Buckfast Lane

danniemcq

Does anyone have the pic of the market street sign when someone changed it to buckfast lane??? it was a proper road sign too. i've heard anout it but never seen a pic it was before i moved down

sgthighway

It was a proper sign alright. It was White Text with a picture of a bottle on a Brown Backgroung and it read "Buckfast Plaza". The sign was made from the proper vinyl too.

danniemcq

sinus found this but the original pic seems to have gone
http://images.google.com/images?q=buckfast%20sign%20galway&btnG=Search&num=50&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=safari&rls=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

I remember that actually. Was on April Fools day a few years ago, wasn't it?

sgthighway

Think it was April Fools Day alright. It was a classic. I think I know the guy who made it but he didn't put it up. I don't see him anymore but there is only two places in Galway that make those signs.

Slightly going off topic but I believe there is more Buckfast sold in Galway than any other place in the country ?????????????

herbieflowers

Yeah it's our favourite "brew", we certainly have the record for the most bottles of Buckfast lying on our main city's river...reminds me of some yobbo who said his favourrite drink was Buckfast and Malibu = Malifast....

danniemcq

yuck i'll stick to the buckie and red bull

wet-paint

Sit at the arch with your legs hanging over the water. Now turn 10 degrees around. Look at the apartments straight ahead. The roof of them. See the two big knobbly extensions with windows on them? The right hand one? The sign is in there.

galwayrush

sgthighway wrote:

Slightly going off topic but I believe there is more Buckfast sold in Galway than any other place in the country ?????????????

apparently equal place with Glasgow for most sold worldwide.:eek:

gre_soul

galwayrush wrote:

apparently equal place with Glasgow for most sold worldwide.:eek:

yeah spot it in the film trainspotting?

po0k

I think for "Most sold" in one area, it's Glasgow, Edinburgh, Galway, but per capita, we are/were the highest consumers of the juice.

PopeBuckfastXVI

I think Belfast is pretty much up there for consumption too...

p.s. Trainspotting was set in Edinburgh not Glasgow

CrowdedHouse

What's with this Buckfast stuff anyway ?

Does it taste nice,is it cheap or what ?

I remember when I was a kid(many decades ago :eek: ) it was advertised on TV - 'made by the monks at Buckfast Abbey'

Since I gave up drinking many years ago I've no intention of trying it myself...so enlighten me please

DRakE

Get me a bigger photo of that sign! Can barely read it

padi89

CrowdedHouse wrote:

What's with this Buckfast stuff anyway ?

Does it taste nice,is it cheap or what ?

I remember when I was a kid(many decades ago :eek: ) it was advertised on TV - 'made by the monks at Buckfast Abbey'

Since I gave up drinking many years ago I've no intention of trying it myself...so enlighten me please

Well its not something you would reach for if you were looking for a tasty beverage but for a quick ,relatively cheap buzz its great stuff.The more you drink it the more you get used to it and in no time at all you'll be having at least one every weekend.I drank it for a good number of years but it takes its tole on me now so i dont bother anymore,a bottle shared is enough for me now.Its a pretty unique buzz,full of beans,energetic kind of drunk nothing like beer at all,in fact the complete opposite.
The last drop is the worst,gives me the shivers even thinking about it.

gre_soul

PopeBuckfastXVI wrote:

I think Belfast is pretty much up there for consumption too...

p.s. Trainspotting was set in Edinburgh not Glasgow

true... and the Buckfast is in a London scene

danniemcq

CrowdedHouse wrote:

What's with this Buckfast stuff anyway ?

Does it taste nice,is it cheap or what ?

cough syrup is the closest taste i can think of

Tar.Aldarion

It is like a tonic, god it's so good.

danniemcq

dammit i might get a bottle now... all this talk is getting me thirsty

CrowdedHouse

Padi/Dannie/Tar- thanks for the ..am...insights...:D

wet-paint

A bottle shared? ****, who'd share a bottle?

And it's definitely not cheap. You'll get a v nice bottle of wine for a tenner, or a bottle of poitin if you can find it. Cheap drink is a bottle of Nobleman, about 3 quid, or any German wine.

Redhairedguy

It is also a symbol of student/bum life...

ie; the more empty bottles you have lying around your house when friends come to visit, the more impressed they are. Rarely will they verbalise it, but yeah... impressed!

It makes you look.... dare i say it? Hardcore!

kevmy

For ultimate buzz mix with a bottle of vodka in a bowl. Then add a bottle of Calpol(the nice kind) and ~4 big spoons of sugar. Refill back into ~3 bottles, then add a pack of Skittles to each. Let the Skittles dissolve some then enjoy. You now have a White Rabbit (thus christend cos the guy who invented this saw a massive one all night the first time he tried the concoction)
Trust me you will need nothing else to drink all night and will keep going till morning.:D

danniemcq

wet-paint wrote:

A bottle shared? ****, who'd share a bottle?

And it's definitely not cheap. You'll get a v nice bottle of wine for a tenner, or a bottle of poitin if you can find it. Cheap drink is a bottle of Nobleman, about 3 quid, or any German wine.

it isn't that expensive, less than 9 quid a bottle and you usually will get the can of red bull included for less than a tenner.

kevmy wrote:

For ultimate buzz mix with a bottle of vodka in a bowl. Then add a bottle of Calpol(the nice kind) and ~4 big spoons of sugar. Refill back into ~3 bottles, then add a pack of Skittles to each. Let the Skittles dissolve some then enjoy. You now have a White Rabbit (thus christend cos the guy who invented this saw a massive one all night the first time he tried the concoction)
Trust me you will need nothing else to drink all night and will keep going till morning.:D

you were the one that seen the rabbit weren't you?

padi89

wet-paint wrote:

A bottle shared? ****, who'd share a bottle?

Its normally done if there has already been a good few beers drank your half croaked and you and a mate fancy one, but one each would have you on your arses.Its just to get the old caffine buzz into ya to keep you going through the night.
For example Sun night after being on the piss all week during the races i could barely have a conversation with anyone in our group as i was just so shattered,so was a mate.I knew a bottle of B would sort me out but a full one was just too much for the stomach to take after a weeks drinking, so a mate and i just got a bottle between us two paper cups and Hey Presto a half hour later we're flying again.
Its got absolutley nothing to do with the price of it ,im drinking it since the days of the Castle and Vagabonds in Salthill so i havent all of a sudden become a stingy cnut.
Its not something i do often but its certainly perked me up many a night and i would have no problem in doing so again.
Does it make you less of a man to do this? ...grrrrrr....or is it just not up there with the cool police?

Redhairedguy

Quite the delectiable beverage, but eats your stomach up like a bottle of sulpheric acid. Also you get rank hangovers from them... well I do anyway.

Still, I'll never knock it.... except if you mean knock it back... cause then.. i probably won't do that either!

kevmy

danniemcq wrote:

you were the one that seen the rabbit weren't you?

No no i didn't see a rabbit a mate did but i did see a rather fetching pig with blue polka dots.

Blue pig reminded us of the guards so white rabbit it was

kevmy

Redhairedguy wrote:

Quite the delectiable beverage, but eats your stomach up like a bottle of sulpheric acid. Also you get rank hangovers from them... well I do anyway.

Calpol in above recipe cures the hangover as you drink so do that and ye should be grand. Well thats our theory anyway.:rolleyes:

danniemcq

and how much calpol would one have to drink before od'n especially when mixed with alcohol. i know calpol isn't that bad but it can't be that good either...

TerrorFirmer

I've only ever taken one sip of buckfast in my entire life and I was nearly violently ill. And I was pretty locked already by that stage, I normally would drink anything at that point...

kevmy

danniemcq wrote:

and how much calpol would one have to drink before od'n especially when mixed with alcohol. i know calpol isn't that bad but it can't be that good either...

It's just the under6 stuff you could probably drink a few pints of stuff to feel any effect at all. Actually thats a good idea somebody should start slugging Calpol and see how much they can drink before they pass out .

Any volunteers??:D

danniemcq

kevmy wrote:

It's just the under6 stuff you could probably drink a few pints of stuff to feel any effect at all. Actually thats a good idea somebody should start slugging Calpol and see how much they can drink before they pass out .

Any volunteers??:D

fights against urge to raise hand....

paddy316L

here, right, theres no way in hell in going drinking tonight.....;)

fights against urge to raise hand....

a new fangled cocktail?!

Redhairedguy

i'll have the ambulance on standby, just in case!

The amount of chavs that drink the stuff turns me right off drinking it. Hell a naggin of Jameson would do the same for me and I won't look like such a scumbag drinking it.

Redhairedguy

peterswellman wrote:

The amount of chavs that drink the stuff turns me right off drinking it. Hell a naggin of Jameson would do the same for me and I won't look like such a scumbag drinking it.

hisssss.... heretic! Burn you scum!

padi89

peterswellman wrote:

The amount of chavs that drink the stuff turns me right off drinking it. Hell a naggin of Jameson would do the same for me and I won't look like such a scumbag drinking it.

And you wouldnt look like a scumbag drinking a naggin of Jameson? How can you say that a naggin of Jameson would do the same for you when you have never even drank Buckfast?

When you've taken the courage to have a bottle of B get back to me and dont worry its not a fashion statement.If you dont want to look like a scumbag then stop shoping in lifestyle sports.

padi89

padi89 wrote:

And you wouldnt look like a scumbag drinking a naggin of Jameson? How can you say that a naggin of Jameson would do the same for you when you have never even drank Buckfast?

When you've taken the courage to have a bottle of B get back to me and dont worry its not a fashion statement.If you dont want to look like a scumbag then stop shoping in lifestyle sports.

There both alcohol aren't they? Therefore my goal is to get drunk which alcohol does for me. Therefore they do the same for me.*Sarcastic applause*

The courage? I have made an atempt to drink a bottle of Tesco brand vodka, that takes courage boyo. It's feckin' vile. Stop shopping in Lifestyle sports?:D Pfft!

padi89

peterswellman wrote:

There both alcohol aren't they? Therefore my goal is to get drunk which alcohol does for me. Therefore they do the same for me.*Sarcastic applause*

The courage? I have made an atempt to drink a bottle of Tesco brand vodka, that takes courage boyo. It's feckin' vile. Stop shopping in Lifestyle sports?:D Pfft!

Well besides stating the obvious which you have already done sarcastically ,to make it clearer to you the difference between the buzz you get from Buckfast compared with beer,spirits etc is miles appart.Its a tonic wine with a high caffine content and doesnt make you just drunk alone but also gives you a hyper energetic buzz ,hence its popularity.Its something you just wont ever know until you drink it so your comparison has no grounds.

Now to get back to your whole scumbag theory, i think its hypocritical.I would have thought attempting to drink a Tesco brand bottle of vodka would be also scumbag like? but hey thats your theory.Im sure there are plenty of scumbags that drink your favourite tipple but just because they aint in the tracksuit you just dont notice them.Be an individual and make your own choice, not on what you see others around you doing.

po0k

Peter, dude.

You're forgetting about the caffiene, sugar and malevolent-pixie-jism in buckie.

padi89

SyxPak wrote:

Peter, dude.

You're forgetting about the caffiene, sugar and malevolent-pixie-jism in buckie.

The reason Buckie took over from Thunderbird as Galways Off Licence tipple of choice. Didnt know though it was the pixie-jism that was the decider,but there ya go.

padi89

padi89 wrote:

Well besides stating the obvious which you have already done sarcastically ,to make it clearer to you the difference between the buzz you get from Buckfast compared with beer,spirits etc is miles appart.Its a tonic wine with a high caffine content and doesnt make you just drunk alone but also gives you a hyper energetic buzz ,hence its popularity.Its something you just wont ever know until you drink it so your comparison has no grounds.

Now to get back to your whole scumbag theory, i think its hypocritical.I would have thought attempting to drink a Tesco brand bottle of vodka would be also scumbag like? but hey thats your theory.Im sure there are plenty of scumbags that drink your favourite tipple but just because they aint in the tracksuit you just dont notice them.Be an individual and make your own choice, not on what you see others around you doing.

Nah, think I'll abstain tbh. Me and my mate had an encounter with a group chavs there one Saturday night and they were carrying bottles of them. If that's what it does I think I would prefer the Tesco brand vodka. tbh.

SyxPak

SyxPak wrote:

Peter, dude.

You're forgetting about the caffiene, sugar and malevolent-pixie-jism in buckie.

As for the first two, ever hear of Red Bull? I won't even try and pretend I know what the third thing is.

Redhairedguy

The third thing only comes in Buckfast.... and turpentine.

paddy316L

i think theres a few people missing the point about the sort of folks who drink Buckie. you could give a chav/scumbag/pikie, call them whatever you want, a packet of skittles and they would get wired up, because they are always eggin each other on to see whos best. most of the time they are out to cause trouble not matter what they drink or where they are.
has this just turned out to become an attack on Buckfast, just because folks dont drink it and never will, because they assume that only scum drink it? but dont most "grown up" folks think that anybody out bushin is a scumbag or a bum, regardless of what they drink? all they see is people out drinking. they dont take any great notice of what exactly what kinda drink.

padi89

peterswellman wrote:

Nah, think I'll abstain tbh. Me and my mate had an encounter with a group chavs there one Saturday night and they were carrying bottles of them. If that's what it does I think I would prefer the Tesco brand vodka. tbh.

Oh dear Peter,making generalisations on one incident,you obviously havent been in Galway long if you think this is the case.Its quite amusing how you find the type of drink they are consuming as the problem and not the actual "chavs" themselves.
Whatever you want to drink is up to yourself but an ill informed opinion on what other people drink is a pretty lame.As for Red Bull ,it doesnt contain alcohol.

TerrorFirmer

Ah now lads in fairness - even though if I liked it, I'd drink it no bother - Buckfast is associated with knacks and shams.

It's not like peters just saying it himself, its a generalistion that just exists and everyone knows it, why deny it!

Redhairedguy

That's not necessarily fair... That stereotyping. That's like saying any dude that drinks alco-pops is automatically gay regardless of justification.

At the end of the day, Buckie is just an alcoholic drink like any other. it's just that knacks seem to love it! The same thing happened with burberry... and McDonalds.

padi89

HavoK wrote:

Ah now lads in fairness - even though if I liked it, I'd drink it no bother - Buckfast is associated with knacks and shams.

It's not like peters just saying it himself, its a generalistion that just exists and everyone knows it, why deny it!

See here we go again, its the people that dont drink it think its for knacks.The same as the people that assume that bushin is for knacks but have no problem on a sunny day getting a few cans and sitting down at the arch or drinking on the streets race week with booze from the Off Licence.Hypocritical.

By the way the term "sham" is for Tuam and from what i have see, its not a very popular drink out there.

TerrorFirmer

Essentially you're both missing the point. I'm not arguing myself that buckfast is a drink exclusive to knackers - I'm arguing that its a generalisation made by the general populace shall we say.

For example - burberry hats and chavs. No-one will deny that that IS a generalisation that exists. However, would it be fair to say that every person that wears a burberry hat is a chav? No, because I'm sure 1000's of people wear burberry hats worldwide, not that that actually changes the already existing generalisation. Same with buckfast - obviously we all know that loads of people drink it, but its just a thing attached to it regarding the knackers.

So whether its burberry hats or buckfast, the point being that even though generalisations do not always actually translate to actual statistical fact, that does not change the fact they exist...THAT was my point.

padi89

Redhairedguy wrote:

That's not necessarily fair... That stereotyping. That's like saying any dude that drinks alco-pops is automatically gay regardless of justification.

At the end of the day, Buckie is just an alcoholic drink like any other. it's just that knacks seem to love it! The same thing happened with burberry... and McDonalds.

Yeah but this is ireland, if you drink a 7up or Mineral water whilst out its assumed there is something wrong with you.The whole alcopops thing is quite funny,God knows how many blokes i saw holding Fat Frogs in their hands when they were popular, but it was OK to drink them as they were in a pint glass..grrrrr.

The thing is Buckie is not just an alcoholic drink like any other, if it was there are much cheaper and tastier alternatives.Its drank for the buzz it gives you and there is no other drink out there like it.If knacks like it, so what ,they also like beer,cider ,Peters Tesco brand vodka ,as was said earlier knacks will get off on skittles.Knack is in the blood before any alcohol is consumed.Anyway im done defending Buckie ,from what i have seen over the years all walks of life drink it from the highly paid professional to the crusty on the dole.