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Alcopop (or cooler in Canadian English or spirit cooler in South African English) is a colloquial term describing certain flavored alcoholic beverages with relatively low alcohol content (e.g., 3–7% alcohol by volume), including:
The term alcopop (a portmanteau of the words alcohol and sodapop) is used by advocates of tighter restrictions on alcoholic beverage sales, who argue that the beverages are especially appealing to underage drinkers. Other terms include FAB (flavored alcoholic beverage), FMB (flavored malt beverage),PPS (pre-packaged spirit or premium packaged spirits), and RTD (ready to drink – Australia and New Zealand). The alcoholic beverage industry does not use the term "alcopop", using terms like wine cooler instead.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (/mænˈdɛlə/; born Rolihlahla Mandela (Xhosa pronunciation: [xoˈliːɬaɬa manˈdeːla]); 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.
A Xhosa born to the Thembu royal family, Mandela attended Fort Hare University and the University of Witwatersrand, where he studied law. Living in Johannesburg, he became involved in anti-colonial politics, joining the ANC and becoming a founding member of its Youth League. After the Afrikaner minority government of the National Party established apartheid – a system of racial segregation that privileged whites – in 1948, he rose to prominence in the ANC's 1952 anti-apartheid Defiance Campaign, was appointed superintendent of the organisation's Transvaal chapter and presided over the 1955 Congress of the People. Working as a lawyer, he was repeatedly arrested for seditious activities and, with the ANC leadership, was unsuccessfully prosecuted in the Treason Trial from 1956 to 1961. Influenced by Marxism, he secretly joined the South African Communist Party (SACP). Although initially committed to non-violent protest, in association with the SACP he co-founded the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe in 1961, leading a sabotage campaign against the government. In 1962, he was arrested, convicted of conspiracy to overthrow the state, and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial.
ALCOPOPS: Sweet, Cheap, and Dangerous to Youth Alcohol Justice report urges crackdown on flavored malt beverage market! SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA (December 15, 2015) – Alcohol Justice and the San Rafael Alcohol & Drug Coalition have published a new report titled: “ALCOPOPS: Sweet, Cheap, and Dangerous to Youth.” The report traces the transformation of alcopops from their introduction in the 1990s as sweet, bubbly products, to today’s dangerous, “bing-in-a-can,” 23-25-ounce, supersized alcopops with 12-14% alcohol content. The report describes how the alcohol industry makes alcopops (AKA flavored malt beverages or FMBs) seductively attractive to youth, resulting in harmful consumption. It also suggests how communities can respond effectively to reduce the danger and the harm the products ...
Smirnoff Ice is the drink that pretty much single-handedly launched the "malternative" revolution of the late 90s. Well, Zima (which was made by Coors) technically beat them to it, but Smirnoff Ice was the first alcopop to be trendy and socially acceptable whereas Zima was a joke. When most people think of "alcopops" today, this is what they think of. NOTE: I DO NOT compare alcopops relative to beer! I only compare them to other alcopops! Originally aired 10 October 2010 CHECK ME OUT ON THE WEB HERE: http://ChadzBeerReviews.com http://ChadzAdventures.com http://ChadzHomebrewBlog.com http://ChadzBeverageBlog.com http://ChadzBeerReviews.SpreadShirt.com http://Epinions.com/user-Chad9976 http://Facebook.com/ChadzBeerReviews http://Twitter.com/Chad9976 http://Untappd.com/user/Chad9976 http:...
Yeah, this just happened randomly. I'd finished a bottle of dry cider and being quite fond of luridly coloured and flavoured alcopops it struck me that you could make one using the Berocca-style tablets that you dissolve in a glass of water to make a slightly fizzy fruit flavoured vitamin drink. You can either use the original Berocca tablets or the generic supermarket equivalent that costs a lot less. But having said that, the Berocca version does have dancing lumberjacks associated with it. (one of whom IS actually a lumberjack.) So you take your flavoured fizzy tablet and bang it in a glass of water, add a shot of vodka and bingo. Instant rehydrated alcopop complete with fizz, lurid colour and "fruity taste". The primary advantage being that your little tube of dollar-store fizzy t...
Alcopop wins the 2012 LKS Mackinnon Stakes, ridden by Craig Williams, and trained by Jake Stephens.
promo for glasgow band alcopops
funny video that shows how to make alcopops with friends
My first ever alcopop review---scared!! ~Kuts~
Jamie Cunningham performing "Alcopop" (Full Album) (Audio) All rights reserved. © Jamie Cunningham Records 2013 & 2014. Executive Producer: Jamie Cunningham
The "Nelson Mandela Alco Pops" sketch from Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul