Why Your Favorite Childhood Drink Is Suddenly Full Of Booze

The business of spiked drinks is BOOMING right now. But only recently, are we seeing products like Coke & Jack Daniels and Hard Mountain Dew hitting the shelves. So why is Big Soda just now jumping on the spiked drinks train?

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[HappilyMundane]

I have the inverse problem. My favorite childhood drinks are now suddenly full of Soda.

[RVBMichaelJCaboose]

“When are we gonna get some spiked Kool-Aid?”

I dunno. The last time someone did that, 918 people died.

[davidthomas]

I just think it’s funny that tobacco companies will get fined and sued over this but it’s ok if alcoholic beverages have kiddy flavors.

[genghisdingus]

Jack Daniels Coke Zero tastes great but it was around $15.50 for a 4 pack.
At that rate you might as well just mix it yourself.

[au]

The one that really hit home for me was spiked Arizona tea. I don't know why but that one truly made me feel like we're living in the end times

[thattannerguy]

I feel like the big reason is because the Gen Z generation drinks less than any previous generation. Millennials drink more, but less than Gen X. So, in order to entice new drinkers, they are coming out with an easy entry from familiar non alcoholic drinks

[OrdinaryGK-SF]

Correction: High Noons are not malted. They ACTUALLY ARE Vodka & Soda in a can.

[thattannerguy]

I recently heard about a guy who saw a pack of Simply (spiked) he thought it was now in individual cans. He brought it up to the register at the grocery store and was confused why he was IDed. The clerk said well be you're buying alcohol. He then realized it was spiked.

[JonathanCoates]

"what flavor is it? mens jackets?" 😂😂😂

[imanassole]

Would you like to pay 3x the cost of a normal rum n coke that you don't even get to pick the ingredients? Boy do we have the product for you!

[Bukkake]

I’m Australian and when I first went overseas I was surprised I couldn’t find whiskey and coke rtds anywhere. Turns out it’s a very Australian thing, every whiskey brand has an rtd here.

[sevenandthelittlestmew]

I wonder if some of these companies are capitalizing on people’s nostalgia as well. Nostalgia as a concept has been a very popular phenomenon in countries like Japan and Korea for Millennials and Gen Z, and has recently become popular here in the US as well (we saw how people obsessed over bringing back long defunct fast food items like Mexican pizza at Taco Bell). When I see spiked Sunny D and Eggo waffle flavored booze, I can’t help but wonder. 🤔

[UnhumanNewman]

Very few of the malted seltzer drinks taste even ok to me. The best description I saw about them was “They taste like a combination of dog piss and TV static” which seems oddly accurate

[maenad]

Last sip of alcohol around 5 years ago

Last sip of soda over 3 years ago


I got out in time— addict me would of adored these products

[AngelusNielson]

mountain dew was created as a mixer for whiskey. "Mountain dew" Is slang for moonshine in fat...

[Nemo]

I'm old school I guess but I just can't stand stuff with a ton of sugar and sweetness in it, I've tried a ton of these because I work in the booze industry and they all have that fake artificial sweet taste to them. A lot of them don't sell very well either, companies are just throwing everything they can at wall and hoping it sticks.

[kwebis]

omg why haven't i been able to get my hands on spiked breastmilk replacements

[ptwon]

imagine the alcoholic version of a old school soda becoming more popular or recognized as an alcoholic drink in the future. it would feel like you were just giving your kid non alcoholic booze at the restaurant lol

[___gg]

I was in college the year white claw came out. Overnight everyone stopped drinking beer and started drinking white claw. Way less of a hangover.

[girlgoneplaces]

I'm dying, the JC Penney "Men's Jackets" is a hilarious bit.