Zima is finally dead!

[BigRich]

I just read...http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27282131/ ...that after 15 years MillierCoors is discontinuing Zima. As the spearhead of the "malternative" drink movement, I hold a unique disdain for Zima. I'm glad it's finally gone even though there is enough other crap out there like it that the category isn't going anywhere anytime soon.

[Limey]

I'm not sure it was ever really "alive"...

[TimmyBoston]

It's a shame though to see it go. In college that was always a tip off to be able to look around the room spot the Zima drinker and know who was getting beaten up in an hour. :biggrin:

[Shane]

That stuff was gross. Glad to see it go.

[BigRich]

I recall a poker night in college when one of my room mates invited this guy over to play. He's show's up and proceeds to try and put a six pack of Zima in the fridge. Needless to say that didn't go over well.

We took his money, his Man-Card, and his dignity!

[urr-lord]

if you found a girl drinking zima,it was a sign someone was getting lucky that night.:w00t:

[BigRich]

if you found a girl drinking zima,it was a sign someone was getting lucky that night.:w00t:

If she was smoking, drinking Zima, and had a back tattoo then you hit the trifecta!:w00t:

[D.Irving79]

man, i remember drinking that in the woods when i was 12.


i actually thought it tasted good.....

[THECHEBB]

All hail Zima is gone!:em2300: 'bout time that was one shigitty as hell tasing drink.:em3000:

[castlecraver]

A truly sad day for 15-year-olds everywhere. :cryin:

[-Devil-]

now if only they will do away with all that other trash that is made with hops in it ... and replace it with some stuff that has an actual taste

/ducks and runs

[Hoos]

I had a Zima. Once. In the mid 90s.

I can still recall the sweetish, battery-acidy taste that assaulted my taste buds.

MillerCoors should also be shot for the use of the term "malternative". Geeze.

Good riddance to bad rotgut! :eek:

[letterk]

I find it hilarious this thread is in the Speakeasy.

[TimmyBoston]

Now hopefully legislation can pass to outlaw every other "malternative" beverage out there.

[Obsessed]

Even worse than regular Zima was Zima Gold, which was apparently designed to look like beer while still being whatever the hell Zima was.

[TimmyBoston]

Even worse than regular Zima was Zima Gold, which was apparently designed to look like beer while still being whatever the hell Zima was.

There is a very clear and descriptive word for exactly what Zima (and all it's inbreed cousins like Smirnoff Ice) are, but unfortunately this very apt word isn't appropriate for a family friendly forum like B&B. :biggrin:

[Obsessed]

There is a very clear and descriptive word for exactly what Zima (and all it's inbreed cousins like Smirnoff Ice) are, but unfortunately this very apt word isn't appropriate for a family friendly forum like B&B. :biggrin:

Zima managed to make wine coolers seem cool.

[Hoos]

Does not compute! :biggrin:

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x300/Hoos1492/Zima2.jpg

[Beakos]

Hey .... HEY!! Don't knock Zima!

[1969Fatboy]

Yeah my girlfriend use to drink it with green jolly ranchers dropped in it. I drank a few b/c her parents couldnt smell it on us.

[Doc4]

I never had a Zima ... and I guess it's decided that I never will. (Not that I would have otherwise ... )

[TimmyBoston]

Yeah my girlfriend use to drink it with green jolly ranchers dropped in it. I drank a few b/c her parents couldnt smell it on us.

This is why I don't date teenagers. :lol:

[Mr Mockett]

I thought it was gone a long time ago...

[Nancy Boy]

I also tried it in the late 90s -- once. It was summer and thought it a lighter alternative to harder spirits, such as vodka.

It wasn't horribly bad, but lacked any excitement. It was like beer without the hops.

No real loss, I'm afraid.

[Rollsshaver]

They had a big Zima at the zoo last year. I think they come from the Amazon rain forest....................................... :001_huh:

[kongjie]

I thought this was about the female character on NCIS.

Never tried the beverage.

[Less Irritated]

Damn, and I was just thinking I would like to try "Zomething Different." Missed my chance.

[Phog Allen]

Okay guys, this is what happens when you hit the wrong side of 40. What in the name of Sam Hill is Zima? I DISTANTLY remember something about it on tv a number of years ago. Since I have drank maybe 10-15 typical pee yellow/lager/pilsner/bilge "beers" this last decade and a half, I just can't place the stuff. Ever since I got my first taste of real beer at our local brewery, lets just say the other stuff has been fairly relegated to cleaning car parts and killing snails on the walks. Whatever it is (was) lets all give a wassail at its passing.

Regards, Todd

[john.crissman]

I thought this was about the female character on NCIS.
It was only when I laughed at this that I realized how depressing my life really is. :eek:

[1969Fatboy]

This is why I don't date teenagers. :lol:

:lol::lol: I was only 21... she was 17..had to do something! I am 34 now dating a 41 year old? reversed myself....she drinks amstel and i drink bud light?

[Big_E]

I tried it once. It didn't really blow any wind up my shorts. I'm glad it's gone.

[Bluestaco]

It's been essentially gone here for a while anyway. For those of you who don't live behind the Zion Curtain, here's the latest in our encyclopedia of ridiculous liquor laws:
Grocery stores can no longer sell "alcopops," as our idiot of an attorney general and those of his thinking so cleverly call them. As of October 1, they all have to be sold in state liquor stores. They also have to be labeled with something like, "WARNING: this innocent looking glass container contains the demon alcohol. One sip and your children (Our children! Our precious children!) will most assuredly become alcoholics and, subsequently, drug addicts, prostitutes, terrorists, or possibly even Episcopalians!"

The other problem with that is that the major brewing companies that make these things can't, by some other stupid law, sell to the state liquor stores. So you "technically" can't get most of those here anymore at all.

Interesting and so far unnoticed aspect of this, our latest clever new liquor law: technically, grocery stores can't sell alcoholic beverages flavored with anything but hops. So, the 6 pack of pumpkin ale I just bought was illegal...or will be when the ULCC decides to notice and enforce it. No Bud Light with Lime, no raspberry wheat beer, no honey amber...except at the liquor store where there is an eighty-something percent markup.

I brew! (Oh, and that's also technically illegal here.)

[D.Irving79]

people can get drunker off of mouthwash or rubbing alcohol than zima

[Lynchmeister]

It's been essentially gone here for a while anyway. For those of you who don't live behind the Zion Curtain, here's the latest in our encyclopedia of ridiculous liquor laws:
Grocery stores can no longer sell "alcopops," as our idiot of an attorney general and those of his thinking so cleverly call them. As of October 1, they all have to be sold in state liquor stores. They also have to be labeled with something like, "WARNING: this innocent looking glass container contains the demon alcohol. One sip and your children (Our children! Our precious children!) will most assuredly become alcoholics and, subsequently, drug addicts, prostitutes, terrorists, or possibly even Episcopalians!"

The other problem with that is that the major brewing companies that make these things can't, by some other stupid law, sell to the state liquor stores. So you "technically" can't get most of those here anymore at all.

Interesting and so far unnoticed aspect of this, our latest clever new liquor law: technically, grocery stores can't sell alcoholic beverages flavored with anything but hops. So, the 6 pack of pumpkin ale I just bought was illegal...or will be when the ULCC decides to notice and enforce it. No Bud Light with Lime, no raspberry wheat beer, no honey amber...except at the liquor store where there is an eighty-something percent markup.

I brew! (Oh, and that's also technically illegal here.)

I'm all for the Rheinheitsgebot, but this is rediculous! Is all of Utah this way or just SLC and surrounding areas?

[Bluestaco]

I'm all for the Rheinheitsgebot, but this is rediculous! Is all of Utah this way or just SLC and surrounding areas?

Oh, it's all of Utah. It has nothing to do with any kind of Rheinheitsgebot-type of purity law. It's there because (and I know how ridiculous this must sound to people outside Utah) of the fear that some kid might go into a store, pick up a bottle of that god-awful blue Boone's Farm stuff, thinking it's blue Gatorade or something (because they can't read, I guess), take it to the cash register where the cashier (who also can't read, I guess) would sell it to them. Plus, since they LOOK like sodas and such, kids will be drawn to them and, naturally, to alcohol abuse.

You can't make up stuff like this! :blink:

[SCWilson]

Oh, it's all of Utah. It has nothing to do with any kind of Rheinheitsgebot-type of purity law. It's there because (and I know how ridiculous this must sound to people outside Utah) of the fear that some kid might go into a store, pick up a bottle of that god-awful blue Boone's Farm stuff, thinking it's blue Gatorade or something (because they can't read, I guess), take it to the cash register where the cashier (who also can't read, I guess) would sell it to them. Plus, since they LOOK like sodas and such, kids will be drawn to them and, naturally, to alcohol abuse.

You can't make up stuff like this! :blink:

Thank God I'm in Georgia. We can't buy alcohol in stores on Sunday, but you can have a drink at a resturant. :eek: Get drunk and drive after church, but just don't drink in the safety of your own home. I never will understand that one.

And you never know which church deacon has a case of shine in his trunk.:biggrin:

Zima was the only thing worse than South Paw or Milwaukee's Best.

[Doc4]

Zima is dead but this thread lives!

:eek:

:tongue_sm

:lol:

... will it go forever!!??

[Obsessed]

Zima is dead but this thread lives!

:eek:

:tongue_sm

:lol:

... will it go forever!!??

Elvis was just spotted drinking a Zima.

[whodat]

If she was smoking, drinking Zima, and had a back tattoo then you hit the trifecta!:w00t:

To know if you have the perfect storm, you need to listen very carefully as she takes a drink from the bottle. Do you hear the "clink" of a tongue ring? Jackpot! :tongue:

[D.Irving79]

To know if you have the perfect storm, you need to listen very carefully as she takes a drink from the bottle. Do you hear the "clink" of a tongue ring? Jackpot! :tongue:


:lol::lol::lol:

[micway71]

I'm not sure it was ever really "alive"...
It was for a hot minute and tasted awful!! I saw some in the Louisiana a few weeks ago and remarked how they still made it and had new flavors and everything!

I hated to see California Cooler wine coolers die, I remember they were actually tasty!

[micway71]

This is why I don't date teenagers. :lol:

Do not contribute to underage future alkys now!!! Reminds me of my ex wife that started out drinking nasty Smirnoff coolers and upgraded to beer because it was cheaper. She was buying that Natty light like they were gonna stop making it the next day.

[htownmmm]

It's a shame though to see it go. In college that was always a tip off to be able to look around the room spot the Zima drinker and know who was getting beaten up in an hour. :biggrin:

Real men never drank Zima; they may have tasted it once-just once.:wink:


They had a big Zima at the zoo last year. I think they come from the Amazon rain forest....................................... :001_huh:

:lol::lol::lol::lol:


It was for a hot minute and tasted awful!! I saw some in the Louisiana a few weeks ago and remarked how they still made it and had new flavors and everything!

I hated to see California Cooler wine coolers die, I remember they were actually tasty!

At least a man could drink a wine cooler every now and then(but only when there was no more beer!)


marty

[whodat]

At least a man could drink a wine cooler every now and then(but only when there was no more beer!)


The "real" California wine cooler is:

1 glass of yesterday's red wine
1 shot of 7up/Sprite
ice to taste

It's still okay for men to drink that! ... right? :001_huh:

[micway71]

The "real" California wine cooler is:

1 glass of yesterday's red wine
1 shot of 7up/Sprite
ice to taste

It's still okay for men to drink that! ... right? :001_huh:

That sounds good right now. I may have to try it!

[whodat]

That sounds good right now. I may have to try it!

Works well with cooking wine...

Now... if you find yourself drinking cooking wine, you may want to evaluate your lifestyle and determine whether or not you have a problem. :w00t: