THE ALCOPOP is a rite of passage for most Irish teens.
Maybe you didn’t like the taste of actual alcohol yet. Maybe they were the only drinks your parents would permit you. Maybe you just liked the pretty colours.
No doubt you still have strong feelings on which ones were the best – so here’s a ranking of classic alcopops, from worst to best.
9. VK Vodka
These were always the ones that your local nightclub did ’3 for €5′ deals on, and we all know how that went, don’t we?
8. WKD Red
Like its blue counterpart, WKD Red is extremely sweet. Like its blue counterpart, it leaves a film of sugar all over your tongue and teeth. Unlike its blue counterpart, it tastes rotten. No thank you.
7. Hooch
The name: Hooch. Doesn’t really inspire confidence, does it? Hooch is one of the first alcopops, but has been outstripped by the young upstarts further down in this list.
6. Woody’s
The taste of being a teenager in the 90s. Sadly, it no longer exists, and you have to wonder if it’s for the best.
5. Bacardi Breezer Orange
One DailyEdge.ie staffer described Bacardi Breezer Orange as tasting like ‘flat Fanta’. Which is fine, but as good as its tangy brother, which features later on in this list.
4. Fat Frog
Fat Frog (the drink, not the cocktail made of three alcopops) is nice, but a distinctly teenage drink. You have to wonder if anyone drinking Fat Frog over the age of 18 has fully developed tastebuds.
3. Bacardi Breezer Tropical Lemon/Lime
Wasn’t this a delight to drink? Not quite as refreshing as they claimed, but still a top notch alcopop.
2. Smirnoff Ice Original
Smirnoff Ice always seemed a little more fancy than the other alcopops – and what’s more, it tasted good. In fact, it’s probably the only one we’d still happily drink today.
1. WKD Blue
So it’s not the most sophisticated beverage. So it makes the inside of your mouth feel like cotton wool.
But WKD Blue was the drink of so many of our youths for these reasons: it’s oddly tasty, AND it turns your tongue (amongst other things) blue. What more could you want in an alcopop? Nothing.
