Wetherspoons is known throughout the UK as a cheap and cheerful place to get your food and drinks fix, no matter the occasion.
Its versatile menu is often changing, with new dishes and drinks frequently being added on. And while most of the time these are welcomed with open minds, one recent new addition has fans scratching their heads.
In fact, it's been dubbed the 'worst drink in the world' by one customer as they posted a snap of the menu on Twitter, inviting other Wetherspoons-goers to share their thoughts.
Manchester Evening News reports that a new Signature Cocktail called the Bubbletiser has appeared on some Wetherspoons menus, but intriguing as it sounds, not all customers are keen to give it a try.
Sharing a picture of the new drink on Twitter, @tash_wynarczyk tweeted: “[I] regret to inform everyone that Wetherspoons is now serving the worst drink in the world.”
Replying to the tweet @SaskiaODonoghue exclaimed “CLOSE IT DOWN” while @emjeancox said “Oh NO absolutely not.”
The ingredients of the cocktail have left people questioning how the flavours work together as it’s made up of bubblegum flavour vodka and bubblegum syrup, topped off with apple juice and lemonade, garnished with lemon.
Someone else shared a picture of the menu on Reddit, captioned: “Can we all agree these are some of the worst looking signature cocktails out there?”
One of the replies read: “I'm kind of impressed with how bad this is,” while another commented: “The name Bubbleteizer legit made me gasp,” as it seems to be a play on an Appletiser.
Someone else also had a problem with the sweet cocktail saying “My biggest issue is the name bubbletiser.”
An apparent employee at one of the Wetherspoons pubs tried to offer an explanation, saying that while “the Bubbletiser sounds rank” it “isn’t too awful.”
“This is a trial menu being put out across Wetherspoon pubs in the UK. All of the signature cocktails are from what we already had behind the bar that we weren't selling enough of.
“They've been trialled in around 100 pubs and are being rolled out across the estate over the coming months... I've tried pretty much all of the new drinks on the new menu. Nothing is terrible, but it's very basic.
“The main pull is the price compared to other cocktail bars. For example my pub is next door to a cocktail bar that charges £9/10 per drink so the students are going to come to ours instead,” they wrote on Reddit.
However, others were extremely interested to find out what the new concoction would taste like. One person tweeted “Wth, that actually sounds great!” and another joked “Horrific. I’ll have three.”
Wetherspoons have been contacted for comment.
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