Kentucky Ginger Ale....

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What do you call the non-alcoholic drink of choice in The Red?

Ale-8
19
79%
Ale-8-One
3
13%
A Late One
1
4%
Gimme one of those [pointing]...
1
4%
 
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Kentucky Ginger Ale....

Post by LittleMonkeyMojo »

Why does everyone call it "Ale-8" when it's really "Ale-8-One" (a play on "A Late One")?
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because it's cool 8)
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Post by captain static »

I've called it every one of those except, "Give me one of those." I call the alcoholic beverage of choice a "Seven & Eight". That would be Ale-8-One and Jim Beam aged seven years. A true Kentucky cocktail.
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Post by Artsay »

Beverage of choice is right. Yum!
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Post by dipsi »

Probably the same reason we ask for a "Coke."
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Post by kato »

I think it was originally just Ale-8. I don't remember seeing Ale-8-One on the label until about ten years ago.
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Post by Steve »

C'mon now everyone know a Al8 and bourbon as a jitterspeedball!
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Post by Artsay »

I heard it called a Kentucky Motherfucker too.
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Post by Wicked Tribe »

The label has always said "Ale-8-One" but if you know your stuff you never call it that. It's always "L-8", never "Ale-8" like a buckeye.

And for my authority on this, my geography professor made the comment last semester that a place name is pronounced correctly as the local inhabitants pronounce it no matter what you might think the correct pronunciation is. So while its not a place I think that rule of thumb would probably apply with most anthropologists as well. Take it froma local, it's "L-Ate" (one syllable).
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Post by Gondrewzo »

I dunno. I've lived in KY all my life and have always heard it called "L-8" (sometimes Ale instead of L, but it depends on how thick your accent is). My college professors even called it that, so, that's what I've always called it. But who the hell am I?
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