Smirnoff Wild Grape
http://untappd.com/beer/163865
Apparently this is marked for deletion. But this definitely exists:
http://www.smirnoff.com/en-us/main/drinks/cocktails/#product
And I just drank some, so I know it's real.
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2 Posted by J.W. on 03 Jun, 2012 08:14 AM
Hi there. If you're drinking it you know that it's not a beer, but a wodka-based hard lemonade. That's why it's marked for deletion. Cheers and thanks!
3 Posted by willdevine on 03 Jun, 2012 02:52 PM
Actually, the bottle is labeled both "premium malt beverage" and "flavored beer". The label also says it has been "brewed" and vodka is not mentioned anywhere on the bottle. I was under the impression that malt beverages were allowed in the Untappd database, but perhaps that policy has been changed.
4 Posted by J.W. on 03 Jun, 2012 03:01 PM
Smirnoff Ice, at least the one I know, is clearly a wodka-based beverage. I didn't mark yours for deletion so it seems another SU thought the same. After some reasearch on the web it still doesn't look like a beer to me at all. If you want to, please create it again, but to me this doesn't make any sense at all.
http://www.thebeveragestore.com/beer/other-beer/smirnoff-twisted-wi...
5 Posted by willdevine on 03 Jun, 2012 03:41 PM
For what it's worth, according to Wikipedia, Smirnoff Ice seems to have two versions, the malt beverage version that I drank last night that's sold in the US and France, and a vodka-based version sold in Europe outside of France, Latin America, Australia, and Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smirnoff#Since_the_1990s
Also for what it's worth, where I live, I'm pretty sure in order to sell vodka, a store has to have a liquor license, while this malt beverage version of Smirnoff Ice can be sold by a store that has a beer (or beer and wine) license.
6 Posted by J.W. on 03 Jun, 2012 03:46 PM
Good to know. Thanks for the information. One will never finish learning.
Greg Avola closed this discussion on 04 Jun, 2012 03:13 AM.