# Drink straight up unsweetened cranberry juice **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [November 23, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911 "2011-11-23T20:06:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/1 "2011-11-23T20:06:42Z")
Well, will you? ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/2 "2011-11-23T20:12:59Z")
[Missed edit window] It’s something of a tradition at our house. I like to dare people to toss back shots of the unsweetened stuff. Its so sour, you almost think its alcoholic. Its not, it just hurts like it does. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/3 "2011-11-23T21:25:49Z")
I’d dilute it with water. I don’t own a seltzer bottle. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/4 "2011-11-23T21:38:09Z")
Well, the bottled club soda, seltzer, tonic water (that one is also a hard sell, without the gin) ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/5 "2011-11-23T21:38:13Z")
I prefer a bit of water mixed in, but I have had it straight up as well. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/6 "2011-11-23T21:48:53Z")
There are few food-stuffs I heartily dislike, and anything cranberry-related is one of them. So, no. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/7 "2011-11-23T21:53:28Z")
Okay…I prefer cranberry juice to be unsweetened, and for apple sauce to have no sugar added to it. So my answer is yes, frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/8 "2011-11-23T21:54:21Z")
“Seltzer? I ordered salsa.” ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/9 "2011-11-23T22:28:05Z")
I drink it mixed with water 50/50 fairly regularly. Totally straight? I find it a little thick. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/10 "2011-11-23T22:42:01Z")
Red or white? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@The\_Blue-Sighted\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Blue-Sighted_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/11 "2011-11-23T23:30:37Z")
I’ll take mine with seltzer. One of my favorite restaurants serves a cranberry cooler consisting of unsweetened cranberry juice and seltzer water with a twist of lime. It’s very refreshing, but I don’t think I’d like the cranberry juice straight up. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/12 "2011-11-23T23:41:36Z")
I prefer plain cranberry over cran this or cran that. Is that the question or is my plain cranberry juice sweetened? I’ve never run into anything else. ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/13 "2011-11-23T23:56:16Z")
I used to drink plain ole icky cranberry juice fairly regularly because I thought it made me tougher. Actually, I think it _did_ make me tougher. But I wasn’t really trying to prove anything except that I could do it if I wanted to, so I stopped since it really wasn’t enjoyable at all. So, yeah, I’d do it. But I like the Cran-“X” stuff better. And even that I water down these days (but I water down OJ, AJ, and other juices these days too). ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/14 "2011-11-24T01:49:04Z")
Never seen unsweetened cranberry juice before. I can barely drink Cranberry juice cocktail and that is sweetened. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/15 "2011-11-24T02:05:55Z")
Where do you find unsweetened cranberry juice? ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/16 "2011-11-24T02:13:39Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Where do you find unsweetened cranberry juice? Health food stores, mainly. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/17 "2011-11-24T02:24:01Z")
Love it! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/18 "2011-11-24T02:35:29Z")
> [@Ashes\_Ashes](#): > > Health food stores, mainly. I know I’ve also found it at either Whole Foods or, possibly, Trader Joe’s, although I think it was the Whole Foods. ---
**Author:** ![Lilacs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lilacs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lilacs)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/19 "2011-11-24T03:47:27Z")
I can’t drink it any other way, it tastes funny to me if I do. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/20 "2011-11-24T05:02:07Z")
The ONLY unsweetened beverage I will drink is straight water. ALL of the other beverages I’ll consent to drinking are sweet. I only like sweet wines, I put sugar in coffee and tea, etc. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911.md?page=2)