Buckfast Tonic Wine

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 5:08 pm

What's it taste like?

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Fucking awful.

It's no coincidence people become enraged and start stabbing people after drinking it - nothing to do with the alcoholic content it's just the awfullness of the taste.

Apparently the in-thing with upwardly mobile neds is a Velvet Elvis - half buckfast/half champagne. There's also a half Benelyn cough medicine/half buckfast concoction but I've forgotten what they call it. I'd imagine that's pretty potent.

For the uninformed Buckfast is a infamous tonic wine that costs about £2 a bottle and is responsible for about 90% of all violent crime in Scotland.

Definately the favourite tipple of the sort of people who for whatever reason aren't allowed into pubs or clubs (underagers, gangs, tramps, fucking mental cases etc)

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 5:57 pm

I had a feeling it was akin to our version of Buckfast -- Thunderbird. The nastiest shit you'll ever wanna drink (screw top wine with mandatory paper bag is a requirement if you wish to be recognized as a 'quality' street wino).

And...uhm, Darrin? Upwardly mobile neds? That's gotta be a fairy tale character, in other words, there's no such thing.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 5:58 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

For the uninformed Buckfast is a infamous tonic wine that costs about £2 a bottle and is responsible for about 90% of all violent crime in Scotland.

Wow. I'm intrigued.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Crazy Horse is like 5 times worse than Thunderbird. Or was, i'm pretty sure they stopped making it.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

Aural Fixation Wrote:

I had a feeling it was akin to our version of Buckfast -- Thunderbird. The nastiest shit you'll ever wanna drink (screw top wine with mandatory paper bag is a requirement if you wish to be recognized as a 'quality' street wino).

And...uhm, Darrin? Upwardly mobile neds? That's gotta be a fairy tale character, in other words, there's no such thing.

In the old days there used to be a whole load of cheapo nutcase drinks. The aforementioned Thunderbird, El Dorado, Landliq...but Buckfast pretty much cornered the market. Nothing gives a better bang for your buck. Court appearance guarenteed with every bottle!

It kinda tastes like a 10% poorly synthisized chemical blackberry, 40% extremely high content blow-your-head-off red wine and 50% some sort of fuel syphoned out the wing a Boeing 747. Actually that makes it sound better than it is.

Your welcome to try it Tania (it's not like it's expensive!) but I bet your first swig will be your last!

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 6:51 pm

konstantinl Wrote:

Aural Fixation Wrote:

I had a feeling it was akin to our version of Buckfast -- Thunderbird. The nastiest shit you'll ever wanna drink (screw top wine with mandatory paper bag is a requirement if you wish to be recognized as a 'quality' street wino).

And...uhm, Darrin? Upwardly mobile neds? That's gotta be a fairy tale character, in other words, there's no such thing.

In the old days there used to be a whole load of cheapo nutcase drinks. The aforementioned Thunderbird, El Dorado, Landliq...but Buckfast pretty much cornered the market. Nothing gives a better bang for your buck. Court appearance guarenteed with every bottle!

It kinda tastes like a 10% poorly synthisized chemical blackberry, 40% extremely high content blow-your-head-off red wine and 50% some sort of fuel syphoned out the wing a Boeing 747. Actually that makes it sound better than it is.

Your welcome to try it Tania (it's not like it's expensive!) but I bet your first swig will be your last!

Gee, I dunno, I rather value my life. Someone referred it as the "nectar of the gods"...jokingly, I'm sure. I was curious and you've pretty much satiated my curiosity.

seafoam · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 6:52 pm

Cotton Wrote:

Crazy Horse is like 5 times worse than Thunderbird. Or was, i'm pretty sure they stopped making it.

As well, Wild Irish Rose and Morgan David aka "Mad Dog" - was all the rage in high school, blech, did'nt make you feel so good the next day

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 6:53 pm

Yail Bloor Wrote:

konstantinl Wrote:

For the uninformed Buckfast is a infamous tonic wine that costs about £2 a bottle and is responsible for about 90% of all violent crime in Scotland.

Wow. I'm intrigued.

Let's get one of my boys in the wine business to import some Kurtz..get a gallon of "nail polish" and me and you and AAAGGHH can wreck Tyrone like some kind of Hellfire Club.

shiv · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 8:23 pm

Bumwine.com

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

I'd forgotten all about Mad Dog 20/20.

south pacific · **Posted:** Mon May 09, 2005 8:36 pm

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Court appearance guaranteed with every bottle!

It kinda tastes like a 10% poorly synthisized chemical blackberry, 40% extremely high content blow-your-head-off red wine and 50% some sort of fuel syphoned out the wing a Boeing 747. Actually that makes it sound better than it is.

LOL

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