Alcoholic Drinks from yesteryear

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

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

Do they really? I haven't seen it in years. I must have a look the next time I'm in my local O'Briens?
I remember the mid-90s and O'Briens were very limited in their bet selection and Bavaria was the go-to college night out beer. There were green, gold and black cans I think.

Another college favourite was Quinnsworth yellow pack. Usually 99p a can but sometimes reduced to 69p.
A tenner would get you 10 cans, 20 smokes and enough change for a couple of bags of Snax, Chickatees etc

Ah thems were the days

Nekarsulm wrote: »

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.

Why, did it help you drive better??

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.

I always remember seeing the weird ads for tuborg on TV: https://youtu.be/8Dg6TWgWLu8

McGaggs wrote: »

Goldschlager. A mint drink that was 50% alcohol.

Someone once brought a bottle of that to a party and passed it round. Everyone thought it tasted terrible. Later that evening he said the bottle needs to be finished, and passed it round again - no-one else took another sip, so the fellow ended up drinking most of it. He wasn't feeling great the next day.

LCL super strength pils
Hackler (Poitin made by Guinness)
Kaliber (Billy Connollys favourite!)
Madison (Apple and almond flavour soft drink)
Original Bacardi breezer (was 7.5% and came in a 33cl bottle)

Aftershock. Everyone who did the leaving circa 1999/2000 has a 'drinking aftershock and puking their ring up' story.

Mank

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

It used to come in different kegs, or at least the tap protector on the keg used to have a different colour. Regular Guinness was red, Extra Cold, blue.

Does anyoner know was there a difference in the brewing process and how exactly was it kept colder?

harr wrote: »

Did anyone ever drink Tia Maria and milk ? Dated a girl for a few years and that was her tipple , as a young lad I would have been embarrassed ordering it as the bar men always had a confused/ pissed off look , probably the fact they had or looking for a pint of milk ..
It didn’t taste that bad in fairness..

A poor version of a White Russian, nothing wrong with it.

Feisar wrote: »

It used to come in different kegs, or at least the tap protector on the keg used to have a different colour. Regular Guinness was red, Extra Cold, blue.

Does anyoner know was there a difference in the brewing process and how exactly was it kept colder?

I know one of the process engineers in Diageo & apparently all the guinness on tap now is the 'extra cold' variety, they just dropped the title after a phasing in period. Reason for it was that it stays fresher for longer so they get less kegs returned for refund/credit. The old style guinness on tap is no longer brewed for draught & is just bottled.

Heineken H41.
This is a quite recent one.
Might have even still been in a few pubs before lock down.

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

My local Dunnes does cans of MacArdles Ale for about €1.59 a can. I sometimes stack up on them for the weekend. It's superior to Smithwicks and easy to drink. I think it's being brewed by Diageo in Dublin now instead of being brewed in Dundalk.

Yes all Diageo beers are brewed in James Gate - Brewed in James Gate and canned in Marshals Road Belfast

I remember the yellow pack beer from Quinsworth. The closest modern day equivalent is Dutch Gold or Tenants.

Both were the preferred drink of the typical wife beater type in a string vest:

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Satzenbrau

Blast from the past. I remember serving many a bottle of that back when kids were allowed to have jobs.

mick121 wrote: »

Bottles of Carlsberg special brew 9% if I remember correctly

Most shops would still stock cans of that over here (UK). It tends to be a select group of park bench dwellers who buy it mostly though from what I've seen

blackwave wrote: »

Holstein Pils

T'isn't bad. I've had pints of that in the not too distant past in a tiny pub in Finchley where a few notable Irish performing artists were known to have a sing song. I can't say I've seen it in many/any other places though.

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.

I've not been home for a while but one of the D12 local pubs had Bavaria on draught when I last ventured in. It was going cheap too.

harr wrote: »

Did anyone ever drink Tia Maria and milk ? Dated a girl for a few years and that was her tipple , as a young lad I would have been embarrassed ordering it as the bar men always had a confused/ pissed off look , probably the fact they had or looking for a pint of milk ..
It didn’t taste that bad in fairness..

Yeah an ex did, Baileys Kahlua and milk. My god it was cringing to order it from a bar. I didn't drink at the time and that made it worse.

Thank god she's fecked off. My wife loves beer and wine, so no problem there.

Brilliant adverisement for Metz. Unfortnately it sounded too like meths.

Is Vodka and Red Bull still a thing ??

Patrick2010 wrote: »

Assume the current tesco beer is the same as the old yellow pack version except in a blue coloured can?. Was the yellow tin actually dearer than the current version?

https://fi.pinterest.com/pin/304767099784747534/

We really don't appreciate how cheap alcohol is these days

Caffrey's came out in early nineties. A sort of a mix of ale and stout served cold.