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		<title>R.I.P. Zima: The Greatest Chick Drinks of All Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:16:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, the classic clear beverage just went out of business. Luckily we haven't forgotten these other sweet and boozy female favorites.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src='http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/girls-drinking.jpg' alt='girls-drinking.jpg' /><br />
Today&#8217;s stock tip: Buy <strong>Ernest &#038; Julio Gallo Winery</strong> shares. Why go for jug wine stocks today, you ask? Well, Gallo makes <strong>Boone&#8217;s Farm</strong> wines, and with the <a href="http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/client/e3ic7f8e4e0a6055a53551076d05d46e119" target="_blank">news</a> yesterday that the famed malternative (yes, it&#8217;s called that in the press release) beverage <strong>Zima</strong> was being discontinued, there&#8217;s suddenly a huge void in the liquor-drinks-for-young-girls market.</p>
<p>Okay, &#8220;huge void&#8221; may be overstating things just a tad; truth is, we didn&#8217;t even know they still made Zima these days. Still, Zima brings back lots of memories&#39;hanging with young chicks, plying them with alcohol that tasted like soda and then&#8230;well, suffice it to say our memories are probably clearer than theirs (it was only last Friday, after all). In remembrance of the Z, we pour a little on the ground and rate the greatest chick drinks of all time below&#8230;<span id="more-18433"></span></p>
<p><strong>5. <u>BARTLES &#038; JAYMES </u></strong><br />
<img src='http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bartlesjaymes.jpg' alt='bartlesjaymes.jpg' /><br />
Kinda the Budweiser of chick drinks, B&#038;J gets some pretty obvious bonus points for its suggestive abbreviation. And apparently in Indiana  they mix wine coolers with malt liquor to make something called a &#8220;Moe.&#8221; Which is sure to help your chances when you spring your &#8220;Yeah, I dig Mellencamp, but he was so much cooler when he was just John Cougar &#8221; pickup line.</p>
<p><strong>4. <u>MIKE&#8217;S HARD LEMONADE </u></strong><br />
<img src='http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/mikes-hard-lemonade.jpg' alt='mikes-hard-lemonade.jpg' /><br />
Any alcoholic drink that a father <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4DGidVLmMs" target="_blank">mistakenly</a> buys his son at a baseball game is an All-Star chick drink. Aside: University of Michigan professors are dumb as shit.</p>
<p><strong>3. <u>ST. IDES&#8217; SPECIAL BREW</u></strong><br />
<img src='http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/specialbrew.jpg' alt='specialbrew.jpg' /><br />
Sure, St. Ides used Snoop and &#8216;Pac (and Redman and Method Man on the East Coast) to pitch this malt liquor when it came out in the mid-&#8217;90s, but with flavors like Passion and Mixed Fruit, Special Brew was definitely for the ladies (unless you&#8217;re <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrZZoXObVp8" target="_blank">this</a> Mixed Fruit).</p>
<p><strong><u>2. ZIMA</u></strong><br />
<img src='http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/zima-therm.jpg' alt='zima-therm.jpg' /><br />
What, you thought we were gonna go with Smirnoff Ice here? Fuck outta here. According to wikipedia, &#8220;zima&#8221; means &#8220;winter&#8221; in a half-dozen Eastern European languages; according to Ted at Kappa house, &#8220;zima&#8221; means &#8220;gettin&#8217; some trim fer sure&#8221; in douchebaglish.</p>
<p><strong><u>1. BOONE&#8217;S FARM</u></strong><br />
<img src='http://www.complex.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/boones.jpg' alt='boones.jpg' /><br />
For sentimental reasons, we&#8217;d love to put Zima in the top spot, but journalistic integrity demands that we go with the champ. Don&#8217;t believe us? Ask Sara from Bloomington, Indiana at the Boone&#8217;s Farm <a href="http://www.boonesfarm.net/index.html" target="_blank">fan club</a>: &#8220;I love Boone&#8217;s Farm cause it gets you drunk and the you can make bad decisions and wake up with a headache.&#8221;</p>
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