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Mustachians, I give you, the Kalimotxo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimotxo
It is equal parts red wine and cocoa cola. The red velvet colour is delightful, the taste is sweet, and it made my old wine palatable! Hooray! Waste not want not :)
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Kalimotxo: The Odd Combination Of Cola And Red Wine
04/17/2012 08:56 am ET | Updated Aug 31, 2012
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Joseph Erdos
Joseph Erdos
There are endless ways to cool down on a hot day, but none so refreshing as downing a chilled drink. Here in the States we like our iced teas, lemonades and cold beers. But in Spain beverages like sangria, a punch made with wine and fresh fruit, is the drink of choice for many.
But there’s another mixed drink that’s even more popular, especially with teens (yes, kids drink in Spain!). It’s called the kalimotxo (calimocho) and it combines two beverages most people would never think to mix, Coca-Cola and cheap red wine. It may sound weird, but don’t knock the drink until you try it.
This presumably mismatched combination isn’t new — it’s been around since the 1970s and is very popular to this day, especially in the Basque region. You can find it served in most bars and people drink it all the time when there’s any reason to party. It was originally called Rioja Libre or Cuba Libre del pobre (poor man’s Cuba Libre) but during a Basque festivity in 1972 it was renamed by a group of friends who were serving bad wine and decided to doctor it with cola to make it drinkable.
Over the years the drink has spread to other nations especially in eastern Europe. In Romania it is known as motorină (diesel fuel). In the former Yugoslav nations it’s known as bambus (bamboo). In the Czech Republic it’s called houba (mushroom). In Hungary it is called vadász (hunter) or vörösboros kóla (red-wine cola) or just VBK.
How To Make The Kalimotxo
The Kalimotxo is basically 50-50 cola and red wine, served over lots of ice. Here’s the way the locals do it: Get a 2-liter bottle of Coke, pour out half (save for later), then pour in a bottle of inexpensive red wine. Serve over cups of ice. Easy!
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This must be related to the cocktail I invented in college on my friend's birthday, which I dubbed "The Green Diamond." Bottom-of-the-barrel sparkling wine and Sprite.
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Thanks for sharing and I'll have to try that. My co-workers swear by "mom juice". It's the cheap red wine mixed with grape juice. It's actually not to bad :)
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crazy! thanks for sharing. Looking forward to trying it too!
Always been too scared to try this wine but I think I'll try it with this:
https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_330324/bowler-s-run-cabernet-merlot
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Thanks for sharing and I'll have to try that. My co-workers swear by "mom juice". It's the cheap red wine mixed with grape juice. It's actually not to bad :)
sparkling water makes a lot of things taste much better... we use it all the time at my dance studio when we can't finish water- we use sprizters or whatever to give them new life.
waste no wine!!!!
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This must be related to the cocktail I invented in college on my friend's birthday, which I dubbed "The Green Diamond." Bottom-of-the-barrel sparkling wine and Sprite.
I lived in Spain for a year and Kalimotxo or calimocho is THE poor college student drink. They do something like your Green Diamond as well with red wine and their version of sprite and call it "tinto de verano" (summer red wine). American sangría is very over the top compared to the original Spanish version. In Spain the locals merely take a cheap bottle of red (1 euro) and mix in lemon-flavored Fanta and sugar. None of the various liquors and the veritable fruit salad you find in some restaurants here.
Only problem is that for some reason Fanta doesn't sell their lemon flavor anywhere in the US. I've still yet to find a good alternative. It's really a shame because they also mix the lemon Fanta with cheap beer and it's amazing.
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Okay, trying it now. Damn, it's fab in a flashback-to-grad-school kind of way. It's even good with the store brand Coke Zero which was all that was in my refrigerator.
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Only problem is that for some reason Fanta doesn't sell their lemon flavor anywhere in the US. I've still yet to find a good alternative. It's really a shame because they also mix the lemon Fanta with cheap beer and it's amazing.
San Pellegrino makes a lemon soda. Probably more expensive than Fanta, though.
And speaking of which, my own favorite lowbrow summer cocktail is San Pellegrino's Limonata mixed with gin that I've infused with either fresh cherries or fresh blueberries, when they're in season. Really easy, incredibly refreshing, and pretty colors (the blueberry version comes out to an amazing shade of mauve).
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I wish I'd seen this a couple of nights ago when I threw out most of a bottle of red because it tasted a bit funky. Not off, just very tart.
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Okay, trying it now. Damn, it's fab in a flashback-to-grad-school kind of way. It's even good with the store brand Coke Zero which was all that was in my refrigerator.
It's my new favourite drink. I'm so glad you liked it! It definitely saves old wine!!
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I wish I'd seen this a couple of nights ago when I threw out most of a bottle of red because it tasted a bit funky. Not off, just very tart.
Aww, too bad! Upside: you're all set from now on!!
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Mustachians, I give you, the Kalimotxo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimotxo
It is equal parts red wine and cocoa cola. The red velvet colour is delightful, the taste is sweet, and it made my old wine palatable! Hooray! Waste not want not :)
This is delicious even with Diet Coke. Thank you!
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Mustachians, I give you, the Kalimotxo:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalimotxo
It is equal parts red wine and cocoa cola. The red velvet colour is delightful, the taste is sweet, and it made my old wine palatable! Hooray! Waste not want not :)
This is delicious even with Diet Coke. Thank you!
AWESOME!!! So glad you liked it :) Hehehe feels like such a kiddish drink. Something so fun about it!
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Sounds like a great idea, but unfortunately it means buying Coke, which I haven't done for at least two years.
What else can I mix red wine with. Although it's rare a bottle isn't finished in a night, once in a while we have a bottle that's been open a few days and is less desirable than the hundred fresh bottles in the basement. ( homemade, of course!)
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Sounds like a great idea, but unfortunately it means buying Coke, which I haven't done for at least two years.
What else can I mix red wine with. Although it's rare a bottle isn't finished in a night, once in a while we have a bottle that's been open a few days and is less desirable than the hundred fresh bottles in the basement. ( homemade, of course!)
It's pretty good mixed half and half with apple juice. Or cooked in any beef-based stew in place of broth.
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What else can I mix red wine with.
If it's a cold or otherwise miserable day, put a teaspoon of sugar and about two ounces of red in a mug, and top up with boiling water. Stir. Better than you expect, unless the wine's gone seriously nasty already. And soul-comforting, like good soup.
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Oh my, thanks for the memories. I must have ingested barrels of the stuff in my teens.
Every year there is a huge festival in Bayonne, right by the Spain border on the Atlantic French coast. It lasts for 5 days and the quiet town of 80,000 turns into a mass drinking festival of over one million drunks. Very similar to Pamplona, running of the bulls and all that.
As kids we would use the empty milk jugs, fill them up with red wine and coke, strap it around the shoulder through the handle with a string, and off we went.
I have tried explaining the concept to friends in the UK and the US and it's always been met with skepticism. But it's by far the best way to drink cheap ass wine.
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In Hungary they call it Vorosboros Cola. Was the perfect on summer evenings as a fresh grad in Budapest.
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Bwahahaha it's so classy meets trashy. I love it.