Anyone remember Madison?

Coillte_Bhoy

Back in the day, when i started as a barman in the 80's an apple flavored drink, was a decent seller, talking about it now to few younger lads who never heard of it and ive googled everywhere but can't find anything about it. Im not imagining things am i? :eek:

Zaph

I remember it, but I couldn't have told you what sort of drink it was as I never tasted it. I seem to remember it was mainly marketed at women, but I could be wrong about that.

Coillte_Bhoy

Zaph wrote: »

I remember it, but I couldn't have told you what sort of drink it was as I never tasted it. I seem to remember it was mainly marketed at women, but I could be wrong about that.

Oh ya totally a woman's drink, a non alcoholic apple flavour im nearly sure

Buddy97mm

What a blast from the past, remember Madison well but hadn't thought of it in ages. Small green bottle as I recall, possibly with a foil top like Babycham, aimed at the sophisticated non-drinker. High profile advertising campaign, tagline I think was "sipping the night away, with a Madison"

stargazer 68

Used to love it. Thought it was sophisticated as I wasnt at the drinking age so drank when out with the folks.
Then I discovered alcohol!

Fanny Wank

My sister used to drink gin and Madison

Never had it myself

the beer revolu

Sparkling apple juice, as I remember it.
Posh, Cidona.

Totally forgotten about it until this thread.

petros1980

Yes remember it well There was another miniature bottle called Snowball I think....

There used to be a mini-fridge in most Irish pubs with some of the more alternative options e.g. Ritz, Satzenbrau, Kalibre etc

the beer revolu

petros1980 wrote: »

Yes remember it well There was another miniature bottle called Snowball I think....

There used to be a mini-fridge in most Irish pubs with some of the more alternative options e.g. Ritz, Satzenbrau, Kalibre etc

Yup, Snowball was an advocaat based drink.
Babycham was another one - a very tiny bottle of sparkling perry masquerading as Champagne.

Anyone remember the forerunner to Kaliber? - Moussy, I think it was called.

Adyx

First bar I worked in had bottles of Stag, for the life of me I can't remember what it was though?

lordlame

Don’t forget the football specials

Buddy97mm

Adyx wrote:

First bar I worked in had bottles of Stag, for the life of me I can't remember what it was though?

Stag was a cider, with a glamorous ad campaign, making it more attractive than general cider (which was not very popular then)

Zaph

the beer revolu wrote: »

Anyone remember the forerunner to Kaliber? - Moussy, I think it was called.

I remember that stuff, I won a Moussy travel bag on a radio phone-in quiz. Would have been 1983, as I always remember the question was who was the reigning Formula 1 world champion (Keke Rosberg for anyone who cares). I was still too young to drink legally at that stage, and Lilt would have been my drink of choice at that time, so no idea what Moussy actually tasted like.

Muahahaha

Adyx wrote: »

First bar I worked in had bottles of Stag, for the life of me I can't remember what it was though?

Yeah Stag was a dry cider. Ritz was a perry marketed at women and was popular enough in the early 90s. Both were manufactured by Showerings (who do Cidona and Bulmers) in Clonmel. Stag is long gone AFAIK but pretty sure I saw cans of Ritz in Tesco a few years back so it might still be around.

odyssey06

Ritz shows up in Tesco site as available, and Charlemagne is pretty much Ritz in a fake Champagne bottle - great for parties

Adyx

Muahahaha wrote: »

Yeah Stag was a dry cider. Ritz was a perry marketed at women and was popular enough in the early 90s. Both were manufactured by Showerings (who do Cidona and Bulmers) in Clonmel. Stag is long gone AFAIK but pretty sure I saw cans of Ritz in Tesco a few years back so it might still be around.

Yeah we still sell Ritz, nowhere near as popular as it once was though. Britvic own Cidona now.

Muahahaha

Adyx wrote: »

Yeah we still sell Ritz, nowhere near as popular as it once was though. Britvic own Cidona now.

Yeah Ritz was very popular amongst women as was Satzenbrau and Holstein Pils, both of which are actually pretty decent beers. Then in about 1995ish alcopops hit the market, firstly in the form of Woodies and soon after Barcardi Breezer. There was a big shift away from Ritz/Stag/Satzenbrau/Holstein when Bacardi Breezer hit the market.

G Shock

When I was a kid in the 80s, an odd time the Da would let me tag along to the pub. He'd get me a bottle of Madison. I loved it and it made me feel like I was older drinking with the adults... even though it was only sparkling apple juice. Good memories.

Adyx

Muahahaha wrote: »

Yeah Ritz was very popular amongst women as was Satzenbrau and Holstein Pils, both of which are actually pretty decent beers. Then in about 1995ish alcopops hit the market, firstly in the form of Woodies and soon after Barcardi Breezer. There was a big shift away from Ritz/Stag/Satzenbrau/Holstein when Bacardi Breezer hit the market.

Bacardi had another RTD too. Think it was Soda Water & Lime? Can't remember the name. We also had Reef which was vodka based and Orange or Pineapple juice flavoured, it wasn't fizzy like others. We also had the Irn Bru WKD :pac:

I don't really remember Madison but Coca Cola still do Appletiser which I guess would be something similar.

decky1

hope you don't mind if i jump in here [as theres a few experts on beer] I was in ringesnd/irishtown a few week ago in the Merry Cobbler and was given an ale [Did'nt sell Smidwicks] it was a craft beer much like Smidwicks but with a nice fruitie taste, on the way to concert and i left without asking the name of it, i know this is a long shot [very long] would anyone know the name of it.?
PS very nice pub for food , staff very helpful, well worth a visit.

BeerNut

decky1 wrote: »

would anyone know the name of it.?

Could be The Merry Brew, made for them by Dungarvan Brewing. The Merry Cobbler and Merry's in Dungarvan are the only places that sell it.

Adyx

Adyx wrote: »

Bacardi had another RTD too. Think it was Soda Water & Lime? Can't remember the name. We also had Reef which was vodka based and Orange or Pineapple juice flavoured, it wasn't fizzy like others. We also had the Irn Bru WKD :pac:

I don't really remember Madison but Coca Cola still do Appletiser which I guess would be something similar.

Bacardi Rigo!

standardg60

Ah the memories..certainly had a few moussys back in the day and my then non drinking girlfriend always drank madison.
Mulligan is another one that's disappeared, was some sort of liquor from what i remember.

bobbysands81

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Back in the day, when i started as a barman in the 80's an apple flavored drink, was a decent seller, talking about it now to few younger lads who never heard of it and ive googled everywhere but can't find anything about it. Im not imagining things am i? :eek:

Looking forward to a Madison, sipping the night away!

bobbysands81

lordlame wrote: »

Don’t forget the football specials

Still on the go, a Donegal beverage.

The Enbalmer

Adyx wrote:

Britvic own Cidona now.

Britvic 55 was a sophisticated drink of its day too..55% pure orange juice so the ad ran.

And it's just reminded me of PLJ...pure lemon juice which was unbelievably vile as I recall.

L1011

The Enbalmer wrote: »

Britvic 55 was a sophisticated drink of its day too..55% pure orange juice so the ad ran.

And it's just reminded me of PLJ...pure lemon juice which was unbelievably vile as I recall.

Just reminded me of my mothers pub drink of choice (as a non drinker) - Britvic Pineapple

Got harder and harder to find, I presume as C&C got better control of the mixers market; and I don't know if its that easy to find now that Britvic own that part of the company

C&C sold their soft drink ops in 2007 and ended up with a very similar range of products via Cooneys in 2012 that they haven't sold on yet. Just waiting for them to decided to get back in to whiskey and liquers (or crisps) now :pac:

L1011

BeerNut wrote: »

And crisps! :P

You got in before my sneaky edit, dammit.

BalboBiggins

I think this drink was almond flavour, no? Would love to drink it again.