/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>20369690
>vodka
>6%
cucked version for mutts

>>20369690
i saw that the other day here in Cincinnati but i didnt get any because i thought it was just that new sierra mist crap. definitely bidn't realized it has alcoholic son i might need to try that then

>>20369712
6% I concede to but the "vodka" is just the same pure grain alcohol as usual, idk why they call it that.
>>20369714
Fellow Ohio king, I found mine at a Giant Eagle in Columbus

>>20369717
based columbuschad. i accidentally fell in love with a cashier at a giant eagle in akron 20 years ago while visiting my aunt

>>20369720
I usually don't go to giant eagle but I was near one today. The cashier who checked my ID for these at the express self-checkout was a morbidly obese ~50 year old woman who was openly flirting with a hobo tier black dude at the end of my lane while I was checking out. Sad but true, not in love with this one.

>>20369724
did she have massive floppy mommy bobbies at least

>>20369741
She surely did, as well as a gunt that looked like it was in danger of exploding her jeans. She was so front-heavy that it impacted her posture. Hyper-extended knees, ykwim?

>>20369690
late to the party, straya has had this for over a year
unfortunately they're not japan imports, you'll find they're bottled under license domestically

>>20369690
>6% abv
What is this? Strong Zeroes are supposed to be 9%. Strong Zero Dry sugarfree is the best, imo. Lemon gives me a headache.

>>20369800
Yeah they say it's made in Chicago using Japanese -196C liquid nitrogen technology. Still pretty good shit though, basically delivers what I wanted out of the ridiculously terrible simply lemonade seltzers which are made with stevia for some god-forsaken reason.
>>20369850
I suspect this is a marketing move and that they are pushing out with 6% first and going to introduce the classical Strong Zero product later

>>20369690
if its not at japan prices its not worth it

>>20369900
Its pretty good and I wound up drinking more than I meant to, certainly mogs most all of the other seltzers.

>>20369690

>>20371524
I'm consuming product one way or another on this one, better new product than old product. Anyway thanks for the thumbnail, faggot.

>>20369690
>No STRONG ZERO name
>not 9%
That shit's weak zero
Also it isn't even available in my coastie state, fucking suntory I'm going to buy so many of these when I go to Japan again

>premium vodka
no such thing

>>20369717
I gotta ask, does the Newport Music hall still exist on campus?
I haven't been there for over 20 years.
Import house?
Dicks Den?
The Blue Dube?
So much had changed last time I went back.

>>20369690
>>20369717
It's been in my giant eagle in northern ohio for like 6 months.

In Japan
Strong Zero to -196.

>>20372844
i gotta catch em all...

>>20369690
were you at a chinatown type store or a regular store when you found this?

Obviously never tried this since I've not been to Japland but are they supposed to be sweet as shit like Mike's Hard Lemonade or Truly's? Or are they similar to Whiteclaws? I can do that overy sweet shit man, gives me heartburn.

>>20372851
>>20372868
But なぜ?

>>20373426
Neither, they're relatively unsweetened but don't have that nasty over carbonated taste of a whiteclaw. Tastes like a mild sugar free lemon soda water.

>>20372944
Regular store. Regional chain grocery, Giant Eagle. There's 3 or 4 asian stores around that I go to semi-regularly and I've never seen it there.
>>20373426
Closer to the white claw side but no chemical waste flavor. Honestly couldn't even tell there was alcohol in it despite being 6%. Tastes like straight up fresh lemonade. There's a little sugar and the fruit juice but not close to a mike's or anything and no artificial sweetener stevia aspartame shit like a lot of the seltzers do. FWIW some varieties of Truly don't have any artificial sweetener or much sugar, those are pretty good and not too far off from the -196.

>>20374454
must be a regional thing as well i can't find this shit anywhere online

>>20369850
>>20369859
>White Claw
:|
>White Claw for weebs (even though it's made in Chicago)
:O

>>20371524
>new product
: /
>new product, Glorious Nippon
: D

>>20374887
-196 isn't an American-style hard seltzer or a flavored malt beverage, but the weebs will go wild over it like koreaboos and their soju.
I'm hope that they do release Strong Zero for international markets soon.

>>20369690
>sunny d vodka
what the fuck are you burgers drinking? that's trashy as fuck.

>>20374977
I don't think anyone actually drinks this, maybe high school kids who don't know any better or people who grab one one time for the memes. I'm fairly sure it's artificially sweetened and even more disgusting than actually just mixing sunny d and vodka into a ghetto screwdriver.
>>20374952
It's definitely better than any of the american seltzer brands, the weebs got this one right. 6% is in a weird spot though, most seltzers or light beers are 4-5% and then there's strong varieties like whiteclaw surge that go around 8-10%. Might be why they did it like this, there's really not much in this category at this abv point.

>>20375050
>I don't think anyone actually drinks this
Strong Zeros kick ass.
t. Massive fucking weeaboo

I guess they're sticking with the 6% to cut costs. I'll stick to making seltzer vodka highballs since it's cheaper imo.
>>20375214
Anon was talking about that stevia-sweetened Sunny D seltzer baka

>>20369850
>What is this?
Americans have extremely weird and regionally inconsistent alcohol laws as a result of:
>historical Prohibition
>racist Karens attempting to gentrify neighborhoods by enacting weirdly specific local regulations
As a result, trying to legally import original beverages from comparatively sane countries is a pain in the ass.

>>20369690
Smirnoff Ice, Japan

>>20375237
I actually had too much to drink so I totally skimmed his post.

>>20375244
Drunk on strong zeros, weeb?
>>20369850
It's not Strong Zero, but its milder brother -196. It might be due to the reputation and regulations high-proof beverages have in the US, but the right answer is it saves Beam Suntory money in the long run.

>>20375402
Nah actually some strong ass wine and cheese, but I wish I'd gotten fucked up on strong zero in Japan. I was kind of afraid of drinking too much and not making it back on the train.

>>20369712
>>20369850
>>20369900
>>20371524
>>20371684
What happened to just drinking something because you like the taste?
No shit it's worse than the jap version but it tastes better than 90% of the other american seltzers

>>20369690
I picked some up like 7 months ago and have been stocking up since
It's 11$ for a 4 pack here which is like 2.75 per can which while expensive is pretty good for seltzer
If it's not at one of the bevmos near me, I just order it online

>>20369690
Alchopop shit for teenieboppers.

>>20373897
>>20374454
Interesting, might have to give it a go here if I spot them around Central Commiefornia.

>>20376574
>GIGA
based obviously but if the same size can and same abv, what is giga about it? or is that a big can and my perspective's fucked up?

>>20377035
https://japantoday.com/category/features/new-products/canned-cocktail-with-a-sucker-punch-of-lip-puckering-lemon-strong-zero-giga-lemon

>>20377056
>Suntory's -196˚C Strong Zero Giga Lemon tastes just like "biting into a whole lemon," and has 1.7 times the lemon strength of their Double Lemon flavor.
love it. just fuck my shit up

>>20374454
>no artificial sweetener stevia aspartame shit like a lot of the seltzers do
Sweetener (acesulfame K, sucralose)

>>20369690
Take me back Hokkaido bros...

>>20369690
This is the bullshit equivalent of dubbed anime, but I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't try it.

>>20377063
Tbf it masks the alcohol really well.
t. Live in japan