Defunct Alcoholic Drinks

JerkMoans

Advocaat 

like a bottle of phlegm.

WezV

exocet said:

Castlemaine XXXX ?

Over here it was a lager, back in Australia it was closer to a Bitter...in colour at least.

Breakers...canned larger, remember drinking that in mid 80s along with Red Stripe (probably still around)?

Hurlimans (Hooligans) was around in 80s in South Wales...I think that Shepheard Neme still sell this in their pubs (along with Oranjiboom). 

Schlitz....American piss.

Holsten Pils (huge in 80s, think it made a brief comeback during the 00's?

I can get you a crate of breakers if you want, it’s always in our staff shop.  I have never tried it

red stripe has recently moved from Diageo (Guinness) to Heineken UK.... still out there

Legionreturns

JerkMoans said:

Advocaat 

like a bottle of phlegm.

There's a bottle right here in my kitchen. Alcoholic custard! 

prowla

guitars4you said:

west said:

JerkMoans said:

Legionreturns said:

prowla said:

Blue Nun?

Stay classy! 

*shudders*

all of that breed: Black Tower. Paul Masson. Hirondelle.

i'll raise you Don Cortez ..... 

recall my gran drinking Blue Nun and something called 'Barsac' - a wine that was incredible sickly and sweet

Bloomin 'eck - it's still available!

http://www.bluenun.wine/agecheck/index



Classy!

exocet

Bridgehouse said:

poopot said:

John smiths had a “widget” in the can to add fizz...

Think you can still get babysham, also like to add 20/20 to the list!...

lol - I think Mark is talking about a Party Seven - probly something for the rather older members

The Party 7 can was a regular fixture in my house during the old 5 Nations Rugby in 1970s. Pretty sure my dad still has the special can opener thing that allowed you to punch two holes in the top lid for pouring. 

JerkMoans

Legionreturns said:

JerkMoans said:

Advocaat 

like a bottle of phlegm.

There's a bottle right here in my kitchen. Alcoholic custard! 

Besides Top Deck shandy, probably my first brush with the demon drink.  My dear old Grandma used to mix trace elements of the stuff with lemonade and call it a 'snowball'.  Yellow in hue, it caused me much torment when listening to my Frank Zappa records years later.

LoFi

My dear old Grandma used to mix trace elements of the stuff with lemonade and call it a 'snowball'.

Not just your nan - That's what it's called (and apparently what passed for a cocktail in the 70s...).

exocet

I miss Singha Beer...circa 1990 - 200?....When it was first sold in the U.K @6% ABV. At some point in 00s they ruined it by reducing to 5% (taxation reasons apparently). Totally killed the taste.

boogieman

exocet said:

Bridgehouse said:

poopot said:

John smiths had a “widget” in the can to add fizz...

Think you can still get babysham, also like to add 20/20 to the list!...

lol - I think Mark is talking about a Party Seven - probly something for the rather older members

The Party 7 can was a regular fixture in my house during the old 5 Nations Rugby in 1970s. Pretty sure my dad still has the special can opener thing that allowed you to punch two holes in the top lid for pouring. 

You could get a dispenser tap gadget that clamped on the top as well. I think it had a sparklets bulb in it to keep the beer pressurised? Although why you’d want to make the stuff last rather than just flush it down the bog is a mystery. Tasted like metallic cat piss. 

JerkMoans

Well that's the wine list sorted for the next Fb get-together

Guitar_Slinger

Drambuie

exocet

exocet said:

Double Diamond.....from the Romford Brewery...Brown and nasty.

Further research informs me that I was actually thinking of John Bull Bitter...still from Romford Brewery....just as bad as Double Diamond.

Phil_aka_Pip

LoFi said:

My dear old Grandma used to mix trace elements of the stuff with lemonade and call it a 'snowball'.

Not just your nan - That's what it's called (and apparently what passed for a cocktail in the 70s...).

My mum likes it

ToneControl

Thunderbird wine

Port and Lemon

Snowball

Double Diamond

Ansells

Mackesons

JerkMoans

What about Newcastle Brown Ale?  Is that still going?

Used to call it 'Dog', for some reason.

Nitefly

JerkMoans said:

What about Newcastle Brown Ale?  Is that still going?

Used to call it 'Dog', for some reason.

@JerkMoans - it certainly is, although it's brewed in Holland these days!

According to Google, "Dog" (usually " a bottle of dog") stems from the old phrase "going to see a man about a dog" i.e. nip out for a pint.

Its other name is "broon" from the local pronunciation of "brown" - this in turn was used by a Geordie Elvis impersonator, Alevis Broon (d 2012).

*edit* and although you buy it in a pint bottle, you drink it from a half-pint glass!

WezV

exocet said:

I miss Singha Beer...circa 1990 - 200?....When it was first sold in the U.K @6% ABV. At some point in 00s they ruined it by reducing to 5% (taxation reasons apparently). Totally killed the taste.

A global brand not brewed in the UK.   It’s ABV is consistent in all markets.  The UK is a small market for Singha

 What does UK taxation have to do with the choice to drop its ABV?

BRISTOL86

martinw said:

Harvey's Bristol Cream (tit lotion)

Drank an entire litre of that the night before Christmas Eve. To say I was suffering the next day doesn’t even come close to it. 

BRISTOL86

LoFi said:

My dear old Grandma used to mix trace elements of the stuff with lemonade and call it a 'snowball'.

Not just your nan - That's what it's called (and apparently what passed for a cocktail in the 70s...).

Yep, complete with a dash of lime cordial and some glacé cherries on a cocktail stick. Beautiful. 

exocet

WezV said:

exocet said:

I miss Singha Beer...circa 1990 - 200?....When it was first sold in the U.K @6% ABV. At some point in 00s they ruined it by reducing to 5% (taxation reasons apparently). Totally killed the taste.

A global brand not brewed in the UK.   It’s ABV is consistent in all markets.  The UK is a small market for Singha

 What does UK taxation have to do with the choice to drop its ABV?

I'm quite aware of that. The decision to reduce ABV was for tax / duty reasons in its native market. So now the beer tastes pretty poor everywhere.