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"When I stopped into Rite Buy Beer in Delaware County I saw frozen-drink machines set on the counter producing a neon assortment of slush next to hangover cures, questionable CBD products, and virility pills. The machines aren’t self-serve: staff dispense the drinks into plastic cups that show size and price, seal them with a custom airtight lid, and hand them over with a straw, and handwritten signs around the machines remind customers that alcohol cannot be consumed on the premises. The slushies are just frozen malt beverages — examples include Bud Light Passion‑Fruit‑Rita, Smirnoff Peach Mango Smash, sour-apple Four Loko, and Seagram’s Jamaican Me Happy — and their alcohol content matches the original cans, roughly 3.2% up to 14% ABV." - Caroline Coral