Drk Up: Gothamist Looks For The Gayt Drk Ever - Gothamist

Contents:

• WHAT IS THE GAYT DRK
• THE FOUR GAYT COCKTAILS THE CASTRO
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• GAY BAR, MEET COCKTAIL BAR
• DRK UP: GOTHAMIST LOOKS FOR THE GAYT DRK EVER

WHAT IS THE GAYT DRK

Although the most orr drk at a gay bar is a Vodka Soda, we have round up a rabow-spired cktail to sip on. This turn has led to a rponse of an altogether more lic variety: Gay Water, a new premium nned cktail brand packaged lorful ntaers and named after the slang term ed for vodka and soda water wh lemon or lime, a popular drk served gay bars. Gay Water offers four different varieti of sugar-ee, gluten-ee vodka and soda cktails bed wh var, well, uy flavorg agents: watermelon, peach, lime, and grapeu.

Gay means happy. Appearg time to take advantage of the nned cktail boom, Gay Water won't be direct petn wh Bud Light, which is a beer brand.

THE FOUR GAYT COCKTAILS THE CASTRO

Hodson, a gay man, is not only terted Gay Water appealg to LGTBQ+ nsumers, of urse. An entreprenr lnched a nned cktail this week lled “Gay Water” that’s aimed at LGBTQ drkers — and said he’s lookg to palize on Bud Light’s mistak.

But “Gay Water” — which adopts a moniker the gay muny has long given to the simple vodka and soda cktail — has been spired by the dtup to bee even bolr about the dience ’s targetg, founr and CEO Spencer Hodson told The Post. Gay Water — a nned cktail brand that plays on the gay muny’s lloquialism for the vodka-and-soda mixed drk — lnched on Wednday and promis to unrstand s dience better than Bud Light.Spencer Hodson/Instagram. The 30-year-old Hodson said he is g suggtive — albe playful — msagg and imagery Gay Water’s social media and webse, cludg a provotive nod to the 12-ounce n’s 6.1-ch height.

“Our missn is to -stigmatize the word ‘gay’ and start to create reprentatn spac that tradnally don’t have queer-owned products, let alone products wh the word ‘gay’ their tle,” Hodson told The Post. “When was the last time you saw the word gay at a rtrant, bar, liquor store, or grocery store?

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

The word ‘gay’ origally was fed as happy, and we’re hopg to remd folks of that by beg prent,” he add.

Founr Spencer Hodson, a gay man, says the brand is about reclaimg the word “gay” as a word that “jt means happy.”Spencer Hodson/Instagram. Gay Water’s brandg is full of playful, suggtive msagg. “Part of the pot of lnchg outsi of Pri month is to rerce the msage that Gay Water is here to make the LGBTQ+ muny more visible 365 days a year, not jt a sgle month,” he said.

"The general assumptn is that if you are drkg a vodka soda or a vodka cranberry, you are a woman or you are gay.

GAY BAR, MEET COCKTAIL BAR

The fn of a gay drkA gay drk is one that is enjoyed by people who intify as gay. There is no one gayt drk, as different people will enjoy different typ of beverag. However, some popular choic among gay people clu vodka sodas, g and tonics, and Cosmopolans.

Whatever your drk of choice, there is sure to be a gay bar or club that ters to your history of gay drksThe term “gay drk” is believed to origate om the late 19th century when was ed to scribe drks that were associated wh homosexualy. In the early 20th century, the term was ed to scribe mixed drks that were popular among are a few theori about the orig of the term ” gay drk.

” One theory suggts that the term origated the late 19th century when was ed to scribe drks that were associated wh homosexualy. However, what is clear is that the term “gay drk” has been ed for many years to scribe drks that are associated wh bt gay drksThere’s no sgle answer to the qutn of what the gayt drk is. Some people might say that the gayt drk is a Cosmopolan, bee ’s a drk that’s often associated wh women and ’s a popular choice at gay bars.

DRK UP: GOTHAMIST LOOKS FOR THE GAYT DRK EVER

Others might say that the gayt drk is anythg that’s served a marti glass, bee martis are tradnally seen as a “ classy”, others might say that the gayt drk is anythg that’s brightly lored or uy, bee those are the kds of drks that are often associated wh queer culture. And then there are those who would say that the gayt drk is simply whatever mak you happy and gets you the mood to the end of the day, there’s no wrong answer to the qutn of what the gayt drk is.

So whether you’re lookg for a drk that’s classic, uy, or jt pla fun, there’s sure to be a gay drk out there that’s perfect for worst gay drksThe gayt drk is the one that mak you the most unfortable. It’s the drk that mak you qutn your what is the gayt drk?