Buckfast

Pat Mustard · 22-03-2015 02:51AM

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Lidl alternative is Nobleman for a fiver. Good tack if you're looking to get mangled. I only drink bucky now if I am feeling nostalgic.

Me too. Or of course, if I want to stay up all night. However, I wouldn't hold out much hope for a fiver. :pac:

22-03-2015 03:21AM

I really don't understand why someone would bother, can get 2 bottles of nicer wine at the same strength and a nicer flavour for the price of a bottle of Bucky.

MonkeyTennis · 22-03-2015 03:30AM

Me and a man from Monaghan had three bottles a piece.

It shall not be surpassed

MonkeyTennis · 22-03-2015 03:31AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I really don't understand why someone would bother, can get 2 bottles of nicer wine at the same strength and a nicer flavour for the price of a bottle of Bucky.

Its not wine you fool... my god

eternal · 22-03-2015 03:57AM

Talib Fiasco wrote: »

Lidl alternative is Nobleman for a fiver. Good tack if you're looking to get mangled. I only drink bucky now if I am feeling nostalgic.

What is this beverage of which you speak?

22-03-2015 04:29AM

Buckfast is like syrup in the south. Delicious and something I really miss.. Drank far more nobleman back in the day though cause of the price.

BetterThanThou · 22-03-2015 05:22AM

Only thing I seem to be able to get absolutely wasted on, yet still maintain a good degree of functionality. Of course, I wouldn't consider drinking Bucky, nor any alcohol before anything important, but it makes getting home after a night out a lot easier.

22-03-2015 08:48AM

It's like a time machine to tomorrow morning.

Badly Drunk Boy · 22-03-2015 08:57AM

thebostoncrab wrote: »

I love it. I honestly enjoy sitting down with some at the end of the day with some ice. If you leave it in the fridge it really becomes something wonderful. I do get that it's not to everyone's taste though.

I like it from the fridge too, although it's been a good while since I've had it. This will probably seem disgusting but way back in my student days, there was nothing better that using Buckfast to wash down a corned beef sandwich.

djflawless wrote: »

Me
Havnt been a student since me leaving in 2008
We're paying 12.75 in the local garage.
13.99 in SuperValu

It's €13.59 in Tesco.

anncoates · 22-03-2015 09:45AM

Fond memories of it when I lived in the north. Well, the occasional thing I remember after drinking it is fond.

suicide_circus · 22-03-2015 10:02AM

Now youre all gonna laugh and I wouldn't believe it myself had I not been served it at a party.....buckfast and prosecco. It was made up in jugs over a load of ice, the dry prosecco diluted the sweet syrupy buckfast very nicely and the bubbles and ice helped to transform it into a totally different experience. It was honestly pretty damn good and after six bottles of each had been mixed and consumed, the party was in full swing. Relatively inexpensive and definitely different, it went down an absolute treat. As I say, had I not been there I would assume that it was rank but it really worked.

Duff · 22-03-2015 10:22AM

When I was in college down in Tralee, the lads used to mix it with Calpol (6+) and they'd go MIA for a few days. Quite delicious though.

Panthro · 22-03-2015 10:28AM

Duff wrote: »

When I was in college down in Tralee, the lads used to mix it with Calpol (6+) and they'd go MIA for a few days. Quite delicious though.

I like their style. Killing two birds with one stone. Get ya nicely loaded whilst clearing up a troublesome tickly throat cough.
The thinking mans drink that.

LDN_Irish · 22-03-2015 11:48AM

The Mustard wrote: »

I'd say that a bottle of Buckfast is about €12.50 or thereabouts, these days. Assuming that students are the main target market, doesn't it seem slightly overpriced?

And if its not students drinking it anymore, then who's drinking it?

I worked a till for 4 years and sold it once to a biker in his 30s. Makes no sense here at the 10.50 price tag I sold it for* because as PPs have noted it costs less than a fiver up north and in Scotland.
Biker told me "it gets ya juiced though bi!" which piqued my interest.

*that was only a couple of years ago but whoever said it is right, it's 13.59 in tesco now.

Talib Fiasco · 22-03-2015 11:52AM

eternal wrote: »

What is this beverage of which you speak?

http://www.vivino.com/wines/nobleman-full-cream-9999.html

weldoninhio · 22-03-2015 02:20PM

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

Its not wine you fool... my god

It is fortified wine

fizzypish · 23-03-2015 01:34PM

Sickly sweet. Drank one bottle over the course of an evening once. Didn't enjoy the last of it. Couldn't drink it at a party.

It does win the funniest sounding drinking game. Buckfast hands. Your mates sellotape a bottle to each hand and you cannot have them removed until both are consumed. You win if you don't piss yourself or die.

biko · 23-03-2015 01:37PM

Good puzzle would be cross Galway without passing a broken bottle of Buckie

Caliden · 23-03-2015 01:41PM

It's the caffeine in it that drives people cracked.

280mg in a bottle which is equivalent to 3 and a half cans of 250ml red bull.

Dog of Tears · 23-03-2015 01:42PM

A bottle of buckfast (each, obviously) when consumed with friends in a flat was the perfect aperitif to an evening's entertainment when in college.

I have many fond memories of this fortified wine, chock-full of vitamins, minerals and caffeine.

The first couple of swigs were undoubtedly difficult such was the sickly sweet cloying taste, but persevere and it rewarded the committed drinker with many powers such as;
15% increased moshing ability
attractiveness to opposite sex increased by 2.5 fold.
Ability to run through hedges.

Wonderful tipple.

razorblunt · 23-03-2015 02:00PM

Wreck the hoooose juice.

retro:electro · 23-03-2015 02:07PM

Buckfast gets ya fcuked fast

Aongus Von Bismarck · 23-03-2015 02:21PM

Absolutely vile stuff. It was an extremely popular drink amongst certain colleagues of mine in Leaving Certificate year in school. The type who would boast about how much of it they could drink before puking. The type who ended up going to GMIT to study Forestry and Silage Pit Management before dropping out after 6 months because they thought drinking buckfast down at the 'Sparch' was a better idea than studying.

TheBeardedLady · 23-03-2015 03:11PM

^^^^^^:D:D:D:D

The Backwards Man · 23-03-2015 03:23PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Absolutely vile stuff. It was an extremely popular drink amongst certain colleagues of mine in Leaving Certificate year in school. The type who would boast about how much of it they could drink before puking. The type who ended up going to GMIT to study Forestry and Silage Pit Management before dropping out after 6 months because they thought drinking buckfast down at the 'Sparch' was a better idea than studying.

Handy course to do if you spend a lot of time dealing with effluent.

bonzodog2 · 23-03-2015 03:39PM

Duff wrote: »

When I was in college down in Tralee, the lads used to mix it with Calpol (6+) and they'd go MIA for a few days. Quite delicious though.

Panthro wrote: »

I like their style. Killing two birds with one stone. Get ya nicely loaded whilst clearing up a troublesome tickly throat cough.
The thinking mans drink that.

I knew a man who liked Benylin and Pernod mixed. Have to say, it tasted OK!

jimgoose · 23-03-2015 04:06PM

Is this not one popular tincture of the great hardy souls who walk abroad at all hours of the day and night, take sup where they will, call no-one master, and erupt spontaneously into incredible displays of entertainment involving roaring incoherently and kicking fourteen shades of buggery out of each other? 'Tis mighty stuff indeed!

jimgoose · 23-03-2015 04:10PM

bonzodog2 wrote: »

I knew a man who liked Benylin and Pernod mixed. Have to say, it tasted OK!

I went through a Pernod-and-blackcurrant phase during my salad days at college. Lovely tipple indeed, by Cheeses it's been a while since I had one of those! :pac:

Chancer3001 · 23-03-2015 04:50PM

Buck fast is the king of all drinks.

Like cocaine in a bottle.

Absolutely bags of energy.

We call it "charm in a bottle"

All the best nights ever have been when I drank buckfast.

Also, the northern and English buckfast is a pile of **** compared to the irish one.

Tarzana2 · 23-03-2015 08:35PM

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

Absolutely vile stuff. It was an extremely popular drink amongst certain colleagues of mine in Leaving Certificate year in school. The type who would boast about how much of it they could drink before puking. The type who ended up going to GMIT to study Forestry and Silage Pit Management before dropping out after 6 months because they thought drinking buckfast down at the 'Sparch' was a better idea than studying.

And in the other corner, I know lots of people in school and college who drank lots of Buckie and went on to be very successful. It's almost as if there's no correlation between the two things at all! :eek:

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