Anyone know a non-alcoholic wine that tastes alcholic?

Downlinz · 19-02-2012 3:34pm #1

I want to do a label swap, pretend its alcohol, give it to my little bro and his friends and see what happens.

Any ideas whats the best to use for this? Obviously I don't want something that tastes like Ribena.

mfceiling · 19-02-2012 3:35pm

Buckfast...

chin_grin · 19-02-2012 3:36pm

Dammit, I was about to say Ribena!

Cidona. Tell him\them it's cider.

WoollyRedHat · 19-02-2012 3:39pm

Vodka with red food colouring, won't know the difference

later12 · 19-02-2012 3:40pm

Will they be able to tell the difference? I thought (was told) that Cidona was alcoholic up until embarrassingly late in life.

If they are wine connaisseurs, they will probably catch on pretty fast anyway.

Hogzy · 19-02-2012 3:42pm

Get schlor fruit juice and add some domestos*

That should give it a good kick.

*This may or may not kill

chin_grin · 19-02-2012 3:43pm

Or schloer? Tell them it's sparkling white wine. Just take the label off it and stick on one from an actual bottle (of wine).

Deus Ex Machina · 19-02-2012 3:55pm

I once drank an entire bottle of Chambertin soixante neuf. It had an unctuous texture, notes of blackcurrant, cherry, liquorice, cassis and chocolate. I acknowledged three things as I slipped into intoxication:

1) That the rich Turkish brunette was not, in fact, out of my league, and that I could easily get around to banging her while armed with my butter-knife sharp wit.

2) That Proust effectively rendered almost every preceding author, apart from De La Rochefoucauld, irrelevant, and that fact effectively rendered my literary pursuits ages 16 to 21 irrelevant.

3) That good wine might as well be non-alcoholic to those who appreciate it (a small group of people whom I consider myself to be a peripheral member) as the intoxicating effects are almost completely nullified by the awe at what can be achieved with a grape and a piece of wood.

Once again I have failed to answer anybody's questions and rambled on about subjects which interest me and me only. For that I aplologise.

Fluorescence · 19-02-2012 4:03pm

Give them tonic water :pac:

previous user · 21-02-2012 11:20pm

Jesus Juice

Pottler · 22-02-2012 12:41am

Lad once joked to me that non alcoholic drinks were like going down on your sister, tastes the same but you just know that it's wrong.

AngryBollix · 22-02-2012 12:47am

sunflower27 · 22-02-2012 12:47am

There is a wine, brand called Ariel that has won awards. Never tried it myself and think you may have to get it delivered so you may not want to go that far.

Failing that, there are a few non-alco wines in Dunnes. I tried one recently that was retailing at €7.99 and it tasted fairly legit (the price is at any rate).:D

MsQuinn · 22-02-2012 12:53am

schloer with vinegar.

Football special tastes a bit like black russian - put a drop of coffee in it.

MsQuinn · 22-02-2012 12:57am

p.s. remember years ago (when we were about 12 - in the 80's) when we told a girl in our class that club shandy was alcolohic. We gave her some at a disco and she really did think she was drunk. Acted more of an ejjit that she usually was.

I wish that's all it took now.

token101 · 22-02-2012 1:02am

You need to start being cool and give your bro some Purple Drank. All the brothers in states do it.

Fromthetrees · 22-02-2012 1:03am

AngryBollix wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8EBqxaIP8Q

Eviledna · 22-02-2012 1:20am

I've tried most of the non alcoholic White wines and Torres natureo is the most like real white wine.

If he's a red wine drinker, you're not going to find a substitute that would fool him.

kfallon · 22-02-2012 1:20am

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

I once drank an entire bottle of Chambertin soixante neuf. It had an unctuous texture, notes of blackcurrant, cherry, liquorice, cassis and chocolate. I acknowledged three things as I slipped into intoxication:

1) That the rich Turkish brunette was not, in fact, out of my league, and that I could easily get around to banging her while armed with my butter-knife sharp wit.

2) That Proust effectively rendered almost every preceding author, apart from De La Rochefoucauld, irrelevant, and that fact effectively rendered my literary pursuits ages 16 to 21 irrelevant.

3) That good wine might as well be non-alcoholic to those who appreciate it (a small group of people whom I consider myself to be a peripheral member) as the intoxicating effects are almost completely nullified by the awe at what can be achieved with a grape and a piece of wood.

Once again I have failed to answer anybody's questions and rambled on about subjects which interest me and me only. For that I aplologise.

Not even one 'guffaw' in that whole post?

:P

Pottler · 22-02-2012 1:28am

kfallon wrote: »

Not even one 'guffaw' in that whole post?

:P

Nah,I laughed, but probably not in the way deux intended

nice_very · 22-02-2012 2:33am

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

I once drank an entire bottle of Chambertin soixante neuf. It had an unctuous texture, notes of blackcurrant, cherry, liquorice, cassis and chocolate. I acknowledged three things as I slipped into intoxication:

1) That the rich Turkish brunette was not, in fact, out of my league, and that I could easily get around to banging her while armed with my butter-knife sharp wit.

2) That Proust effectively rendered almost every preceding author, apart from De La Rochefoucauld, irrelevant, and that fact effectively rendered my literary pursuits ages 16 to 21 irrelevant.

3) That good wine might as well be non-alcoholic to those who appreciate it (a small group of people whom I consider myself to be a peripheral member) as the intoxicating effects are almost completely nullified by the awe at what can be achieved with a grape and a piece of wood.

Once again I have failed to answer anybody's questions and rambled on about subjects which interest me and me only. For that I aplologise.

Dr. Frasier Crane.. that you???

mconigol · 22-02-2012 10:34am

Get an alcoholic one and boil the alcohol out?

CardBordWindow · 22-02-2012 12:24pm

Pottler wrote: »

Lad once joked to me that non alcoholic drinks were like going down on your sister, tastes the same but you just know that it's wrong.

It's not a joke, it's a fact.

FatherLen · 22-02-2012 12:47pm

non alcoholic beer/wine is like going down on your sister.

it tastes the same but just doesnt feel right.

poisonated · 22-02-2012 1:02pm

MsQuinn wrote: »

p.s. remember years ago (when we were about 12 - in the 80's) when we told a girl in our class that club shandy was alcolohic. We gave her some at a disco and she really did think she was drunk. Acted more of an ejjit that she usually was.

I wish that's all it took now.

Club shandy was alcoholic. Not very strong but certainly alcoholic.

poisonated · 22-02-2012 1:03pm

FatherLen wrote: »

non alcoholic beer/wine is like going down on your sister.

it tastes the same but just doesnt feel right.

That's very clever and original.

davet82 · 22-02-2012 1:05pm

Downlinz wrote: »

I want to do a label swap, pretend its alcohol, give it to my little bro and his friends and see what happens.

I smell a noble prize for somebody!

please post the result on youtube btw

FatherLen · 22-02-2012 1:10pm

poisonated wrote: »

That's very clever and original.

so is your face

janja · 30-03-2014 2:10am

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Sir Arthur Daley · 30-03-2014 2:22am

Farmers wine is non alcoholic, tasted it once when blowing on a non return, it would knock the head off you in volume.

paulbok · 21-11-2014 2:34pm

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Farmers wine is non alcoholic, tasted it once when blowing on a non return, it would knock the head off you in volume.

Say what now?

Anyone know a non-alcoholic wine that tastes alcholic?

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