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ZIMA RETURNS - The Zummer of Zima

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Ozium

Member
Step aside, Crystal Pepsi, the clear beverage for adults is back for a limited time only! Many of us who were growing up when Zima shook the alcoholic beverage industry were not old enough to drink... but now that has changed!

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Check out this RAD webzite:
www.zima.com

ZIMA'S BACK FOR
A LIMITED TIME!
"NO WAY!" YOU SAY TO WHICH WE SAY, "YES WAY!"

BUT WE'RE ONLY BACK IN TIME FOR A LIMITED TIME, SO DRINK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR CHILL. YOU IN OR WHAT?
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WHEN YOU DRINK A ZIMA, YOU'RE TASTING A GOOD TIME. THE GOLDEN CHILD OF 1994, ZIMA OWNED THE DECADE.

THEN, ZIMA WENT AWAY. IT BOUNCED. BUMMER, RIGHT? YEAH, TOTAL BUMMER. BUT ZIMA'S BACK FOR A LIMITED TIME, ALRIGHT? THE CLASSIC CITRUS FLAVOR INSIDE THAT COOL, CLEAR BOTTLE.
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Are you excited? I'm excited.

Here Are Some Clazzic Zima Commercialz:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-YqH5tZSYU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBbPcEcMJJw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHzRGpZNQso
 
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BigDug13

Member
Advise to enhance the flavor. Get some grenadine and just pour a tiny amount into the Zima after taking a sip. Makes it taste much better.

Brings back memories from '93-'95 before I liked beer. (To be fair, it took a 21st birthday visit to a microbrewery to finally taste beer beyond the Budweiser swill my shipmates drank.)
 
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Ozium

Member
BigDug13 said:
Advise to enhance the flavor. Get some grenadine and just pour a tiny amount into the Zima after taking a sip. Makes it taste much better.

Brings back memories from '93-'95 before I liked beer. (To be fair, it took a 21st birthday visit to a microbrewery to finally taste beer beyond the Budweiser swill my shipmates drank.)
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Please let's not sully the triumphant return of Zima with grenadine.
 
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ahoyhoy

Unconfirmed Member
Riding the popularity of ZIKA.

I tried one for the first time yesterday. Pretty tasty beverage and cool unique bottle design too. Hope it sticks around.
 
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BigDug13

Member
Ozium said:
Please let's not sully the triumphant return of Zima with grenadine.
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I used to drink it straight but it's not a very good flavor. The citrus is nonexistent. Why would I ever drink it now over a hard lemonade or cider? Aww who am I kidding. I don't drink any of those things anymore when there's beer.
 
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Sexually Aggressive Uncle

Member
I'm down for this. I remember being in San Antonio back in'93 and Zima was being test marketed there. People were giving this out for free in bars across the city...... I got lit on Zima several times back then.
 
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Sobriquet

Member
Holy shit I was talking with some friends about bringing Zima back! Not that we could actually do it.

When does it come out? Is it out already?

And yes, I know it's awful. Still want some.
 
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Leunam

Member
Huh, for some reason I thought this was supposed to be like non-alcoholic Smirnoff Ice. Have I been wrong most of my life?
 
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Poppy

Member
ive never actually seen a Zima irl, even in the 90s

my mom would drink like, seagrams wine coolers and later mike's hard lemonade
 
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Vengal

Member
I never drank any but I vividly recall the strange tvs spots. My brother in-law was old enough to recall the college parties with them. He mentioned something about dropping jolly ranchers in them when we saw the boxes at a gas station.
 
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Ozium

Member
Sobriquet said:
Holy shit I was talking with some friends about bringing Zima back! Not that we could actually do it.

When does it come out? Is it out already?

And yes, I know it's awful. Still want some.
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It's already out I guess.. I know someone from Oklahoma who bought one and someone from Chicago who has seen it..

I went to my local liquor store to see if they had it in stock but couldn't find it, and I didn't ask because 1) the owner was the only one there and he was talking to someone and I didn't want to interrupt and 2) it's kind of embarrassing to ask for fucking Zima...

On the website there is a locator and it said the store I went to carries it (along with most other liquor stores near me) so either they didn't get any in stock yet, or it sold out (lol)
 
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Sobriquet

Member
Ozium said:
It's already out I guess.. I know someone from Oklahoma who bought one and someone from Chicago who has seen it..

I went to my local liquor store to see if they had it in stock but couldn't find it, and I didn't ask because 1) the owner was the only one there and he was talking to someone and I didn't want to interrupt and 2) it's kind of embarrassing to ask for fucking Zima...

On the website there is a locator and it said the store I went to carries it (along with most other liquor stores near me) so either they didn't get any in stock yet, or it sold out (lol)
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BRB
 
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studyguy

Member
I always thought these were non-alcoholic tbh.
I remember the ads, I even remember jokes being made about it being non-alcoholic.
 
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CarpeDeezNutz

Member
Remember these from the high school parties, been seeing reviews that they're sweeter than the original, I can vaguely remember the taste though.
 
SDCowboy

SDCowboy

Member
If I see some in the stores, I will definitely pick up a sixer. As someone who grew up in the 90's, Zima is iconic, but I obviously never got to have it.
 
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CrimzonSamurai

Member
Ah, yes, Zima, the gateway beer.

I've never tried one but I might give it a go. I've been digging on Henry's Hard Soda lately so this might be up my alley.
 
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