Girl Power, Girl ... Pilsner?: Critic's rejected booze reviewers

Girl Power, Girl ... Pilsner?: Critic's rejected booze reviewers

Critic Te Ārohi just found out about all this "feminism" stuff, and we think it's pretty neat. To show what great allies we are, for our hundredth year of publication Critic has our first ever female booze review moniker! Sometimes the reviewer behind the pseudonym is female, too. To help build women up, here are 23 other female monikers we almost used, and the reasons why we think they're bad. Go Girl Pilsner!

Martini Monroe

Glamorous and classic, but doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. Perhaps gentlemen prefer bongs?
4/10 standards

Speight Winslet

US export. Pairs well with a Leo Dicap Re-O. However, the latter sours in the presence of fully aged liquors. Could be better.
7/10 standards

Joan of Rark

Humbly knighted with a beer can sword, ready to take on any person or wall that gets in her way. Burns on the way down.
10/10 standards

Katy Beery

Oh my god I'm so fucking sick of her.
1/10 standards

Ble$ha / Se$ha

Tick tock, on the rocks... Bleshgo. Se$ha also has some potential. Weed strain review, anyone?
7/10 standards

Mary Poppers

I fear for anuses everywhere. Also, this one's a stretch – no pun intended.
3/10 standards

Keggin' Thee Stallion

For all the girls who have one shot and decide that they can twerk.
8/10 standards

Yardi B

Did you know there's a classic cocktail called "wet pussy"? Anyway, I imagine like a solid yard of that.
9/10 standards

Beerbra Steinssand

This one's alright, but beer steins aren't very common these days. Neither is Barbara, but I saw a Tweet that says she's still alive, which is cool.
5/10 standards

Beerbie♥︎

Come on Barbie, let's go party. Life's fantastic, my gear has microplastics. 

9/10 standards
 
Sabrina Barpunter 

Tight wordsmithing but she's the absolute furthest thing from a bar punter I've ever seen. She looks like she calls pubs "public taphouses". Speight’s would dissolve her. I could likely punt her quite a distance.
6/10 standards 

Tipsy-Rose Blanchard 

Two years ago, this would've been killer. 
2/10 standards

Jug Judy

BALONEY!
10/10 standards 

Judith "Crusher" Coffins

Must say "Talofa" as you hand over your ID.
9/10 standards

Ja'sinka Bardern

Eh, she's been through enough already. No need to put her through shite wordplay too.
3/10 standards

Lady Lager

Rah rah ruh a a. Foam, aroma-ma. Gaga, ooh lager. Want your bad... rhyme scheme?
7/10 standards

IPA Twigs 

Was trendy, but quite quickly falling out of favour. IPAs: the beverage FKA “beer.”
5/10 standards

Absynthia Erivo 

Something Wicked this way comes. Cynthia wouldn't hold space for this. 
5/10 standards

Swiggy

Like Twiggy, y’know? One for the lightweights.
4/10 standards 

"Dark & Stormy" Daniels

A "Dark & Stormy" is a cocktail comprised of rum, ginger beer, and lime. To help you remember: 
Dark and Stormy contains rum, while Stormy Daniels retains cu…
7/10 standards

Swillary Clinton 

Lost to an orange screwdriver, unfortunately.
6/10 standards

Mo'liquor Brewinsky

I did NOT have sexual libations with that woman.
10/10 standards  

Britney S'Beers

Leave her alone!!!
0/10 standards

You know what? Think I'll stick to the water tonight, thanks. 

This article first appeared in Issue 1, 2025.
Posted 3:44pm Sunday 23rd February 2025 by Lotto Ramsay and Gin Swigmore.