A Cheeky Vimto is an
alcoholic cocktail
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.
Preparation
The cocktail is made up of
ruby port
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and
Blue WKD. Though the owners of
Vimto decided they would not manufacture an
alcopop
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History
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is any of certain flavored alcoholic beverages with relati ...
version, the company has encouraged its use as a
mixer. Many establishments give the Cheeky Vimto other names in order to avoid breaching the trademark of the soft drink. A variation consisting of the port and WKD, without the Vimto, was described in
Amy Winehouse's biography as one of her beverages of choice. In May 2018 WKD released a canned version of their drink called "Cheeky V", described as "Port Blue and Lemonade Flavour".
. If spilt on carpet, it can be cleaned up using salt.
See also
* – another cocktail named after a commercial soft drink, which similarly does not contain that drink.
* - a cocktail named in reference to its visual resemblance to a non-alcoholic drink which is generally not used as an ingredient in the cocktail.
*
References
Alcopops
Cocktails with fortified wine
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