Alcoholic Drinks from yesteryear

Beechwoodspark · 31-03-2021 9:50am

Canadian lager

Was launched around 2014.

Very bland, not sure if it is still available

Just on the topic of alco pops is WKD still around?

People used to mix Smirnoff ice and wkd to make “fat frogs”

Smirnoff ice was hugely popular at one stage. It really died a death

ShyMets · 31-03-2021 9:51am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Guinness North Star

That brings back memories. It was part of the Brewhouse series. There was also Toucan and Brew 39.

There was meant to be a 4th stout but Guinness scrapped the idea.

GBX · 31-03-2021 9:54am

Labatts
MD2020
Furstenberg
Stag
Holsten

Beechwoodspark · 31-03-2021 9:55am

Doctors room ghost wrote: »

Bottles of smirnoff mule

Vaguely remember this from my bar man days. A spin off of Smirnoff ice if I remember correctly.

Smirnoff ice was so popular at the time they even had a “draught” version of it at the bar along side all the other draught beers on sale.

For Forks Sake · 31-03-2021 9:58am

pm. wrote: »

Pints of Harp, not sure if it's still available but it used to be everywhere

Widely available and consumed up North.

saintsaltynuts · 31-03-2021 10:00am

Helium wrote: »

In all my years as a barman back in the day Never remember selling a bottle, just gathered dust on shelf.

Imagine bringing an advert like that out nowadays there'd be uproar.

Beechwoodspark · 31-03-2021 10:00am

silliussoddius wrote: »

Hooch, Mugshot

Yeah there was a rake of alco pops at one stage

Bacardi breezers were very popular
Then smaller brands like 2 dogs, hooch, red square, Metz, reef

All mad colours, full of sugar and sickly sweet

31-03-2021 10:00am

pm. wrote: »

Pints of Harp, not sure if it's still available but it used to be everywhere

Still plenty in Dundalk. Though Dublin is frustrating. :P
Couldn't understand the point in launching Rockshore and all the money they spent when they already have a good lager on their books.

About 15 years ago Kopparberg was 7% and cost under a fiver. 3 bottles (same alcohol as a bottle of wine) and you'd be well buzzing.

littlevillage · 31-03-2021 10:05am

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

Thunderbird. That stuff was rocket fuel. It would perfectly fit into those towel roller things in the school bathroom. If there was a school disco that night, you’d bring your drink to school with you that day and when the last bell went, you’d hide it in the towel roller. Fast forward to that night and you’d prance into school all dressed up with no need for a bag.

The teachers never copped where we hid it but one night one of the girls got sick all over the headmistress and that was the end of the school discos.

Theirs quite an entertaining song about Thunderbird wine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsE0XNNQTJQ

BonnieSituation · 31-03-2021 10:05am

BobMc wrote: »

is Ritz still available ? had a few while underage back in late 80's, Woodys was ahead of the time now look at all the hard seltzers that are out nowadays,

Nobody drinks Pernod and black anymore either shame that was a colourful vomit

Ritz still exists. Naturally.

v0ldeMort · 31-03-2021 10:07am

MD 20/20

affectionately known as Mad Dog 2020

lethal stuff. I loved the bright blue one.

BonnieSituation · 31-03-2021 10:08am

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Canadian lager

Was launched around 2014.

Very bland, not sure if it is still available

Just on the topic of alco pops is WKD still around?

People used to mix Smirnoff ice and wkd to make “fat frogs”

Smirnoff ice was hugely popular at one stage. It really died a death

Molson Canadian is the beer you're thinking of.

I even recall when Smirnoff ice was so popular that you could get it on draught!

Still a gem of a curer. Up there with Passion Pop from my Australian days.

blackwave · 31-03-2021 10:09am

Porklife wrote: »

Apparently gin and dubonnet is the Queens drink of choice. You can still get it in some off licences..not that you'd want to!

Sheridans cream. Not sure if it's still around but we used to drink it as kids not realizing there was alcohol in it cos it had the word cream on the bottle. The bottle was black and white and we called it the Michael Jackson.
Let's have some Michael Jackson we'd say!

Living in Poland currently and Sheridan's cream is actually in all the main shops

Joe_ Public · 31-03-2021 10:09am

McCardles already got a mention of course, but before McCardles was Double Diamond which was a pale ale from north of England that was brewed in Dundalk for a time. Never had a pint myself but do remember the ad on tv that went something like: "Nice one Charlie, nice one lar/ double diamonds the best beer in the bar."

seamus · 31-03-2021 10:14am

I think it's still around, but you don't see it much in pubs anymore - Kilkenny.

Every pub had it on tap in the late 90s/early 2000s. Like a halfway house between Smithwicks and Guinness.

ShyMets · 31-03-2021 10:17am

seamus wrote: »

I think it's still around, but you don't see it much in pubs anymore - Kilkenny.

Every pub had it on tap in the late 90s/early 2000s. Like a halfway house between Smithwicks and Guinness.

A dreadful beer. Brewed now mainly for export. Might have still got it in a few pubs in Temple Bar. Though you'll still pick it up in Off Licenses fairly handy

seamus · 31-03-2021 10:17am

I enjoyed it when I was younger and not quite ready for Guinness

Feisar · 31-03-2021 10:18am

Mrcaramelchoc wrote: »

Snow balls. They had alcohol in them didn't they?

Club Rock Shandy used to have like .001% alcohol in it.

ShyMets · 31-03-2021 10:21am

seamus wrote: »

I think it's still around, but you don't see it much in pubs anymore - Kilkenny.

Every pub had it on tap in the late 90s/early 2000s. Like a halfway house between Smithwicks and Guinness.

You're mention of Kilkenny has reminded me of McCafferys. Which was just another version of Kilkenny

Joe_ Public · 31-03-2021 10:25am

I remember people saying Kilkenny was invented because tourists struggled too much with the pronunciation of Smithwicks. That could well be myth, but i do seem to recall it being heavily marketed for the visitor market. Always found it quite tasteless and unsatisfying.

Oafley Jones · 31-03-2021 10:27am

I remember when we were feeling particularly scummy bottles of Ravers would appear. Usually down some side street before we tried to BS our way into a pub. Joys of underage drinking in the 90s.

Hudson Blue was probably the first pint I ordered successfully in a Pub. The Phoenix in Cork iirc.

31-03-2021 10:28am

seamus wrote: »

I think it's still around, but you don't see it much in pubs anymore - Kilkenny.

Every pub had it on tap in the late 90s/early 2000s. Like a halfway house between Smithwicks and Guinness.

And it is lovely.

You never see it on draught anymore. You'll get it in tesco alright, but I never think to buy it.

MOH · 31-03-2021 10:31am

pm. wrote: »

Pints of Harp, not sure if it's still available but it used to be everywhere

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Yes, they are rare now.

First time I was in Milan it seemed to be the most common lager everywhere I went. Was a bit weird.

Beechwoodspark · 31-03-2021 10:31am

Back in the day (mid 2000s) in the bars I worked it was usually

Bud, heino, Carlsberg, Guinness bulmers and maybe smithwicks on tap. They were the old reliables

It hasn’t changed all that much. You might get some other option like carling or tiger beer now. Fosters has completely gone.

Zebra3 · 31-03-2021 10:37am

GBX wrote: »

Labatts
MD2020
Furstenberg
Stag
Holsten

I’ll see your Labatt’s and raise you Labatt’s Ice.

Holsten used to be on the front of Spurs jerseys iirc.

Necro · 31-03-2021 10:37am

Beechwoodspark wrote:

Bud, heino, Carlsberg, Guinness bulmers and maybe smithwicks on tap. They were the old reliables

Bulmers taps aren't a massive thing round my neck of the woods nowadays, mainly gone pint bottles, long necks and cans. The rest are all standard enough alright.

There will be the odd fad where a local publican gets an offer and fires in a Carling tap and offers it at 3 quid for a while but when that dries up the tap is usually reused.

Rockshore is (or was) a big one recently, similarly Coors Light is extremely popular in my town and now has taps in two pubs out of the 5 left in town.

ohnonotgmail · 31-03-2021 10:39am

Babycham.

Buddy Bubs · 31-03-2021 10:39am

Feisar wrote: »

Club Rock Shandy used to have like .001% alcohol in it.

Club shandy, not rock shandy. Rock shandy is just a mix of club orange and club lemon, and is quite nice.

We used to think we so sophisticated and grown up aged about 11 or 12 and buying cans of club shandy thinking we were on the beer.

chosen1 · 31-03-2021 10:40am

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Yeah there was a rake of alco pops at one stage

Bacardi breezers were very popular
Then smaller brands like 2 dogs, hooch, red square, Metz, reef

All mad colours, full of sugar and sickly sweet

When I was about 15 or 16, there was a local kip of a pub that would serve us teenagers.

A friend came in for the first time with us one time and we told him to just act naturally and he'd be served. He went up to the barman and asked for ....

"an orange Bacardi Breezer and a Twix"

DellyBelly · 31-03-2021 10:43am

Holsten
Miller lite
Fosters
Tennents

The Mighty Quinn · 31-03-2021 10:43am

MrMusician18 wrote: »

Id murder a breó.

Speaking of Breó, newspaper articles that would never be written today :eek::D:

"Yo Breó, as Guinness Does a Michael Jackson"

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/yo-breo-as-guinness-does-a-michael-jackson-1.145069

Fr Tod Umptious · 31-03-2021 10:45am

GBX wrote: »

Labatts
MD2020
Furstenberg
Stag
Holsten

Brilliant list
Especially Stag, 1980s drink targeted at ladies.

The J Stands for Jay · 31-03-2021 10:45am

SeaFields wrote: »

Red Square. Rotten sh!te from my student days

In Greece they had an Ouzo red square. Ouzo and red bull in a bottle. What were they thinking?

Necro · 31-03-2021 10:45am

DellyBelly wrote:

Holsten Miller lite Fosters Tennents

Ah Tennant's, there's a great story about my own christening where my dad installed a tap of the extra strong brand of that in the shed out the back for a party.

Cue many family members (mainly uncles) staggering around absolutely loo-laa after 4 or 5 pints being horsed into them :pac:

The J Stands for Jay · 31-03-2021 10:46am

Big Beasties and Wee Beasties. Just two different sized bottles of the same alcopop in a yellow and red bottle with a cartoon spider in a web on it.

Goldschlager. A mint drink that was 50% alcohol.

looksee · 31-03-2021 10:48am

Before Snowballs were bottled they were made by the barman. Shot of advocaat in a cocktail glass then put a thumb over the neck of a bottle of white lemonade, shake and move thumb slightly to allow to squirt at pressure into the glass, frothed up advocaat! Health and safety howareye!

GBX · 31-03-2021 10:51am

Feisar wrote: »

Club Rock Shandy used to have like .001% alcohol in it.

Club Shandy had - Rock shandy being the lemon/orange drink

Zaph · 31-03-2021 10:51am

Joe_ Public wrote: »

I remember people saying Kilkenny was invented because tourists struggled too much with the pronunciation of Smithwicks. That could well be myth, but i do seem to recall it being heavily marketed for the visitor market. Always found it quite tasteless and unsatisfying.

Smithwicks is sold on the continent as Kilkenny because of the pronunciation issue. The guys from our office in France were always mad for it when they came to Dublin, is pretty much all any of them drank. They'd always pronounce the W when ordering it.

Beechwoodspark · 31-03-2021 10:52am

McGaggs wrote: »

Big Beasties and Wee Beasties. Just two different sized bottles of the same alcopop in a yellow and red bottle with a cartoon spider in a web on it.

Goldschlager. A mint drink that was 50% alcohol.

Goldschlager is the one with small flakes of gold in it? That went through a popular phase as well.

Gregor Samsa · 31-03-2021 10:54am

You don't see this much in the pubs anymore.

Chinese rice wine with two whole preserved lizards in it.

Joe_ Public · 31-03-2021 11:02am

Zaph wrote: »

Smithwicks is sold on the continent as Kilkenny because of the pronunciation issue. The guys from our office in France were always mad for it when they came to Dublin, is pretty much all any of them drank. They'd always pronounce the W when ordering it.

Not sure was it the same beer they were drinking on the continent though? Maybe it was. Smithwicks i recall had a very bad rap here at the time, and for years before that. Even if you liked it, the chances of getting a nice pint were often quite iffy. Very often you'd get a flat pint, head gone after first sip etc. You'd often hear the call "pint of Smithwicks with a Guinness head, please." Anyway, i think Kilkenny was partly aimed at people who might fancy ale but just smithwicks wasn't trendy enough, and they had to pay a good bit extra for it too! Have to say too they did get their act together with smithwicks and you can generally get a good pint most places you go now. Not certain but I'd bet its market share has picked up in recent years.

Badly Drunk Boy · 31-03-2021 11:02am

sioda wrote: »

Michelle sparkling cider from Quinnsworth height of sophistication as it had a plastic champagne cork top 🤣

I was just about to mention champagne cider. Laureat was another favourite brand. I have a lovely memory of sitting on my grandmother's backdoor step on a beautiful summers day, trying to shoot the cork as high as I could without spilling any of the precious alcohol.

Buddy Bubs wrote: »

Club shandy, not rock shandy. Rock shandy is just a mix of club orange and club lemon, and is quite nice.

We used to think we so sophisticated and grown up aged about 11 or 12 and buying cans of club shandy thinking we were on the beer.

Yeah, it had a brown can, possibly two different browns?

Badly Drunk Boy · 31-03-2021 11:06am

Found these:

sully123 · 31-03-2021 11:08am

Grolsch in the swing top bottle.

Anyone know of Paul masson wines are still available here?

Hangdogroad · 31-03-2021 11:08am

Presume Stag isn't around anymore? Googling brings up other, presumably unrelated drinks with the same name.

Porklife · 31-03-2021 11:12am

blackwave wrote: »

Living in Poland currently and Sheridan's cream is actually in all the main shops

I think there's whiskey in it but somehow we never got sick even though we were nippers like 5 or 6 years old. We'd only take a swig. My mam caught us one day though and that was the end of Michael Jackson

Beechwoodspark · 31-03-2021 11:13am

sully123 wrote: »

Grolsch in the swing top bottle.

Anyone know of Paul masson wines are still available here?

Grolsch still in the off licences. Don’t think I’ve seen it sold on draught in Ireland.

The Mulk · 31-03-2021 11:13am

I remember drinking Bass Shandy in Pontins in 1990. You could get it in cans from a vending machine. Thought I was a real mad lad at 11 years old:pac:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bass-Shandy-24x330ml/dp/B00IZN6BRU

KaneToad · 31-03-2021 11:15am

Has anyone mentioned Two Dogs yet?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Dogs

antodeco · 31-03-2021 11:15am

Woodies cocktails were delicious. Always a great drink for a summer concert.

Also Stonehouse cider for cheap cidery diabetes.

I remember a drink called Stag? It was in bottles. I had a few at a party or Charlie Chawkes house many many years ago

Alcoholic Drinks from yesteryear

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