Flavored alcoholic beverages

found: Work cat.: Spirits and FABs, May 2005:p. 2 (FABs: As a rule these beverages contain an alcoholic base spirit such as rum or vodka, and a mixer, fruit juice or water, with the products being sold in a ready-to-drink format. Throughout this report, the term Flavoured Alcoholic Beverages (FABs) will be used, as opposed to the terms "ready to drink" (RTD), "premium packaged spirits" (PPS) or the commonly used "alcopops")

found: Wikipedia, Apr. 7, 2006(Alcopop is a term coined by the popular media of the United Kingdom to describe bottled alcoholic beverages that resemble sweet drinks such as soft drinks and lemonade. In the alcoholic beverage industry they are known as RTDs (ready to drink) or FABs (Flavoured Alcoholic Beverages). These drinks, such as alcoholic lemonade, tend to be sweet, served in small bottles (typically 200-275ml), and between 5-7% alcohol by volume)

found: OED Online, Apr. 7, 2006(Alcopop. Brit. A sweet or fruit-flavoured (and freq. carbonated) drink containing alcohol; (also) a bottled, ready-mixed spirit and mixer)

found: Journal of Public Health Policy, Sept. 2005, via WWW, Apr. 10, 2006:pp. 326-342 (Mosher, J.F. Flavored alcoholic beverages : an international marketing campaign that targets youth; abstract: Flavored alcoholic beverages (FABs) were first introduced into the alcohol market in the early 1980s in the form of wine coolers)

found: AlcoholPolicyMD.com, May 19, 2006 (alcopops, also known as "malternatives" ["RTDs" (ready to drink) or "FABs" (flavored alcoholic beverages]...the alcohol industry calls them "flavored malt beverages" or "low-alcohol refreshers")