# Do religious teetotalers avoid "mocktails" and mixers on principle?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-religious-teetotalers-avoid-mocktails-and-mixers-on-principle/413118>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 25, 2007, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-religious-teetotalers-avoid-mocktails-and-mixers-on-principle/413118 "2007-07-25T17:43:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 3

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-religious-teetotalers-avoid-mocktails-and-mixers-on-principle/413118/41 "2007-07-26T18:19:29Z")

</div>

Well, I don’t quite know why I would want to consume quinine unless I had malaria, and it doesn’t sound that great, so I guess I’ll stick with Calistoga lime mineral water instead. 😉

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![groman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@groman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/groman)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-religious-teetotalers-avoid-mocktails-and-mixers-on-principle/413118/42 "2007-07-26T18:22:48Z")

</div>

Does anybody know if it’s possible to get Schweppes Bitter Lemon in the US without mail ordering it?

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-religious-teetotalers-avoid-mocktails-and-mixers-on-principle/413118.md?page=2)