Malt Duck

You might want to correct your spelling in the second sentence from Sprechler to Sprecher. (A friend of mine owns the local Sprecher's Restaurant & Pub, and the Sprecher Brewing Company is only about 45 minutes down the freeway from my home.)

Thanks, Fritz. Corrected!

I've never tried the stuff. But my late first wife did. Apparently this was the drink she and a friend chose for their first teen-aged foray into adult beverages, circa 1976-77. Made her so sick she never tried it again.

The Seventies sawf a lot of vile liquors. They were desperately invented by alcohol manufacturers trying to find something young people would drink while they were already high on something else. The young people, not the manufacturers.

OMG! I remember this stuff. Yes, it was vile tasting. So were a few others, like California Cooler. My usual adult beverage of choice was the Schlitz Tall Boy because it was cheap and came in a 24 ounce can. Two cans and you were good for the night.

The name is a play on cold duck, which was popular at the time. Here's a link to a description of cold duck:
http://www.streetdirectory.com/food_editorials/cooking/chicken_recipes/about_cold_duck.html

I remember this stuff, too. I probably tried it, since we would try anything. Our tastes were far more developed at that time, however. We would pour half a glass to all from a pitcher of beer and then pour a bottle of Bali Hai wine into the pitcher. Pretty good after the fourth or fifth pitcher, depending on the group size.