Last night, while having taco salad with the wife and in-laws, I had a couple of 'malt beverages'. One was Hooch Hard Lemonade and the other was Smirnoff Ice. Do you drink/like/buy malt beverages? And if so, what do you drink/like/buy?

I don't buy those types of drinks -- but frequently drink them at other people's houses during parties.

I find Mike's Hard Lemonade can be disastrous. I'm telling you it doesn't taste like there's alcohol in it!

i would not be caught dead buying or drinking those things.

My daughter, a college junior, calls these beverages "bitch beer" . She prefers the real thing, bless her heart!

I'm torn between Schlitz and Old English 88. Quart sized in a brown paper bag of course.

I'm sorry but I can't find the "hurling" gremlin.

LOL! I knew that would invoke a response from somebody.

A notch above Chardonnay, but still undrinkable. All part of the elixir from kidney family of liquids.

A notch above Chardonnay. Good God, Doc! That hurts!

Old English 800 is clearly the best malt beverage!

And I agree, I wouldn't be caught dead drinking that $hit either.

jb

DrT,
Do you even hate Kistler????

funny this topic comes up. we were discussing this at work today. my wife loves smirnoff ice and keeps a case in my cellar . i can't stand that s... nor any of its kind.

We call them RTDs and they don't recieve a great level of appreciation here either. The nickname is "lollie drinks" and they seem to appeal to the teenies. I refuse to stock them or drink them. When I've got real vodka, gin ,whatever why would I have wannbies?

Jeremy, "Teenies" can buy alcohol?

My 24 year old son drinks the Smirnoff crap... err, Ice.

"Bitch Beer"

snicker snicker

milky way milky way

ar-ar

'bitch beer' indeed. Kind of like wine coolers in the 80s. They used to sell wine coolers in 2-liter bottles, did you know that?

David,
Legal age is 18 here. Also teenager's can get alcohol if they really want to. One of the reasons why I don't stock them is to discourage them.

I thought this was going to be about Horlicks and Ovaltine - I'm disappointed now. What is malt about them?

if i go to a party and they've got malt drinks or turning leaf, i choose the malt drinks. however, if they've got vodka, it's no question, mixes with anything, and blows the malt drinks away. in fact, that's the great thing about vodka, it's a year round drink!!

18 is the drinking age here too. If you can vote you can drink and die for your country - seems fair.

We call these works of Satan alcopops. I've never spotted Malt hanging around in any of them. Next time I see them I will discreetly peek at the ingredients as long as I can be assured that no-one sees me looking. This may turn out to be embarrassing so I can't promise.

It's a bit like when I was going to buy Blue Nun Merlot out of curiosity but just could not face picking it up. Not seen any tasting notes around here.