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Alcopop
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Alcopop
A popular term—not used by the alcohol industry—for any of the alternative beverages that were formulated in response to an increase in the US federal wine tax. The spirits industry responded by moving away from wine coolers to malt-based alcoholic beverages including 'hard' lemonades and fruit coolers
alcopop
Substance abuse A cider, juice or other beverage which has been commercially 'spiked' with a low amount of alcohol–eg, ±5%; some authorities believe alcopops may lead to future heavier alcohol use. Cf Alcohol, Wine cooler.
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Officially FABs - Flavoured Alcoholic Beverages - the drinks were soon nicknamed alcopops, which is now in the Oxford English Dictionary.
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Flavoured alcoholic beverages (FABs) such as Bacardi Breezers, Reef and Archers Aqua are more sophisticated than the original alcopops such as Hooch.
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