Well that kills it for me. Aspartame gives me a headache.. ;-)
they started putting beer in them instead.
In the link up there they say the switch to malt liquor from wine had to do with the government 'helping'.. ("Congress raised the federal excise tax on wine to $1.07 a gallon, effective January 1, 1991. Doesn’t sound like a lot but the previous rate was $0.17/gallon, so it quintupled. That put the economic kibash on coolers and now they they are made from malt.")
Thank you for explaining that.
You could probably try some kind of seltzer-water instead of diet 7-up. I have a high tolerance for artificial sweeteners ... I was one of the last holdouts drinking Tab.