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Red port and a blue alcopop meet in a pint glass and turn deep purple. The taste is sweet, berry-like and fizzy, surprisingly close to the soft drink it is named after.
1¾ oz
ruby porte.g. Sandeman · Graham's · Taylor's · Cockburn's · Dow's
9¼ oz
WKD Blue one bottle, chilledBuy on Amazon →
Garnish: No garnish · Ice: Ice cubes
Cheeky Vimto
Sweet and fruity with berry and grape notes and light fizz. Stronger than it tastes.
The Cheeky Vimto is a British pub drink made from port and WKD Blue, a bottled vodka-based alcopop. Its name comes from Vimto, a fruity soft drink from Manchester, because the mix tastes remarkably similar. The cheeky part hints that this version contains alcohol, and more than one might expect.
The drink spread through pubs and student bars in the United Kingdom in the 2000s and is usually ordered as a double port and a bottle of WKD Blue. It has no known inventor and no place in classic cocktail books, but it is a genuine piece of British drinking culture. Because both ingredients carry alcohol, it is stronger than its candy-like flavor suggests.
A double measure of ruby port topped with a bottle of WKD Blue.
No. It is named after the soft drink Vimto because it tastes similar.
It holds roughly as much alcohol as a pint of ordinary beer, but it tastes like a soft drink, so it goes down far more quickly than you might expect.
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A cheeky night out in Manchester.
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