I feel deeply perceived as both someone who brings artisanal beer/nice wine to a party then drinks (many) white claws, and as someone who rlly hates social events whose mainstay bev is WC.
My Nuanced Opinion™️ here is that: I mostly agree with you! I also quietly gave up drinking white claw, some time last summer, and switched to mostly light beers and dry sparkly wines, except in drinking games. For me it felt like less of a conscious choice and more like I just got bored of them. However! If your anti white claw argument is mostly based on its uninterestingness, I feel like, spiritually, it’s not _that_ much different from a vodka soda. 😄
Agree on all counts! I wrestled with whether I really needed to drop a footnote to address the Vodka Soda Problem with this piece. It's really hard to stick up for vodka soda as being something with character! In its (meager) defense, at least the VS is *made* -- it involves the mixing of two ingredients, plus a garnish. There's tangible human effort involved in bringing it into the world. I look forward to drinking one (or indeed anything else) with you soon!
I feel deeply perceived as both someone who brings artisanal beer/nice wine to a party then drinks (many) white claws, and as someone who rlly hates social events whose mainstay bev is WC.
My Nuanced Opinion™️ here is that: I mostly agree with you! I also quietly gave up drinking white claw, some time last summer, and switched to mostly light beers and dry sparkly wines, except in drinking games. For me it felt like less of a conscious choice and more like I just got bored of them. However! If your anti white claw argument is mostly based on its uninterestingness, I feel like, spiritually, it’s not _that_ much different from a vodka soda. 😄
Agree on all counts! I wrestled with whether I really needed to drop a footnote to address the Vodka Soda Problem with this piece. It's really hard to stick up for vodka soda as being something with character! In its (meager) defense, at least the VS is *made* -- it involves the mixing of two ingredients, plus a garnish. There's tangible human effort involved in bringing it into the world. I look forward to drinking one (or indeed anything else) with you soon!
I was entirely waiting for the admission of your love of vodka sodas. I’m glad someone else in the comments is addressing this gross oversight.
“I too desire a drink laden with history and baggage,” I said, drinking an IPA just to be reminded of The Raj.
In White Claw's defense, it bears no connection to a vast colonial empire, as far as I'm aware!
Nigel, Nigel, Nigel. We will be generals on opposite sides of this war, dear friend. It's time for the White Claw syndicate to topple American beer!
(agreed on more Cava though!)
My brother in arms, I look forward to the times when we can join forces and find common cause in drinking as much Cava as possible!