On Tue, 1 May 2018 13:53:08 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Tue, 01 May 2018 12:24:29 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 1 May 2018 12:39:47 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:18:29 -0600, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>>
>>>> I see various canned cocktails in the supermarket. Are any of them
>>>> any good?
>>>
>>>Fruit cocktails or alcohol cocktails?
>>>
>>>The alcohol cocktails are pretty lame. I used to get the little 5oz
>>>Manhattan because they were like 16% alcohol. But now they've changed
>>>a lot of their formulas so they can be sold in various stores while
>>>abiding by each state's alcohol laws. Most of them are "malt
>>>beverages" here in Texas now, and not made with real gins, whiskeys,
>>>and tequilas (or even the infamous "grain neutral alcohol"). And they
>>>don't exceed 13.9% here (can't sell anything over 13.9% in grocery
>>>store).
>>>
>>>If you're talking fruit cocktails, then get the "Very Cherry". It has
>>>more than half a cherry in the can.
>>
>> I was asking about alcohol cocktails. Just because they were
>> mentioned in another thread.
>
>Basically, they're really expensive for what you get and don't taste
>very good. Unless you need something quick to chug in the Church
>bathroom on Sunday mornings, I'd pass on them. I haven't bought one
>for probably 22 years. But I still look at the labels sometimes when
>I see them.

I used to work at the Liquor Board in Ontario, so I saw all of them,
and we had "tastings" of them quite frequently.

I can't stand them. They are generally vodka, rum, or wine based, and
are mixed with some kind of fruit-flavoured liquid. They are all
cloyingly sweet - even the ones that claim to not be at all sweet. And
you never see one over 7% alcohol. They are basically gateway
alcoholic beverages for young girls who can't deal with the real
thing.

My spirit drink of choice is vodka and club soda. With or without a
squeeze of lime. And I enjoy a glass of good red wine.

Doris