![]() ![]() Traditionally, it's a mixture of gin and grapefruit soda. To help ease the crowds that would no doubt want a drink, the Finnish government commissioned the creation of the Finnish Long Drink. ![]() During the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki, bars were understaffed. ![]() The origins of the Finnish Long Drink can be traced back to the 1950s. The history of the Finnish Long Drink (the cocktail) That's where the Finnish Long Drink comes in - a drink light enough to sip on year round, but with cozy elements to make it the perfect winter beverage. It could be a dark beer or a hot toddy or a tall glass of dark red, but it's certainly not something that tastes like a hard seltzer. Plenty of non-seltzer beer brands have waded into the space to try to grab a piece of the pie.īut when the weather cools down and we trade our bathing suits for puffer jackets, the hard seltzer gets swapped out for something warmer, something heavier, something that will thaw us out. It's lighter than a beer or a mixed drink, but feels just as refreshing. It makes sense that we reach for them when we are outside in the summer sun. The hard seltzer brands rose to insane frat boy popularity in 2019 and really haven't left our sweaty summer barbecue hands since. We all know that White Claws and Truly's are for the summer months. By adding your email you agree to get updates about Spoon University Healthier ![]()
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