Alcoholic drinks of yesteryear.

Archeron

Anybody remember Furstenburg? Was my first alcoholic tipple (apart from one illicit bottle of sherry) as it always seemed to make my mum drunk really quickly :-) and I had to find out if it would do the same for me. It did.

And let us never forget Breo. That vile tea colored concoction that actually tasted like the water twelve used dishclothes were boiled in. Blegh.

Any other memories of pub drinks of bygone era's?

humberklog

Furstenberg. The original wifebeater brew. Especially when used to wash down a few HunHar schnapps (not Archer's peach flavour crap). Few of those in The 19th O'Connell would set you up nicely for flinging garliccheeseychips around the 16A as it was all gonna kick-off.


Guinness Light. Phewwwyy.

2cd drink I was ever asked for in my first ever hotel bar. Told them I had loads of experience and some feckin Granny ordered a "snowball". No idea what the hell that was. Had to ask the Bar Manager. Who I had just asked how to pour a pint of bitter, as I had never seen a bitter tap before.

I believe the gig was up. Fairly obvious I had never worked a bar before

admiralofthefleet

i remember steiger lager, coopers & hudson blue cider and some people may remember pheonix lager

marti101

I remember furstenburg it was the only drink to make me sick.Co0uldnt stomach it.

rainbowtrout

i used to drink smirnoff mule when i was about 17 (late 90s). It came in a copper coloured bottle. It was vodka and ginger beer I think. Haven't seen it in years long with countless alcopops that were popular at the time like woody's and hooch.

I remember my mother used to always drink Dubonnet when I was a kid. I know it still exists but I haven't heard of anyone drinking it in about 20 years according to wiki it's similar to Buckfast :pac:

vektarman

Ah yes Furstenberg, I remember many a barman who couldn't pronounce it and called it Furstenburg.

ThunderCat

anyone remember Hoffmeister and Skol??

humberklog

ThunderCat wrote: »

Hoffmeister

Follow the bear.


Southie and Red. Both drinks exist but it's been about 15 years since I've heard anyone order one.

themadchef

Chinzano Bianco. Was very popular back in the day. Think there's still a bottle of it in the pub..bet it's vintage now


Labatts ? not sure if thats the correct spelling ... but it was a lager. Well promoted in the local..lots of freebies when companies actually gave stuff away.

Frisbee

You could still get Labbatt Ice up until last year in some offo's...

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MD 20/20

admiralofthefleet

i remember seeing beamish red in the pier house in howth in the mid 90's, i havent seen it anywhere else since

byte

Anyone remember bottles of Phoenix? IIRC, they had green labels. Discontinued a long while now.

magicass

what about mug shot or kilkenney(rotton)

lord lucan

remember going to a promo night for moosehead beer. must've been 1993 i think,some canadian ****e! haven't seen it since:P

Pigman II

Wishbone Ash

byte wrote: »

Anyone remember bottles of Phoenix? IIRC, they had green labels. Discontinued a long while now.

Yes, that's a while back!

Double Diamond was another.

Wishbone Ash

Excuse my ignorance but is Holsten Pils still on the market? I drank it now and again in the mid-eighties but I haven't seen it in years (not that I've been looking for it as I've only drank Guinness for the past 20 years).

humberklog

Holsten's still widely available Wish.

I went out with a bird in the 80's and she drank Satzenbrau and a few Bicardi and Lime?!. She had to go! (Cost too much).

Ron DMC

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i remember seeing beamish red in the pier house in howth in the mid 90's, i havent seen it anywhere else since

Beamish Red is still available but you won't find it in many pubs. I had some a couple of months ago in the Blarney Inn on Nassau Street. Tis a lovely scoop altogether.

lord lucan

just remembered 'ritz',it was a quare ones drink. haven't seen that in ages either.

byte

lord lucan wrote: »

just remembered 'ritz',it was a quare ones drink. haven't seen that in ages either.

Nah, I'm nearly sure it's still about, with a silver and black bottle.

dSTAR

When I was a kid Babycham and Snowball would be offered to the young ladies at Christmas while the older ladies would sip their Cinzano's.

Feelgood

Des wrote: »

MD 20/20

It was the shit in the day....

Can it be got anywhere still??

L1011

I was nearly sure I could remember drinking Breo but a quick google suggests it was off the market by the time I was 14.... doesn't mean I didn't of course but fairly unlikely!

jdivision

Anybody else remember Ravers. One of the first alcopops,terrible stuff.

Creamy Goodness

lord lucan wrote: »

remember going to a promo night for moosehead beer. must've been 1993 i think,some canadian ****e! haven't seen it since:P

Still available, i have gotten it in shiels off-license on Dorset St.

Think it's 6 bottles for €7 or something like that.

ahaaha

byte wrote: »

Nah, I'm nearly sure it's still about, with a silver and black bottle.

my sis in law drinks it still and she's nearly 30 - its vile!

winda34

Linden Village Cider...guaranteed to make you puke.

rubadub

Royal dutch, still out but was £1 a can when I started drinking, so was the drink of choice.

one I do not see anymore is colt 45

Brainz

any one remember jammin or Bacardi rigo -

Ah knacker drinking bringing me back to my youth -

Here's a website that might interest you's !!!:eek::eek:


http://owen.massey.net/alcopops/azlist.html

Firetrap

magicass wrote: »

what about mug shot or Kilkenny(rotten)

You can still get Kilkenny. You're right though - it's not nice.

Remember the non-alcoholic drinks like Kaliber and Buckler. I tried drinking them when I was driving - now they tasted like boiled underwear.

Degsy

Remember Woodies,Two Dogs and Mug Shot..all vile-tasting alcopops.
Then there was Dorfmeister,Cronenberg,Hoffmans,Castlemaine xxxx,Carling Black Label,Bass...too many crappy beers to remember!

brettmirl

Degsy wrote: »

Remember Woodies,Two Dogs and Mug Shot..all vile-tasting alcopops.
Then there was Dorfmeister,Cronenberg,Hoffmans,Castlemaine xxxx,Carling Black Label,Bass...too many crappy beers to remember!

I saw Hoffmans for sale in an off-license in Kilkenny not too long ago.

Zebra3

TNT Dynamite white cider anyone? Or was I drunk at the time?

Bearhunter

"TNT Dynamite white cider anyone? Or was I drunk at the time?"

Nope, you weren't drunk. Not before drinking that vile poison anyway. Anyone remember Le Piat D'Or? Supposedly good French vino that was actually swill. The tagline was "The French adore Le Piat D'Or". Although when I got to France I discovered none of them had even heard of it...

stevire

Firetrap wrote: »

You can still get Kilkenny. You're right though - it's not nice.

Remember the non-alcoholic drinks like Kaliber and Buckler. I tried drinking them when I was driving - now they tasted like boiled underwear.

Kilkenny is lovely... Nice flow on the tap in the Bull and Castle!! I think anyone that likes Guiness would appreciate Kilkenny...

Degsy

Used to drink the following flagons:
Orchard Glow
Autumn Gold
Special Vat
Merrydown
Devil's Bit
Lindon Village
thats all i can remeber although some off-licences tended to carry certain brands for a while and then they'd dissapear without trace only to be replaced with some other muck!

dSTAR

Anyone remember these lovelies?



Tennents Lager for those who weren't around when this bevvy (!) of babes where about.

CDfm

There was something called Double Diamond that was extra strenght and people who drank it had visions or thats what my Dad says.

I bought a bottle of Scotch in Bahrain called Auld Piss and it was awright.

seanybiker

any of ye remember the litre can called either "axe" or "fax" something along those lines.
Still remember me 3ltr flagans of devils bit. I presume that still around.

CDfm

Degsy wrote: »

Used to drink the following flagons:
Orchard Glow
Autumn Gold
Special Vat
Merrydown
Devil's Bit
Lindon Village
thats all i can remeber although some off-licences tended to carry certain brands for a while and then they'd dissapear without trace only to be replaced with some other muck!

i can smell the vomit from here:eek:

admiralofthefleet

does anyone remember woodpecker cider?. it was the first drink i got sick on, when i was 14

pallepille

ahhh yea tramp drinkin in all its glory,, when i was like 13 we used to get these plastic 500ml bottles of cider called Anvil, it was only a pound a bottle and it was lovely (well).....................needless to say havent seen that in a while

CDfm

dSTAR wrote: »

Anyone remember these lovelies?



Tennents Lager for those who weren't around when this bevvy (!) of babes where about.

Were you a collector of these babes:D

DublinWriter

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

does anyone remember woodpecker cider?. it was the first drink i got sick on, when i was 14

Yeah...they briefly had an advertising tag-line that went "Woodpecker Cider...gets you out of your tree" until it was banned by the joyless PC brigade.

Awww...pictures of lovelies on cans of Tennents...that brings me back. I'm sure they only did that for the UK market only.

dSTAR

CDfm wrote: »

Were you a collector of these babes:D

I was a bit young to be drinking at that stage but remember wanting to grow up REALLY fast so I could be like my father and uncle who used to drink them by the bucket load at Christmas and crack dirty jokes about the girls. I am not sure if they were easily available in Ireland or if you had to take a trip up North or across the water to get your hands on them.

There is a bit of history about them here.

Xavi6

Kilkenny is ridiculously popular over here in Oz. It's the most popular drink amongst the POMs. They have the stuff runnin through their veins at this stage but imo it's absolutely vile. I'd never even seen it in a pub in Ireland.

Bearhunter

KK is fuggin awful stuff. It's just Smithwick's with nitrogen added to it.

Blisterman

What ever happened to the Guinness Brewhouse Series? Weren't there supposed to be 20 of them or something? I think only about 3 came out. Probably just as well, none of them are great.