# What Mixes Well with Sherry?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mixes-well-with-sherry/303724>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 13, 2005, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mixes-well-with-sherry/303724 "2005-05-13T19:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mixes-well-with-sherry/303724/21 "2005-05-14T15:31:46Z")

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Doesn’t Sherry mix well with coke? I’m thinking of that line in the Kinks song. “She drank champagne that taste just like sherry cola.”

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**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mixes-well-with-sherry/303724/22 "2005-05-14T15:38:40Z")

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> [@adam yax](#):
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> Doesn’t Sherry mix well with coke? I’m thinking of that line in the Kinks song. “She drank champagne that taste just like sherry cola.”

Whooosh or genuine mondegreen? Just in case: that’s\* cherry cola.\* 😃

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**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-mixes-well-with-sherry/303724/23 "2005-05-14T17:08:16Z")

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> [@Green Bean](#):
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> Thanks. I could never find any info on what the “true” cosmopolitan contained.

Try [this book](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0767912098/qid=1116090825/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-9602393-4195156?v=glance&s=books&n=507846). It’s an entertaining read.

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