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Alcoholic Drinks from yesteryear

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  • #152
    ablelocks
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    BobMc wrote: »

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


    I've only ever had pernod and black once. 1993, in a nightclub in a small town in Germany, bought for me after a days drinking by an Irish girl who was also on work experience in the same town. 30 mins later she asked me when I was going to kiss her, right now i replied. so i did.

    27 years together, married and 4 kids.

    "Pernod&Black - sets you up for life"


  • #153
    gammygils
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    Cooper's Cider. My OH drank it in the 90's. She called it Cooper's Sheep Dip
    And St Leger in the 80's white wine and orange


  • #154
    Sgt Hartman
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    ablelocks wrote: »
    I've only ever had pernod and black once. 1993, in a nightclub in a small town in Germany, bought for me after a days drinking by an Irish girl who was also on work experience in the same town. 30 mins later she asked me when I was going to kiss her, right now i replied. so i did.

    27 years together, married and 4 kids.

    "Pernod&Black - sets you up for life"

    I remember drinking Pernod Black mixed with Carlsberg in a nightclub in Tralee back in 2000 followed by a kebab. I destroyed a lovely white dragon design shirt with vomit shortly afterwards :(


  • #155
    For Forks Sake
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    Sgt Hartman wrote: »
    I also remember James Nesbitt featuring in the ads for Breó White beer. Both made by Guinness. Breó was a bit similar to Hoegaarden but not nearly as nice. Imagine Hoegaarden with an added squeeze of Lemon Fresh Fairy liquid and you'll have an idea of what it tasted like.

    That's 100% accurate description of it.


  • #156
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,336 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Sgt Hartman wrote: »
    Breó was a bit similar to Hoegaarden but not nearly as nice. Imagine Hoegaarden with an added squeeze of Lemon Fresh Fairy liquid and you'll have an idea of what it tasted like.

    Shortly after it came out they had a promotion in the pub we drank in after work. They gave out free samples and I think the price of a pint was heavily discounted. All you could see around the pub were a load of samples with one sip take out of then and then abandoned. Even though it was cheap, I doubt they sold even half a dozen pints of the stuff that night. The tap quietly vanished about two months later, the barman told us they couldn't even give the stuff away.


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  • #157
    Gregor Samsa
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    PGE1970 wrote: »
    Linden Village.

    You know the way humans are 60% water? I had a mate who was probably a good 45% Linden Village.


  • #158
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,847 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    You know the way humans are 60% water? I had a mate who was probably a good 45% Linden Village.

    Good ol linden is still available in off licences

    Prefer devils bit meself


  • #159
    Patrick2010
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    cml387 wrote: »
    Furstenberg had the reputation of being strong, but was it really? I've seen it around since and I think the ABV is only 5%
    Yes, I remember it had the reputation but remember most draught beers had and still have an ABV of 4.2 or 4.3 so it was reckoned to have been much stronger. Quite liked it myself :)


  • #160
    Beechwoodspark
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    Zaph wrote: »
    Shortly after it came out they had a promotion in the pub we drank in after work. They gave out free samples and I think the price of a pint was heavily discounted. All you could see around the pub were a load of samples with one sip take out of then and then abandoned. Even though it was cheap, I doubt they sold even half a dozen pints of the stuff that night. The tap quietly vanished about two months later, the barman told us they couldn't even give the stuff away.

    Says a lot when they can’t even give it away in Ireland !!!


  • #161
    JIdontknow
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    Aftershock was the shot of the devil. Honesty it was just nerve agent in a bottle. The red was like those big red chewing gum mixed with petrol, the blue was like mouth wash mixed with cyanide and the green I have a mental block against as that was the one I always choose! Crofters flagon of cider, labatts or rolling rock... I feel nauseous even thinking back on those times! Few bottles of red square for some Dutch courage before going to meet a wan and chance of getting the shift!


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  • #162
    Vita nova
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    I was too young to drink (legally) at the time but the ads are etched in my memory.



    Also remember their print ads in the Reader's Digest... they just oozed the 70s.

    Edit: I should say that it's still produced but it's not as popular as it once was and I haven't seen an ad for Dubonnet for decades

    .


  • #163
    Beechwoodspark
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    Just remember another one that I Havnt seen in years

    Oorangeboom or something??? Dutch lager

    Cheap and nasty

    Edit - found it. - https://www.oranjeboom1671.com/

    Vaguely remember the offie had marked down this to clear it from stock. We piled in.

    House party the day we graduated from the local PLC course. Was all day on this.

    Then to the pub and nightclub for the obligatory fat frogs and aftershocks!!

    Woeful hangover that lasted about 3 days after.

    Never again.


  • #164
    Vita nova
    Registered Users Posts: 748 ✭✭✭Vita nova


    Another popular 70s one.



  • #165
    silliussoddius
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    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    You know the way humans are 60% water? I had a mate who was probably a good 45% Linden Village.

    At two old punts a flaggon back in the late 90's, it's no wonder.


  • #166
    L1011
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    Labatt Blue and Amstel used to be promo-pushed like crazy in the mid 00s and you can't get them at all in Ireland now.

    Amstel was dropped because it was competing with Carling and Fosters which Heineken Ireland inherited the licence for by buying Beamish; I dunno who distributed Labatt and if that lead to a reason why it vanished,


  • #167
    Brian?
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    harr wrote: »
    McArdles still about , a country pub near to me still stock for the few regulars who drink it ( large bottle) it’s not bad

    Large bottle of McArdles is a wonderful thing.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #168
    Beechwoodspark
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    L1011 wrote: »
    Labatt Blue and Amstel used to be promo-pushed like crazy in the mid 00s and you can't get them at all in Ireland now.

    Amstel was dropped because it was competing with Carling and Fosters which Heineken Ireland inherited the licence for by buying Beamish; I dunno who distributed Labatt and if that lead to a reason why it vanished,

    Amstel was ok nothing amazing but drinkable.


  • #169
    .42.
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    Used to drink Scrumpy Jack as a teen or white lightening when we got our hand on it in the 90s


  • #170
    JustAThought
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    FAT FROG !! Many the mad night out in packed bars and nightclubs on them - happy days.

    Also a special mention for packed bars and nightclubs, sadly also a thing of faded happy memories.

    Dies anyone remember when Peach Schnapps & Archers ? Still have issues with the fruit after some very demonic nights.

    Guinness Ice also deserves a special mention for awfulness. I think they had to tone it sown and warm it up to sell it after all the hype failed.


  • #171
    looksee
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    Rum and peppermint (cordial) was a thing for a while. I was young and out forrin and ordered one in a nightclub/restaurant type place. It arrived and was nice, only found out when I happened to see the bill later that I had been drinking rum and creme de menthe. The waiter did look confused when I ordered it, in fairness :D


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  • #172
    inajock
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    Crusader sherry
    Amacado sherry both in 750ml and 1 litre bottle,a 1ltr bottle was called a cowboy or a larger.
    Merridown cider, 1.5 still cider or 2ltr sparkling.
    Harp, Guinness, etc in 330ml 6 packs


  • #173
    E mac
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    Huzar vodka was sold in most pubs late 90s. Not that people wanted it out of choice but nightclubs especially stocked it. Cheaper I suppose. Absolute seems to be vodka of choice now in late pubs.


  • #174
    mookishboy
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    We used always get flagons of 'Boss' cider from an off licence in Moore Street. May aswell drink vinegar.
    Anyone remember that stuff?


    I used to get that from a pub around the side or back of the Ilac. Had to knock on a hatch to get it. They had flagons of lager there also. I think it was 1 for £3 2 for a fiver. The lager tasted like they just got regulars in there to piss in the bottle and throw in some bleach along with it.. Cider wasnt much better


  • #175
    E mac
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    Another one I remember 'Bavaria' lager. There was a big promotional push to establish it but vanished as quickly as it came replaced almost immediately by Tubourg.


  • #176
    Beechwoodspark
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    E mac wrote: »
    Another one I remember 'Bavaria' lager. There was a big promotional push to establish it but vanished as quickly as it came replaced almost immediately by Tubourg.

    Bavaria is still very much on the market. It’s in most O’Brien’s and other off licences. It’s not bad.


  • #177
    Feisar
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    JustAThought wrote: »
    FAT FROG !! Many the mad night out in packed bars and nightclubs on them - happy days.

    Also a special mention for packed bars and nightclubs, sadly also a thing of faded happy memories.

    Dies anyone remember when Peach Schnapps & Archers ? Still have issues with the fruit after some very demonic nights.

    Guinness Ice also deserves a special mention for awfulness. I think they had to tone it sown and warm it up to sell it after all the hype failed.

    There was a time all I did of a weekend was lash out Fat Frogs and double vodka red bulls.

    First they came for the socialists...



  • #178
    Rezident
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    I remember kissing a girl ages ago in Pegs and she burped mid-snog and I could taste the Ritz.


  • #179
    Beechwoodspark
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    Feisar wrote: »
    There was a time all I did of a weekend was lash out Fat Frogs and double vodka red bulls.

    Same here. And pushing on for half eleven it was calls for sambuca, tequila, aftershocks, goldschlagers, jagerbombs


  • #180
    Beechwoodspark
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    What was Guinness ice?

    I remember there was a promotion focusing on Guinness served at very low temps. Was that it?


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  • #181
    Sgt Hartman
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    What was Guinness ice?

    I remember there was a promotion focusing on Guinness served at very low temps. Was that it?

    Guinness Extra Cold. Just regular Guinness served 2 degrees colder than normal. Another Guinness gimmick, I haven't seen it since the late 2000's


  • #182
    Itssoeasy
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    Aftershock in college. Jesus even typing the name makes me shiver. I’m sure there was logic behind drinking it but I couldn’t tell you what it was. Since college I’ve never drank any kind if shots or shorts because of it. I never tried it but apparently Sambuga was awful ****e altogether.


  • #183
    Adyx
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    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

    The first pub/club I worked in did a student night on Wednesdays and we sold bottles of Reef for £2 and vodka or peach schnapps for £1 so everyone used to get a double vodka in a pint glass with a bottle of Reef for £4 and got mangled. We also had the Irn Bru WKD.

    Another pub I worked in we had Smirnoff Ice on draught. Think it was about €7 a pint.


  • #184
    Joe_ Public
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    Sgt Hartman wrote: »
    Guinness Extra Cold. Just regular Guinness served 2 degrees colder than regular Guinness. Another Guinness gimmick, I haven't seen it since the late 2000's

    Never tried or wanted to try Guinness Ice but was in a pub bout 3 years ago where they served it in chilled pint glasses which seemed just as bad to me. At second round i had to ask the barman to please use a glass off the shelf as i saw him reach for one nestled among the ice in the fridge. Could hardly believe they'd even countenance such a thing.


  • #185
    mark_jmc
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    Sgt Hartman wrote: »
    What alcoholic drinks can you remember from the past that you can't get anymore? I'll start the ball rolling with Hudson Blue Cider. I think it was made by Guinness. Anyway it wasn't very good as it was super harsh on the stomach.

    Oh Jesus Christ,
    That has brought back memories, this came out the year I turned 18- I remember my 18th birthday, there was a Hudson Blue promotion in the pub we went to(Molly’s in tuckey street in Cork). I had 5 pints, also won 5 free pints that I also drank, won a free jacket, lost said jacket, ended up sleeping in my friends house


  • #186
    Feisar
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    Same here. And pushing on for half eleven it was calls for sambuca, tequila, aftershocks, goldschlagers, jagerbombs

    Yer taking me back!

    First they came for the socialists...



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  • #187
    Zebra3
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    Wasn't Koppaberg mixed fruit about 8% when it first hit the market here?


  • #188
    Psychlops
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    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    Satzenbrau




    Can still be got in Dunnes.


  • #189
    Psychlops
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    Zebra3 wrote: »
    Wasn't Koppaberg mixed fruit about 8% when it first hit the market here?


    Thought it was more, explosive stuff!


  • #190
    Reputable Rog
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    Sgt Hartman wrote: »
    Guinness Extra Cold. Just regular Guinness served 2 degrees colder than normal. Another Guinness gimmick, I haven't seen it since the late 2000's

    Just rebranded as Guinness.


  • #191
    [Deleted User]
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    Club Shandy 0.1% alcohol :D used to love it

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054935717


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  • #192
    chosen1
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    Beechwoodspark wrote: »
    What was Guinness ice?

    I remember there was a promotion focusing on Guinness served at very low temps. Was that it?

    Think I remember it being pushed so it would sell in busy bars and nightclubs.

    Know myself that if I was drinking Guniness, I would switch to something else once I got into a busy spot where usually you'd have rubbish pints.

    Suppose the extra coldness was to disguise any bad pint taste. Had it a few times and wasn't pleasant if I recall correctly


  • #193
    Nekarsulm
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    Started drinking after the Inter cert, about 1983.
    Pints of Harp, jeez that stuff would run through you.
    After I got a car, moved to Heineken.
    And soon after to Smithwicks.
    Had a mate who drank Malibu and Pineapple, which was so sickly sweet you could feel your teeth crumble.
    A lot like sucking Lemons boiled sweets.
    The local small pub had never had pineapple requested before, and had to buy a crate to keep him quiet.
    It closed a year or so later, and still had some of it left...
    Guinness with a dash of blackcurrant was in vogue then, for some reason, and went through a phase of rum & black ....
    Lucky I'm as well as I am!


  • #194
    mikemac2
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    Smirnoff Ice by draught. There was a special glass even. Was in Ireland around 2003 and disappeared quite quickly. I dunno why as it seems to me to be a super seller.

    Older than that was Stag cider. I liked this and I have no idea if it is sold anymore.


  • #195
    [Deleted User]
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    Pernod and black was popular in late 80s- you’d be well sick after a few of them


  • #196
    Aglomerado
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    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    Club Shandy 0.1% alcohol :D used to love it

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054935717

    I had one on my desk every day during my leaving cert exams :D.

    Does anyone remember Guinness in a long neck bottle? Not extra stout, but some sort of 'draught' with a widget. It was advertised so you could 'dance with it', getting in on the trend at the time. There was promotion one night in Nancy Blake's,Limerick circa 1999/ 2000, but the place was jointed and I didn't get one. I never saw it after that! I might still have a promotional postcard of it in an old college book as a bookmark.


  • #197
    For Forks Sake
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    Aglomerado wrote: »
    I had one on my desk every day during my leaving cert exams :D.

    Does anyone remember Guinness in a long neck bottle? Not extra stout, but some sort of 'draught' with a widget. It was advertised so you could 'dance with it', getting in on the trend at the time. There was promotion one night in Nancy Blake's,Limerick circa 1999/ 2000, but the place was jointed and I didn't get one. I never saw it after that! I might still have a promotional postcard of it in an old college book as a bookmark.

    These lads?

    image51-draught-bottle.jpg


  • #198
    Beechwoodspark
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    mikemac2 wrote: »
    Smirnoff Ice by draught. There was a special glass even. Was in Ireland around 2003 and disappeared quite quickly. I dunno why as it seems to me to be a super seller.

    Older than that was Stag cider. I liked this and I have no idea if it is sold anymore.

    Yeah i would’ve thought the same. Smirnoff ice was hugely popular for a good few years.

    Back when I was working in bars around 2003-06 we sold some amount of it especially on wkends.

    Dunno, maybe Smirnoff wanted to focus back on its core product or something!?


  • #199
    Aglomerado
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    For Forks Sake wrote: »
    These lads?

    image51-draught-bottle.jpg

    That's the one!


  • #200
    afro man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭afro man


    Nobody mentioned the classic yellow pack beer sold by quinsworth many years ago


  • #201
    EmmetSpiceland
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    Aglomerado wrote: »
    Does anyone remember Guinness in a long neck bottle? Not extra stout, but some sort of 'draught' with a widget. It was advertised so you could 'dance with it', getting in on the trend at the time. There was promotion one night in Nancy Blake's,Limerick circa 1999/ 2000, but the place was jointed and I didn't get one. I never saw it after that! I might still have a promotional postcard of it in an old college book as a bookmark.

    That’s right, A. It was for dancing but most places had a bouncer on, or around, the dance floor who’d say ‘no glasses or bottles’ if you tried to step on with one.

    To be fair, it wasn’t bad. But dancing and Guinness isn’t a good mix.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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