Defunct Alcoholic Drinks

Philly_Q

Jalapeno said:

In Oz last year I was drinking Carlton Light - very low on carbs.  Good stuff too.

There aren't really any low-carb gargles over here more's the pity    (Bud Lite is sort of, but doesn't really taste).

I'm diabetic so I've avoided beer for the last few years, I'd like to try a low carb beer.  I wish they had to label alcoholic drinks the same as other foods.

west

EricTheWeary said:

mudslide73 said:

EricTheWeary said:

We were doing a bit of reminiscing about local things in the office and talking about JBs in Dudley which was, decades ago, a reasonably well known venue.* We all agreed that the only alcohol you could buy there was bottles of Newcastle brown ale. Why only that I've no idea but there's a generation of local gig goers brought up on it. 

I have some memories of Thunderbird wine and drinking it with my lovely posh girlfriend Claire. I presume it's the same stuff that ZZ Top sing about ( due to my high percentage of dead brain cells I can't recall which song...). IIRC there were two types, one stronger than the other .


* One of it's last throws ( and I think actually in a different building by then) is a live DVD recorded by Dan Baird. Why there God knows.

**My work mate had his wedding reception there - it was strange being in there again but I have very hazy memories of it anyway due to my level of lubrication when I saw bands. I don't remember it in a different building but I wasn't super regular - Wolvo Civic took over the JBs and AV Leisure Centre sized gigs by the time I ventured out.

Red and Blue Thunderbird. Horrible stuff. 

The original was, I think, on what I think is King Street quite near where they now do the driving theory tests. That was knocked down and they moved to ( Googles) Castle Hill in 1994 until it closed about ten years ago. 
It's a somewhat vague set of memories but mine are of the original building which was a 250 capacity scout hut. Some very famous people did play there although I only really remember my mate Gary's band and Robin George ( who was a sideman for all sorts of people as well as his solo career). 
On it's wiki page there is the story of a poorly attended Frank Sidebottom gig at which the audience had a spontaneous game of football instead of watching the band.
Sorry, bit off topic this - in an attempt to bring it back round I assume the Newcastle brown ale only policy applied just to the older building. 
Ahh, red and blue Thunderbird. I knew it was red and some other colour. 

Yep , regular JB'S dude here  both as a punter and a player ... it really was a great place and the great and the good all played there ....  the staples were , newky brown , red stripe , and olde english cider , there was also a couple of taps but i cant remember what ....  i played at all sam's clubs , the  original king street behind the pathfinder  , the ill fated junction 10 and the castle hill one .... there is a facebook group and a great book by geoff tristam  https://www.amazon.co.uk/JBs-Story-Dudleys-Legendary-Music/dp/099262083X ...

WezV

randella said:

@WezV - I moved to Manchester a couple of years before you were at Bolton.  Remember old-style Boddies being a nice session beer.  Used to get through plenty of it in the massive pub opposite my halls of residence (students in one bar, locals in the other - never cross the beams!).

A few years later, after the Melanie Sykes transformation, I saw a Boddies dray wagon in town.  They were still using the 'Cream of Manchester' tagline but someone had crossed out 'Manchester' in the dirt and written 'Malmesbury' (where they'd moved the brewery to, Wiltshire I think?) instead.  As protests go, it was a fairly specific one.

Anyway, as re. creamflow.  I remember the first crop of those, there was one called Caffrey's, a pseudo-Irish ale which wasn't too bad, went down quickly enough and was bloody strong.  A few years later I saw it in cans and they'd dropped the strength, no idea if it's still around.

When it was new in the UK, I saw it on draught in a few Dublin bars whilst on my jollies and absolutely no-one was drinking it.

Caffreys is still going.  Now 3.8%.  In the mid 90’s it was 5%.

it gave good hangovers,singly because it’s so easy drinking.

its one we brew, but not one I drink now.  John smiths is still going strong and that is pretty similar 

WezV

Rocker said:

Bass

I asked my contacts at InBev about bass    after they told me they don’t really have any cask brands.  Apparently they only sell it around here. You might see cabs further away 

 I work for the brewery that used to be Bass, but that brand was sold off due to competition laws at the time I believe.  

suspiciousminds

boogieman said:

BRISTOL86 said:

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. 

Not forgetting Emva Cream and VP sherries. VP was always known to my family as “Venereal Piss”, after my old father in law christened it that one drunken Xmas. He had a knack for naming things: I used to smoke Old Holborn, he called it “horse shit and bus tickets”. 

Emva bloody cream!
won a bottle on a raffle when i was at uni - lugged it all down one night listening to joy division, and was that pissed i dreamt ian curtis hung himself at the bottom of my bed.
Never touched sherry again.

Grumpyrocker

When I was at uni Guinness launched a lager called Enigma. Came in a can with a widget and it was bloody lovely. A local shop did a good deal on them so we had loads in our student digs. 

Also around that time I remember all the ice beers coming along. Bud Ice, etc. 

WezV

Ah yes, we had Coors sub zero... I think that was the one that took 5 minutes and a light show to pour a pint, but would break or freeze solidly pretty much constantly

exocet

suspiciousminds said:

boogieman said:

BRISTOL86 said:

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. 

Not forgetting Emva Cream and VP sherries. VP was always known to my family as “Venereal Piss”, after my old father in law christened it that one drunken Xmas. He had a knack for naming things: I used to smoke Old Holborn, he called it “horse shit and bus tickets”. 

Emva bloody cream!
won a bottle on a raffle when i was at uni - lugged it all down one night listening to joy division, and was that pissed i dreamt ian curtis hung himself at the bottom of my bed.
Never touched sherry again.

Emva Cream became the punishment dished out to "transgressors" at the tour "court sessions" at my rugby club. It was served up in a Viking horn...disgusting stuff.