# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/21 "2011-11-24T14:09:18Z")
WTF. Fill glass with ice. Pour in 1 oz. Top with water. Add liquid splenda to taste. Been doing it that way for at least 7 years. I prefer Knudsens brand. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/22 "2011-11-24T14:18:31Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I know I’ve also found it at either Whole Foods or, possibly, Trader Joe’s, although I think it was the Whole Foods. Many supermarkets are selling it these days, at least for the holidays. I’m guessing people are liking it as a mixer. I was buying it top sweeten slightly, and unflavored gelatin, and then set it in a mold. Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail, ™, at 30 % cranberry juice and over-sweetened, (IMHO) just doesn’t cut it as a tasty dish. Anyway, I started this thread from the other thread, where someone wants to cut the sugar amount in their cranberry sauce. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14494012#post14494012](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14494012#post14494012) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/23 "2011-11-24T14:28:30Z")
Works fine with vodka. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/24 "2011-11-24T14:37:39Z")
I’ve had it, and it’s awful. Pass the sugar. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/25 "2011-11-24T15:05:34Z")
sure, also chew the berries. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/26 "2011-11-24T15:23:11Z")
I won’t tough it any way you serve it. Same with the related lingon crap that is so popular here. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/27 "2011-11-26T20:25:17Z")
I’ve never seen it but I have to think that I’d drink it and like it if I ever came across it. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/28 "2011-11-27T02:54:14Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Where do you find unsweetened cranberry juice? I get it from the same area as the other cranberry juices. I think the brand is Northland. And I love it! ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/29 "2011-12-15T02:21:15Z")
I just purchased a bottle of this, but I had a horrible time finding it. I thought I had seen it with the other cranberry juices, but I had to go to the hippy foods section, where I found a small, exorbitantly-priced bottle from R. W. Knudsen. I initially diluted it with seltzer, but I don’t feel that does much. Might as well just chug it down straight up (which I just tried). I have yet to try it mixed with liquor. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/30 "2011-12-15T02:26:34Z")
I’ve had unsweetened cranberry juice on occasion and it isn’t bad. I still prefer it sweetened. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lovely_Margo_Lane)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/31 "2011-12-15T04:06:25Z")
I drink it by the glass on occasion for medicinal purposes, eyes watering the whole time and have a little baby whine at the boyfriend. Thinned with seltzer it’s downright yummy. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911/32 "2011-12-15T04:27:35Z")
Meh, I’ll only drink it with vodka. And hold the cranberry juice. And replace the vodka with a nice cold American pilsner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drink-straight-up-unsweetened-cranberry-juice/603911.md?page=1)