Take a guess 猜中無獎

[skylee]

These are liquor price labels I took at Marks and Spencer (in HK) today. I noticed them yesterday and asked a staff member what 可冷凍剩飲 meant. She could not answer me, but my guess is that she knew what it meant but the words were so obviously wrong that she did not know how to respond.

So what do you think 可冷凍剩飲 means? 答中無獎， hehe.

[daofeishi]

I'd guess they meant something like that the bottle should be refrigerated after opening it? 冷冻 usually would indicate that it could be frozen, but I've never heard of people storing liquor bottles in the freezer.

[889]

“冷冻 usually would indicate that it could be frozen . . ."

 

In at least parts of China, 冷冻 means "ice-cold" when referring to beverages.

[陳德聰]

Yeah pretty sure 冷凍 here means cold here, and interesting comment from daofeishi. I have seen lots of people store liqueur in the freezer, but I didn't think that was what was meant here. I thought it was maybe a typo for 生, like you can drink it straight cold.

[edelweis]

does it mean that the liqueur remains liquid when the cake is frozen?

[dwq]

One is a not so uncommon 別字 in HK and it took me a few seconds to recognize what's wrong.

[陳德聰]

剩餘 -> 剩飲 ?

[skylee]

On the bottle of the liquor, the last part of the product introduction is "simply chill, sip and enjoy".

https://www.winedrop.com/Public/ProductInfo.aspx?compcode=001&pcode=00993012&pdescription=Christmas+Cake+Liqueur

My interpretation is that 剩飲 is the 白字 of 淨飲 (drinking something straight/neat without adding water or soda or ice). 剩 is also pronounced 淨 colloquially (in Cantonese).

[Beijing Raymond]

I would explain“可冷凍剩飲”, if you not finish the bottle after opening at once, put it in fridge, you will still can enjoy it next time . 

[roddy]

I suspect it might just mean that you can freeze leftovers - liqueurs can have (for alcohol) a very short shelf life, these similar (or maybe identical) ones on the UK site are listed as 6 and 12 months. 

[skylee]

“剩飲” is not an acceptable term for leftover beverage.

[roddy]

I know, but you asked us what we thought it meant...

[skylee]

I have just written to Marks and Spencer. Let's see if they would give me a reply.

[dwq]

My interpretation is the same as Skylee's in #8.

 

Literally, "can be drank cooled and straight" (with the implied "and doesn't taste bad"), i.e. suitable for drinking straight and cooled.

If you google "剩飲" (with quotes) you'll find a few posts on HK sites that use it to mean "淨飲".

e.g. this, or this

Also 答中無獎: find out what 淨飲雙計 means 

[roddy]

I'd love to know what people mix christmas cake liqueur with. Hey, dwq, want a Christmas Cake Liqueur? Sure, Roddy, but can you liquidise a mince pie in there too?

[skylee]

I have just received a reply from M&S (see attached photo). The word “剩飲” is simply wrong IMO.

[gato]

将错就错！ And I am sticking to it.

[dwq]

It's dessert, you should drink it after you drink your liquid pizzas, not mix them.

 

No taker for 淨飲雙計?  Or too easy?

[skylee]

Too easy for me. Hehe.

I love mince pie. I had one at an M&S cafe the other day. The brandy butter was delicious.

[陳德聰]

Haha that response is hilarious. So what we suspected about what it means is true, but it still doesn't tell us how they got there.