It’s Here, It’s Queer: Introducg Gay Water, A LGBTQIA+ Canned Vodka Soda Brand Aimg to Dtigmatize the Word Gay

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Today marks the release of a new ready-to-drk (RTD) brand, Gay Water, has arrived and ’s found and ground the LGBTQ+ muny.

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WHAT IS THE GAYT DRK

A gay drk is one that is enjoyed by people who intify as gay. This uld be any type of drk, om cktails and we to beer and soda. There is no one * gay drink *

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer.

IT’S HERE, IT’S QUEER: INTRODUCG GAY WATER, A LGBTQIA+ CANNED VODKA SODA BRAND AIMG TO DTIGMATIZE THE WORD GAY

* gay drink *

The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.

GAY THEMED COCKTAILS

It’s a simple proposn: A craft beer, owned by a gay uple and marketed to the LGBT muny. * gay drink *

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch.

Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

WHAT MAK THIS BEER GAY?

ABSTRACT: What mak a drk "gay"? Some say all tak is a name endg "ra" or "ti," while others specify the cln of chopped u and fanciful ratns. For the purpos of this experiment, the signatn and selectn of gay drks has been left to profsnals--real live bartenrs real live gay bars. HYPOTHESIS: Tt subject "Sanep" is a 37-year-old straight man who, his natural habat, enjoys Jim Beam on the rocks... * gay drink *

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said.

GAY BOY DRINKS

Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. 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.

9 MOUNT GAY RUM COCKTAILS TO MAKE AT HOME

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. 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. Hodson, a gay man, is not only terted Gay Water appealg to LGTBQ+ nsumers, of urse.

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.

WHY IS ICED COFFEE SO GAY?

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.

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