Success Boys! Zima kicks the bucket!

[olllllo]

The Zima, she is killed.
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_10768112

Who's next?

 

[Timekiller]

sicka$$! woo woo

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

I honestly had no clue it was still around.

 

[blacklab]

do they still make Tequiza? That was horrid.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Schmeeritoff Ice

 

[jcdillin]

Woo hoo!!!

 

[Revvy]

I was surprised it was still around, I thought it bit the dust 6 months after they launched it in the 80's...I was surprised they kept it going this long...but wtf?

Distributors are being asked to put products from alcoholic energy brand Sparks on retail store shelves to make up for Zima's absence.

*sigh* Just when you thought there was one less malternative in the market place...

 

[Rhoobarb]

... Who's next?

My guess is this stuff will soon follow:

... caffeinated alcoholic beverage Sparks on retail store shelves to make up for Zima's absence.

Sooner than that, I'm betting on any of those tequila/lime/chilada style beers and Miller64.

 

[lapaglia]

I saw Bud with Clamato on the shelves yesterday. That is soooo wrong.

 

[zoebisch01]

Quick BUY IT ALL!

 

[olllllo]

A Zima costume would be the ultimate industry insider Halloween Costume. Incidently, I have to assume that there is a chance that someone has one of theses in the back of the old frig. That person owes us all vertical tasting.

 

[blacklab]

I saw Bud with Clamato on the shelves yesterday. That is soooo wrong.

oh hell. My buddy and I saw that at a gas station and bought some just for the heck of it. It's really, really bad.

 

[kaptk2]

Does anybody have a clone recipe for Zima? /joking

 

[the_bird]

Dammit, now how the hell am I going to get those teenage chicks drunk?

 

[flyangler18]

Dammit, now how the hell am I going to get those teenage chicks drunk?

Boone's Farm and Mad Dog 20/20, of course. Sheesh.

 

[Germey]

Love the top two comments at the end...

This is no big surprise. I long ago switched to Boone's Farm as my primary means of taking advantage of teenage girls.

"He says distributors can get remaining Zima inventories most likely through December"

December what? 2025?!?

 

[Yanos]

My buddy thought he saw a Zima in my fridge, just last week. I got quite offended. I then started to go off on how Zima hasn't been around in ages. Guess I was wrong...

 

[Matt Foley]

I might have a Zima in the back of the fridge somewhere. I know my wife bought a variety of Zima, Smirnoff, Barcadi "Malternatives" (I love that word) about a year ago for some friends coming over. The leftovers have been there a while. I keep puting them out for poker night hoping some idiot with crack one open.

As a side note, Zima and its ilk are biting the dust in Utah anyway as new legislation has removed "Alchopops" (another great word) (i.e. all flavored malt wine cooler like beverages including, but not limited to, Boones Farm and Mike's Hard products) from grocery store schelves and will be available only in state liquour stores, and only if, manufacturerers include some silly disclaimer like "this **** contains alcohol." Aparrantly, Mikes has already indicated that the new lableing in cost prohibitive and will not be selling in Utah.

 

[HVBrewtality]

I hope Bub Lime dies next...

 

[Anbrew]

Funny thing is...they had Zima at GABF this year...

 

[BuffaloSabresBrewer]

I had no idea this still existed.

 

[hcarter]

My grandmother loved zima. I used to sneak it into the nursing home where she stayed, along with a pizza. I got caught once and they lectured me. Being a healthcare worker myself, I asked what's the harm since she had Alzheimer's and breast cancer. Her doctor told them to leave me alone.

 

[ColoradoXJ13]

Funny thing is...they had Zima at GABF this year...

yeah, I was just remembering that, I walked past and said to my buddy "I didn't know they still made that sh!t..."

 

[Revvy]

Does anybody have a clone recipe for Zima? /joking

USE THE SEARCH FEATURE NOOB! Just kidding....

but yeah threads/recipes actually exist on here. The threads were intense when they got posted...they're a hoot.

Search Results for zima

(some members got positively apoplectic)

Enjoy

 

[lilzaphod]

Back in the day, I'd drink Zima. The bar I frequented in college had a deal on Thursday that a $1 more, they'd fill the headspace with Absolute Limon.

Or.. If you tipped well, the 'tender would let you take a drink and then top it off.

Well, since I basically lived there for a long time (7 year college student), I was able to power a couple of slugs down and then my boy would put about 2.5 shots into the bottle. For a grand total of $4, I'd have a double absolute and lime crud.

Those were the days when I'd get blasted for less than $15 a night.

I'm not proud of this. But I'm not going to hide from my past, either.

 

[IrregularPulse]

I remember drinking these and also thought they were long since. I don't see how people drink more than like 3 drinks without puking. I have one buddy, who my go-to all around knowit/doitall from building houses from the ground up to the same with a car and then programming the automation for an entire line in a factory. His drink of choice...Schmirnoff Black label. Such a manly man, until he says he thirsty!

 

[Lurpinator]

I saw Bud with Clamato on the shelves yesterday. That is soooo wrong.

I have never tried this, never want to, but I am hoping this is the next one to go. I saw a billboard for it on the freeway and I almost puked all over the dash just thinking about it.

 

[bad coffee]

if you jammed a jolly rancher down the neck of the zima bottle, it was like soda.

I haven't seen it in like 10 years. Who knew!

 

[Chriso]

JournalStar.com - Lincoln, Nebraska - News - Nebraska

Related: Our state is nearing a decision on whether to treat "Alcopops" such as the now-defunct Zima as.... get this... DISTILLED LIQUOR instead of malt beverage for tax purposes .... as a means of keeping kids off of booze.

They're gonna tax ME and my friends and my wife more ... because some other kids like to get drunk on Smirnoff Ice and Zima. That is wrong on so many levels. It makes me want to become a goddamned Libertarian.

 

[McNasty]

HBT should have a moment of silence or something. RIP Zima.

PS- Saturday Night Live reference "Zima, it tastes like Zit"