All I know is I hate flavored vodka. Why was that even invented?
Close, but not quite. Buddy of mine used to be sous chef
here about a dozen years ago and they were making this all the time. Basically, it was a way to extract maximum cash out of rich, dumb, theater-going douchebags using bottom barrel vodka, a buck's worth of fruit and zero effort (all you need is a pot, a bottle, a handful of berries, a really low flame, and a thermometer to make sure it doesn't go above 170 F.) The fact that many/most Broadway bumblefucks had a teen or twink on their arm ordering stupid shit in high volume simply added more profit to it.