I remember the one you’re talking about, where he’s sitting next to a silent guy who looked a bit like Frank Bonner?
Those wine coolers were some nasty shit. Where I lived, the fine print said “flavored beer.” Maybe it was like that everywhere, but in Arlington TX they could only sell beer (at the time) and that had to be under a certain ABV. But, we were 16, didn’t know any better, and the drinking age had just been moved to 21 which seemed like 20 years away. We took what we could (get a willing 3rd party to) get.
Speaking of nasty shit:
- I remember the Corona in Florida had a bottle cap that said “FLORIDA” on it – don’t know if that was supposed to be a souvenir or it had a different ABV for that state
- Some friends of mine ran a place in Ft. Worth. They had a license to serve beer & wine, but not liquor, and did not want to go through the extra trouble to sell liquor. Instead, they served wine-based pseudo-liquor. One night we stayed late drinking wine-based margaritas. It seemed like a good idea at the time.
