoTDI Last time he did it all the DJ had was a scratch.
/showme no
Yes, otherwise it’s just straight liquor
@TheGreatNico Right, that is the idea. Maybe an ice cube.
@rustyh3 but that’s not a cocktail then
does mtndew count?
in it’s original form it was designed as a mixer for whiskey…
@earlyre My recollection includes no mention of using it as a mixer, but the association by inference with moonshine was pretty clearly intended to appeal to rebellious youngsters. So was the bilious greenish-yellow color. My opinion was the '60s equivalent of “meh”.
@werehatrack https://apnews.com/article/a09739006e304810b57cec24558cb250
@earlyre @werehatrack
At first glance I thought that said mildew.
@earlyre Pfui. By the time that Pepsico took it over and produced it for nationwide distribution (which the originator could not have achieved), that history was truly irrelevant. I’m mildly surprised that the caffeine is removed from the formula in some non-US markets, though.
@earlyre @werehatrack
Yet another source that desperately needs an editor.
I guess we know why they still have a bunch of these.
i put grenadine in my pepsi
The closest I get to a cocktail is a dirty coke.
When I drank the only mixer I used was sour mix for whiskey sours.
@tweezak Same, but also Bloody Mary mix if I’m in a hurry.
I still can’t figure out why someone uses a long feather to mix a drink, especially one at the wrong end.
@hchavers The right end of a rooster is on the breaded and fried drumstick.
I do some bartending for a venue, and it makes it easier to have a mix than to make each cocktail using each ingredient individually. And I don’t feel bad since it’s usually a private event.
@awood15 Why would you feel bad? Is there a social reason to not use it that I am unaware of?
@awood15 @zinimusprime
the push towards being a ‘mixologist’ makes it seem like cheating.
I do occasionally enjoy a Cuba Libre on a hot summer day. But usually I’ll just grab a cold IPA, neat.
I would have if I ever actually got the ones I ordered from you people…
Aren’t cocktails by definition mixed?
Gin & tonic.
I don’t drink alcohol (personal choice), so I haven’t had a use. Can you drink a cocktail mix without liquor? I’ve always been curious. I know some friends of mine have advocated for alcohol free “mocktails”, but I frankly have no idea how to make them. I would think the flavor of the liquor would be a key ingredient. Am I wrong?
@brmarwedel Not entirely. Some of the mixers are decidedly mediocre in some way if used without liquor, and many of them are overly strong unless diluted. Some taste just plain freaking weird. But a regular sour mix is generally a base for decent lemonade in a pinch. I would not call these good candidates for regular beverage use, however. Even the one called sweater weather really deserves hard cider in my estimation, although as an embellishment to the regular kind, it would be likely to work. If I had some, I might be tempted to try mixing it with cranberry, too.