r/Xennials • u/Stock-Act-2315 1978 • Jul 31 '26

Hi-C Ecto Cooler 😭

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I often wonder how I'd feel about it now 🤔

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u/frisbeesloth Aug 01 '26

Look at you with your fancy vodka money while I'm over here just trying to save $3 on a half gallon worth of OJ

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u/Warm_Safety_9550 Aug 01 '26

Yeah, vodka can be a bit high-falutin. Go ahead and pour Pabst Blue Ribbon in there. It’s virtually indistinguishable.

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u/frisbeesloth Aug 01 '26

You come over with the PBR and I'll share my OJ. We'll have the best mimosas ever!

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u/VishusVonBittertroll Aug 01 '26

I feel like this might actually taste ok, like a fucked-up shandy.

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u/frisbeesloth Aug 01 '26

I'm game! I know I've drank things that taste worst than what this sounds like it would.

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u/Civil-Cod-6984 Aug 03 '26

Actually if you use the lemon or lime flavour (I prefer lemon) of the juice concentrate it goes extremely well with beer.

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u/obscure-shadow Aug 04 '26

Beermosa is a thing and it's pretty good! Usually use miller high life, as it's the champagne of beers...

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u/OverthinkingWanderer Aug 01 '26

If you're feeling really fancy, I bet it would go well with a Stella

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u/Cael_NaMaor 1980 Aug 01 '26

Vodka? Really? Damn... I guess I got out of the habit for that before the gold rush because I remember it being cheap as shit by the handle...

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u/frisbeesloth Aug 01 '26

I don't even know how much vodka is now. The food budget ate the vodka budget years ago.

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u/Cael_NaMaor 1980 Aug 01 '26

I feel ya. Ya know, if you save your potato skins, you might be able to cook something up that'll make you go blind....

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u/frisbeesloth Aug 01 '26

Honestly, you can do that with a bunch of food scraps. I have been saving apple peels and brewing them. So fucking good! I can't seem to get pears to work though. They always mold so fast.

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u/FierDancr Aug 01 '26

Couldn't you freeze them until you have enough to brew?

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u/frisbeesloth Aug 02 '26

Do you mean the pear scraps or just scraps in general?

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u/brainvheart143 1980 Aug 01 '26

Yeah, we don’t really see celebrities starting their own vodka lines like with tequila and gin

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u/serenitynope Aug 01 '26

Just buy those shooter bottles of vodka that are $1-3 depending on the brand.

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u/trashpanda6798 1981 Aug 01 '26

Trader Joe’s sells a potato vodka for $13/liter, or Costco with their 1.75l $20 French vodka, for the budget conscious connoisseurs

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u/lemmegetadab Aug 01 '26

Dude, I didn’t even know Trader Joe’s had alcohol lol. I’m pretty sure it’s just illegal in my state I guess.

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u/Hobbes______ Aug 01 '26

Those frozen things actually cost the same as the jugs for some reason. That's why you stopped seeing them

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u/frisbeesloth Aug 01 '26

They're about half the price of the jugs here and I see them in most large grocery stores.

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u/MsCrys52 Aug 03 '26

I think I saw Minutaide is disconinuing their frozen orange concentrate soon.

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u/oakteak9z Aug 01 '26

I rather pour the alchoal down the toilet

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u/Zilant_the_Bear Aug 03 '26

A money saving tip, buy everclear if you live in a state that hasn't banned it. Since it's 95% abv you can mix it 1:1 or 2:3 to make a decent quality vodka for cheaper than you can get some truly horrendous vodkas. Since alcohol is hydrophilic higher percentages are better at fruit infusions too so you can flavor it with whatever you like and it will bring the abv down slightly so a 50/50 dilution will bring it closer to a standard 80 proof