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Remember when we could drink fruity drinks and still be a badass?

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Remember when we could drink fruity drinks and still be a badass?
Minus the heartburn and hangover

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CuttaCal@reddit

Oh yessss, St, Ides special brew, the kool aid of malt liquors. The go to for the underage drinker. Have not seen that stuff in over 25 years. I can’t remember the taste but damn it I remember it smelling like vomit.
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dvoecks@reddit

We were more of an Old English "Reserve" kind of crew. Still fruity. Less vomit than St. Ides
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CuttaCal@reddit

Oh yeah, there was no malt liquor that was off the table for my crew. Magnum was a stable for a while then that transitioned to colt 45. But the real game changer was when coors and bud was packaged in plastic 22oz bottles. We found you could put two to three of those In a single back pocket of a pair of jnco’s. No bottle clang at all, mini marts near the neighborhood didn’t stand a chance. They were stole out of them for the longest time. Didn’t go back to malt liquor after that.
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dvoecks@reddit

I hear you! I was on a Mickey's kick. I drank 3 of the wide-mouth 40s in one evening and never went back. If they still made the Reserves (specifically the fruit punch), I think I could still drink that, though.
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DonktorDonkenstein@reddit

I don't think I ever had St Idea, but yeah, a lot of those sweet "malt beverages" and cheap fortified wines have this rancid, chemically smell that really isn't like anything else.  Like Mad Dog 20/20- a ton of fruity sweetness masking a vile, rotten underlying taste and smell.   I've always wondered why those kinds of drinks are are so nasty in particular, especially if their whole purpose is to appeal to drinkers who dont like the bitterness of beer.   Puking that stuff up  seems like teenage rite of passage. Can't imagine doing now in my 40s. 
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tenthfloor@reddit

One part Alizé, One part Cristal.
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Sad_Increase216@reddit

Thug Passion, baby!
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Notchersfireroad@reddit

Guaranteed to make a pussy wet and a dick hard.
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SuperKnicks@reddit

Alpa Chino's Bootysweat?
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pfunkpower@reddit

i had that actual poster
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c1h9@reddit

Have you not had hazy IPAs? They're basically just bad juice.
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Human-Put-5569@reddit

I remember chuckling at the radio commercial back in the 90s. "St. IIIIIIIdes.....'cause all the G's drink it."
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ses267@reddit

These and MD got got us fucked up in high school. If I never taste it again I'll be ok.
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Pitiful-Pension-6535@reddit

Worrying that other men won't find you masculine enough is the least masculine trait a man can have. Figuring this out changed my life.
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citrus_sugar@reddit

St Ides was my shit; way better than wine or mad dog.
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DoctorFenix@reddit

I’m a grown adult who drinks whatever I want. Which is badass.
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AggressiveAd5592@reddit

This is why my uncle died of diabetes.
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Rough-Boot9086@reddit

It's pronounced diabeetus
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Rough-Boot9086@reddit

It's pronounced diabeetus
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spderweb@reddit

I too remember how cool Orbit was.
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stevieboatleft@reddit

If you can't be a badass with a fruity drink in your hand, you'll never be a badass without one.
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enickma1221@reddit

Somebody get me a Jolly Rancher for this Zima while I strike a bad boy pose!
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RLIwannaquit@reddit

hard seltzers are delicious these days and super strong lol. You have to have a good tolerance to drink those damn things I have to stick to beer
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jsmallAZ@reddit

For real. Truly had a line of 8% ABV seltzers now. It's stronger than most beers, lol.
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freelight0@reddit

They actually brought this concept back. https://www.rapsnacks.net/
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Shortbus_Playboy@reddit

St Ides Special Brew was the unofficial drink of my freshman dorm corridor, lol. The blue/turquoise one was my flavor of choice.
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cheffartsonurfood@reddit

St. Ides baby!
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BigPoppaStrahd@reddit

I’ve never heard of this stuff so I had to look it up. I figured since 2pac is endorsing it there’s no way any of us were old enough to drink it. Then I found this: >St. Ides… had to suspend sales and marketing nationwide 24 days later due to concerns over underage consumption, marketing, and product placement. McKenzie discontinued the brand in 1998 before it was purchased by Pabst Brewing Company. And it all makes sense now
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dequiallo@reddit

Oh god. Every single time I had one of these I ended up with severe stomach pain. I am pretty sure that 2 of the 40 ounce ones are what put my friend completely out of commission on train tracks, and me and another friend had to carry him back to his dorm room. Which was then later painted with vomit.
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crlcan81@reddit

Dear god I didn't realize they actually did a drink together.
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Jagrnght@reddit

we got sketchers now to verify for us.
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Dragonlibrarian7@reddit

Oh man, yeah, drank a lot of those in my teens lol One of many things I haven't had in 20+ years. Man, teen me drank a lot of nasty shit trying to catch a buzz.
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Memerandom_@reddit

Snoop and Dre have their own gin brand. Saw it on some random college bowl, which was sponsored by and named after the brand. Snoop was in the commentator booth... Maybe not fruity but still. Tupac would surely be doing the same thing, with a dozen kids to put through college.
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Globalksp@reddit

I puked up a few colors of that rainbow.
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