Poll: Do you drink Alcopops?

[Vonnis]

No, I think they taste terrible. I mainly drink beer (of various kinds), sometimes wine or liquor.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Uhhhh...

...Really?

If you're really worried about getting the highest alcohol content in the cheapest way possible, I believe that you are on a downhill slide toward alcoholism.

Don't get me wrong, me too, but at least I can cover it up with the fact that my 11-15% drinks are all Belgian imports that are in the $20/bottle range.

Just sayin'.

 

[Snake Plissken]

A "sometimes" option would be handy here.

I drank them a lot when I first started drinking (about a year ago, at age 21). These days I find them to be a fairly inefficient way of getting drunk, and the high sugar content makes the hangover worse in the morning. But, if it's the cheapest drink going, or if someone buys one for me, I'm certainly not saying no.

It's not the high sugar content (as a matter of fact, sucrose and glucose are an excellent way to get RID of hangovers), it's the high percentage of fusel alcohols. They are by-products of an inferior brewing process when making malt liquor, the main alcohol found in these drinks. Rather than using all-grain brewing techniques, they will often use malt extract with most of the water evaporated out. These sugars are more readily fermentable, but also produce more fusel alcohols.

 

[Rascarin]

A "sometimes" option would be handy here.

I drank them a lot when I first started drinking (about a year ago, at age 21). These days I find them to be a fairly inefficient way of getting drunk, and the high sugar content makes the hangover worse in the morning. But, if it's the cheapest drink going, or if someone buys one for me, I'm certainly not saying no.

It's not the high sugar content (as a matter of fact, sucrose and glucose are an excellent way to get RID of hangovers), it's the high percentage of fusel alcohols. They are by-products of an inferior brewing process when making malt liquor, the main alcohol found in these drinks. Rather than using all-grain brewing techniques, they will often use malt extract with most of the water evaporated out. These sugars are more readily fermentable, but also produce more fusel alcohols.

Well, that's me told.

I still think the inevitable sugar-crash is a contributing factor to the headache part of a hangover. These days I just drink in vodka shots, with plenty of water afterwards. Works like a bloody charm.

 

[s0m3th1ng]

AlcoSODA...wtf is this "pop" shit.
And here we call them ***** beers...because only girls drink them apparently. I like them...though I can't drink more than a couple because they are so damn sweet. My favorite is Hornsby's Hard Cider.

 

[Flamezdudes]

Seriously, what are alcopops?

 

[Tulks]

No. I, like many of you, am a grown-up.

Also, I believe I'd lose all sense of professional pride were I to use an RTD for anything other than a strawpedo.

 

[staika]

Ahh the Alcopops, no better way to get yourself really drunk and sick really really fast. And i don't see the appeal of them they taste disgusting and its just plain not good for you, well all alcohol isn't good for you but the alcopops are on a whole other level. so ill keep to my whiskey thank you very much.

 

[Snake Plissken]

A "sometimes" option would be handy here.

I drank them a lot when I first started drinking (about a year ago, at age 21). These days I find them to be a fairly inefficient way of getting drunk, and the high sugar content makes the hangover worse in the morning. But, if it's the cheapest drink going, or if someone buys one for me, I'm certainly not saying no.

It's not the high sugar content (as a matter of fact, sucrose and glucose are an excellent way to get RID of hangovers), it's the high percentage of fusel alcohols. They are by-products of an inferior brewing process when making malt liquor, the main alcohol found in these drinks. Rather than using all-grain brewing techniques, they will often use malt extract with most of the water evaporated out. These sugars are more readily fermentable, but also produce more fusel alcohols.

Well, that's me told.

I still think the inevitable sugar-crash is a contributing factor to the headache part of a hangover. These days I just drink in vodka shots, with plenty of water afterwards. Works like a bloody charm.

Ahhhhh...the useless shit you learn when you're a homebrewer...

 

[Verlander]

Alcoholic sugar water. Disgusting, unless you enjoy your stomach lining being dissolved in acidy fruity crapness.

 

[Verlander]

Seriously, what are alcopops?

Type of booze, taste a bit like fizzy drinks, but have a relatively high alcohol content considering they don't taste of alochol. If you drink, or are going to, I'd avoid them personally, but there's no accounting for taste

 

[RatRace123]

This is honestly the first time I have ever heard of an "Alcopop".
So, no I don't believe I've ever drank one.

 

[Embz]

I used to drink alcopops, until I went to uni and started drinking cider. Now I find them way to sweet!

 

[thylasos]

No. I had a bottle on the beach when I was fifteen, and that's it. I don't like a lot of sweet stuff, and they go beyond sweetness into sickly territories. I much prefer a bit of nuance and a bit of a kick; generally I'll go for an ale or a glass of red.