I was confused by another commenter's post saying Smirnoff's ice and Mike's hard were made with malt liquor, both are made with vodka here. But, booze can only

I was confused by another commenter's post saying Smirnoff's ice and Mike's hard were made with malt liquor, both are made with vodka here. But, booze can only be sold in licensed stores here so there's not much incentive to make them different and I imagine mixing vodka with carbonated sugar water is cheaper than using malt liquor.