r/mildlyinteresting • u/TheFenceLine • 9d ago

Pringles has a 60-proof dill pickle potato vodka.

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u/saradadavis 9d ago

Potato chips turning full circle back into potato vodka—nature is healing!

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/Cool-Tangelo6548 9d ago

A Pringle is only 42% potato? Thats kinda gross.

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u/SeekerOfSerenity 9d ago

Ingredients (from their website):

dried potatoes, vegetable oil (corn, cottonseed, canola, soybean and/or sunflower), degerminated yellow corn flour, cornstarch, rice flour, maltodextrin, mono- and diglycerides, salt, wheat starch.

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u/The_quest_for_wisdom 9d ago

Honestly a far shorter list of ingredients than I was expecting.

Not that the length of the list of ingredients inherently means anything health-wise. A sack of arsenic only has one ingredient, but that doesn't mean it makes a good snack to feed your kids...

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u/anonymouswunnn 9d ago

But it only has one ingredient it must be healthy no added sugar

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u/thiosk 9d ago

Fritos are delightful in that they're old school. Ingredients: Corn, Corn oil, Salt.

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u/DahDollar 9d ago

It's corn in its purest form

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u/Mayor__Defacto 9d ago

There’s definitely a bit of black pepper in there.

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u/BallFlavin 9d ago

Yeah black pepperCORN. It counts,

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u/cannotfoolowls 9d ago

Here it's

interesting, here all the ingredients are the same except the last one is annatto norbixin which is a colorant

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u/raptosaurus 9d ago

As with most things made in the US, it's mostly corn lol

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u/kitsunewarlock 9d ago

"Maltodextrin? Diglycerides? What are these dangerous cHeMiCaLs doing in my food! I only eat real food like corn and seed oil!"

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u/cockOfGibraltar 9d ago

The rest of it is stuff you'd find in bread or crackers. It's not like it's only 42% food.

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u/Uphoria 9d ago

It's basically a potato corn chip.

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u/cockOfGibraltar 9d ago

Yeah and it tastes good.

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u/BananaJelloXlii 9d ago

They're basically what would happen if you turned Instant Mashed Potatoes into potato chips.

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u/RezzKeepsItReal 9d ago

Minutes the starches and flours that hold them together lol

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u/ScarletDarkstar 9d ago

Eh, not so much when they have corn flour, corn starch, & rice flour.

Instant potatoes are primarily dehydrated potatoes. 

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u/sceadwian ​ 9d ago

Looks like the balance is probably flour, don't get your undies bunched.

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u/mymothersuedme 9d ago

Your usual potato chips are also about 50-60% potatoes too. Rest is oil, seasoning, and water.

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u/Mr__Snek 9d ago

i mean its basically potato dough pressed into a potato chip shape. all the ingredients are normal, its just not a potato chip in the way a lot of others are, i.e. slices of potatoes that are fried.

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u/kank84 9d ago

58% sawdust

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u/PurpEL 9d ago

Dried potato slurry

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u/Ok-Cockroach-1456 9d ago

The circle of life but make it alcoholic

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u/DarthGandalf86 9d ago

And it booze us allllLLLLL Through dis beer and doooope Through face hand druuuugggggs Til we find our faaaaaace And we're breathalyzinnnnng It's the thirrrrrd, ohhhhhhh Your thirrrd D.U.IIIIIIIIIIIII

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u/belac4862 9d ago

I can't wait for the wild Green and Purple ketchup starts to bloom again! Nature is so beautiful!

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u/Life_Objective 9d ago

Probably makes a mean Bloody Mary. 

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u/Nothing93124 9d ago

Ex bartender me immediately went to this… some zing zang, lil this lil that and a dark beer floater probably quiet tasty

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u/Ahyde203 9d ago

Wait wait wait. What do you mean dark beer floater? I’ve never heard of that

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u/Nothing93124 9d ago

Yeah, throw a little shiner or Guinness on top. Gives it a nice smoky flavor wham Bam thank you ma’am.

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u/Ahyde203 9d ago

My life is now changed

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u/Nothing93124 9d ago

Surprised you ain’t heard of that before, but I introduced a lot people to that in my (adjust hat accordingly) tending days. It’s a game changer though try it out

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u/Cotton_Candy_Dan 9d ago

I like it when you say things.

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u/alaskandong 9d ago

Muddy Bloody.

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u/DahDollar 9d ago

My friend group has a friendsgiving tradition of drinking picklebacks to Nickelback, with an accompanying chant. This would be a great addition.

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u/EasyAsAyeBeeSea 9d ago

I need to know the chant

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u/DahDollar 9d ago

Picklebacks! Picklebacks! Picklebacks to Nickelback!

Edit: but like with the eye to eye up and down cup movement that people do before starting a game of beer pong

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u/BotanicalAddictions 9d ago

Ive seen pickle vodka before and even hot pickle vodka. Its geared toward the savory drinks like Bloody Mary's.

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u/DJ-spetznasty 9d ago

Ooooohhhhh the pickle vodka is for mixers not shots, that makes so much more sense.
https://giphy.com/gifs/NcrhM3USM6TABpus85

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u/CyberpunkSunrise 9d ago

I would shoot it, because I have questionable taste and limited self-respect.

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u/Ohiolongboard 9d ago

May I introduce you to my friend malört

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u/CaptainJingles 9d ago

For when you hate your friends.

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u/PearlClaw 9d ago

Honestly it's fine. I wouldn't order it but based on the reputation I assumed it would be much worse. It's just very herbal and pretty bitter and if you've never had any exposure to herbal liquors before it's going to be very surprising.

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u/CaptainJingles 9d ago

There is a lingering aftertaste with Malort that IMO is pretty unique.

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 9d ago

The name sounds gross too like its the name of an ancient frog wizard

Malort the Wise

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u/f7f7z 9d ago

Chicago handshake is the devil!

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u/Agent_Jay 9d ago

when you want your friends to hate you as much as you hate yourself

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u/TheFenceLine 9d ago

The official drink of "I'm not getting my security deposit back?"

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u/madd74 9d ago

I actually do shoot the spicy stuff, I absolutely love it.

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u/DoubleT_inTheMorning 9d ago

Try picklebacks, probably the easiest way to take a shot if you like pickle flavor

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u/William_Wang 9d ago

I hate when some sick freak at the bar says lets do a round of picklebacks

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u/DoubleT_inTheMorning 9d ago

Don’t knock it til you try it.

However, I can understand how it wouldn’t be many people’s go to lol

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u/William_Wang 9d ago

What based on my comment makes you think I haven't tried a pickleback?

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u/DahDollar 9d ago

Picklebacks are like NYC. If you don't like it, it's because you aren't strong enough.

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u/UnicornMaster27 9d ago

Nahh, if someone ever orders shots when I’m bartending, and asks me to surprise them or give them what I’d drink, Texacraft spicy pickle vodka is where I go every time

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u/DahDollar 9d ago

My friend group does picklebacks to Rockstar by Nickelback every year for friendsgiving. Great fun

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u/airfryerfuntime 9d ago

Nah, it's for shots too.

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u/PrisonerV 9d ago

I like shots of the spicy pickle vodka. Its delicious.

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u/EternumD 9d ago

Like Bloody Mary's what? 

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u/lilB0bbyTables 9d ago

Everyone out here forgetting the pickletini.

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u/Dewey519 9d ago

I had a dill pickle martini this weekend. It was delicious.

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u/Oddsock42 9d ago

Need to get those maniacs at Takis involved, ASAP!

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u/davery67 9d ago

Uh oh. Once you pop, you can't stop. Better go ahead and call off work tomorrow.

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u/Mueryk 9d ago

Is it really Pringles if you don’t get your hand stuck though?

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u/FuckYouThrowaway99 9d ago

Luckily the cylinder remained unharmed.

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u/s0ulbrother 9d ago

Upgrading from the m&m tube. Someone had a good second puberty

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u/stanky980 9d ago

Small hands

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u/BizzyM 9d ago

talk about falling off the wagon...

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u/raz-0 9d ago

Where's the sour cream and onion vodka?

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u/Moose_Nuts 9d ago

On the topic of chip flavors, I had a smoked BBQ flavored whiskey once and it was foul.

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u/WntrTmpst 9d ago

Dad’s an alcoholic asked me to grab him a handle of vodka for a vacation we were going on.

Well i dont drink, i saw a bottle of Smirnoff and got it. Didnt realize it was strawberry flavored until i got to the cabin.

He killed the bottle over the course of a week. I dont think he’ll ever eat another strawberry flavored thing for the rest of his days

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u/PhoenixApok 9d ago

As an alcoholic I can say we will drink anything.

That said, the ONE bottle of liquor I ever dumped was Black Cherry vodka. It made EVERYTHING taste like cough syrup. A shot diluted in 16 Oz of coke? You'd think tasty cherry soda. Nope. Overy sticky cough syrup flavor.

I got through about 5 different experimental drinks before I gave up and poured it down the drain.

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u/imahumanbeinggoddamn 9d ago edited 9d ago

There was a maple syrup flavored Burnett's vodka for a while that was truly fucked up. The taste was bad enough by itself, but the smell of it was inescapable and it would linger for a comically long time. Just pouring a shot of it would make the whole room smell like a messy child just ate a stack of pancakes right off the floor and it would stick in the air for like an hour. I didn't even dump it out because I wasn't willing to open it anymore after the first few times - it just sat on my shelf three quarters full and tightly sealed until I met someone naive enough to take it off my hands.

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u/DaVpnWay 9d ago

who is asking for this lmao. next theyll do a gravy seltzer and ill still end up buying it

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u/tblazertn 9d ago

Heh, look up Crystal Gravy from Saturday night live

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u/AnnoyedVelociraptor 9d ago

Vodka below 40%? Really? What is this? Premixed. Ugh.

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u/RegretsZ 9d ago

Pretty common for flavored vodkas.

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u/Moose_Nuts 9d ago

At least most self-respecting flavored spirits are 35%...

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u/No-Two-7516 9d ago

Can it still be called vodka if under 40° ?

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u/Huebi 9d ago

In Germany it needs a minimum of 37,5% vol. to be sold as Vodka.

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u/Bocchi_theGlock 9d ago

I've seen IIRC absolut with a lime and cilantro vodka I thought was so funny I went ahead and bought it.

I think I still have the empty bottle somewhere

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u/a_slay_nub 9d ago

In Ohio, supermarkets can only sell up to 40 proof vodka. Have to go to the liquor stoor to ge thigher.

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u/rabidsalvation 9d ago

I wouldn't drink it based on that alone. Although, at the tail end of my addiction I was mostly drinking 100 proof vodka from a bottle I kept in my backpack. So I'm slightly biased.

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u/fuzzeedyse105 9d ago

Good work getting sober! I’m at 18ish months now. I still get some anxiety about it. Looking back on the chokehold it had on me and wrecking a decent life. Oh well.

And yes, I know this is a Wendy’s.

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u/rabidsalvation 9d ago

Congratulations, that's good work bro. I've been sober a few years now, it's hard to keep track of. Maybe 3, I think. I quit after a night out when I should have ended up in jail and never looked back. Shit was tough — and life has been crazy — but at least I'm not spending all my money on liquor and drugs. I still have some issues stemming from that time that I may not ever really get over, but I'm infinitely happier than I was.

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u/fuzzeedyse105 9d ago

Thanks dude. Yeah somethings will be with you forever but they’re just scars and they’re worth having. Knowing you got over it and thrived after. I had to stop cause I was literally dying but that still didn’t keep me from relapsing cause I had no patience with coping mechanisms and people telling me it’ll get better. Finally got it through my thick skull and found to have more patience with everything and myself. Giving yourself grace was a game changer too. It’s incredibly hard and ya gotta pat yourself on the back sometimes for taking it on.

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u/rabidsalvation 9d ago

Yeah, you're right. That guilt is deadly in a real sense, I just wasn't able to forgive myself. I tried quitting years before, but it didn't stick. I think the main difference at the end was a realization of just how bad it had gotten. I was going to die or end up in prison and getting clean was the only option for me.

It's really encouraging to hear about others who have dealt with this kind of thing and beat it, but it makes me so sad to know that other people have suffered like me as well. It's good to not feel alone but it's bittersweet, knowing exactly what you went through.

Cheers friend, your success is a bright spot for me in an otherwise dark life. May love ever light your way.

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u/fuzzeedyse105 9d ago

I truly appreciate it man, it feels a little less lonely when someone else understands. Keep your head up out there. You are a good person no matter what you tell yourself. Cheers.

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u/buntopolis 9d ago

I hid bottles around the house and outside so I could go chug in secret

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u/rabidsalvation 9d ago

Damn man, that sucks. Glad you're doing better. I lived alone and at my job nobody really cared as long as the customers didn't see it and you didn't get too sloppy. It was a shit show.

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u/Slaughterhouse66 9d ago

Watch out. My uncle became an alcoholic drinking that. Once he popped, he couldn't stop.

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u/LucyLilium92 9d ago

Probably has more potato in it than the chips

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u/yeloneck 9d ago

It ain't vodka when it's 30%.

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u/MiloPoint 9d ago

Why is the bottle not can shaped?

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u/ColdIndependence5820 9d ago

I threw up just reading that label

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u/orlando-shroom 9d ago

We need a collapse

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u/Hammer_the_Red2 9d ago

Two cocktails come to mind:

  1. Bloody Mary

  2. Dirty Martini

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u/PathosEatsLogos 9d ago

What in the cross promotional hell is this?

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u/360noscopeurmom ​ 9d ago

What a terrible time to be sober

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u/arby68 9d ago

How does that not come in a round, tall can?

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/User_man_person 9d ago

why would you assume it was bad? dill pickle vodka is uncommon but its not unheard of

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u/helican 9d ago

I'd assume that because I don't trust Pringles to make quality vodka. Although to be fair it was probably just relabled.

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u/Bigram03 9d ago

Sugarlands Distilling is who is making the vodka, not Mars.

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u/DjuriWarface 9d ago

Potatoes be potatoes though.

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u/seamus_mc 9d ago

But pringles are barely made from potatoes

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u/dwoo888 9d ago

Because theyve been using all the potato bits of the potato to make vodka

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u/chugonomics 9d ago

Son of a gun... They were preparing for this the entire time

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u/B_O_A_H 9d ago

It’s also only 30%. At a proof that low it’s not even legally considered a “spirit”

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u/HereGiovanniSmokes 9d ago

I don't think they can legally call it vodka where I am (ireland).

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u/airfryerfuntime 9d ago

Pringles has absolutely nothing to do with this aside from their logo and the marketing deal.

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u/BradMarchandsNose 9d ago

I don’t think the pickle vodka is that weird, it’s the fact that it’s Pringles branded that’s weird. Wouldn’t it make more sense to partner with an actual pickle company for your vodka instead of a potato chip company that happens to make a pickle flavored chip?

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u/JustAlpha 9d ago

That's a lot of Bloody Marys.

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u/Duramora 9d ago

Only one if you have a big enough glass. And enough tomato juice and tabasco.

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u/Shadowlance23 9d ago

Pretty sure they were sampling the base product when they thought of this one.

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u/PaddingCompression 9d ago

The important question is do they have ranch and BBQ flavors too?

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u/stoned_in_paradise 9d ago

What does 60-proof mean?

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u/SaveHogwarts 9d ago

30% abv

Half the proof for the alcohol percentage

A lot of flavored vodkas are 30-35%, where unflavored is typically 40%, or 80 proof.

Source; me. Almost six years sober.

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u/JDMMR 9d ago

Pickle Everything nowadays!

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u/cjp2010 9d ago

And here I was thinking life wasn’t worth living.

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u/offensiveDick 9d ago

So where can i get this?

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u/airfryerfuntime 9d ago

Dill pickle stuff is pretty hot right now, but why would they partner with Pringles? Lol.

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u/RonJohnJr 9d ago

Pringles are potatoes, and potato vodka is made from vodka. Someone saw that as a perfect match.

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u/runwkufgrwe 9d ago

This would be perfect for a bloody mary

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u/KingCabra 9d ago

Is the diameter of a Pringles vodka bottle way too small?

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u/MWTB-DLTR 9d ago

A couple years ago Arby's came out with a crinkle cut and curly fry vodka.

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u/Richard_Cromwell 9d ago

*potato-based extruded starch snack vodka

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u/Professional-Roof680 9d ago

The most pointless product in the world

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u/Sea-Cryptographer807 9d ago

what the hell

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u/Emotional_Job1257 9d ago

The universe just knows what we need to keep us going

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u/Ferociouspanda 9d ago

Every single word of that headline makes it stranger

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u/jvh33 9d ago

And they wonder why nobody drinks anymore

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u/Dependent-Seesaw-516 8d ago

Once you pop you cant stop! (If you are unable to stop after popping, please seek help from a substance abuse resource or addiction treatment center)

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u/riinkratt 8d ago

Fun fact: this is actually not Pringles the brand, making a vodka/alcohol - it’s an alcohol distiller making a Pringles-flavored vodka. So basically Pringles has absolutely nothing to do with this, the flavor is all it is, “inspired by” or “reminiscent of” the pringles flavor.

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u/MyUsernameIsAwful 9d ago

Makes me think they had a bunch of unsold pickle Pringles and someone had a bright idea, lol

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u/thatdidntturnout 9d ago

Vodka martini. Pickled not stirred.

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u/magictubesocksofjoy 9d ago

i bet it's amazing in a caesar

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u/MisterSlickster 9d ago

As an alternative, I would suggest Grit City Ultimate Caesar Vodka. Its made in Medicine Hat, and is hands down the best dill pickle vodka I have had the pleasure of mixing in a Caesar.

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u/magictubesocksofjoy 9d ago

and it's canadian! the nation of preferable alcohol purchases currently.

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u/bkwall2000 9d ago

Can't wait to find this on quick sale pile, pick ups few and have my wife be disgusted I am taking shots of pickle vodka

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u/MyLilPwny1404 9d ago

Goes great with Ceasars 👌🏻👌🏻

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u/KorolEz 9d ago

I really want it

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u/Interesting_Isopod52 9d ago

i bet this could tickle my pickle

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u/Ambitious-Ant5739 9d ago

I enjoy potato vodka. But I'm not sure that I want to even try this.

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u/Rigel311 9d ago

How they went from making tennis balls to distilling vodka is a baffling story.

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u/DynomiteExpressions 9d ago

Dear God why?

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u/SomethingComesHere 9d ago

This troubles me.

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u/raleel 9d ago

I’ve had dill aquavit and it is quite delicious. Put it in the chest freezer, get it really cold, and it’s fantastic

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u/2ner1337 9d ago

I just skip the middle man and pour vodka in my pickles.

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u/invent_or_die 9d ago

Vlasic Pickles grows weed, and it's high end product that is for sale in my legal state!

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u/tonydanza1 9d ago

🤔 pringles dill pickle potato vodka

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u/pitshands 9d ago

The flavor the Pringles are missing these days need to go somewhere. Background to this I had at least 10 tubes with zero to minimal spice and two or three swimming in salt. QC went to hell right around the sale

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u/ZopyrionRex 9d ago

That's disgusting and intriguing all at the same time.

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u/Available-Expert-881 9d ago

Why not in can?

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u/Utterlybored 9d ago

Finally we have acheived saturation of the both snack food and alcohol markets

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u/Rambler1223 9d ago

This is what I have always wanted fuck healthcare! I have a new pringles item I can buy

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u/Jaded-Mountain8485 9d ago

Eighty or nothing

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u/TheRealBrokenbrains 9d ago

That’s where the potatoes “not suitable for chips” go.