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[–] 82 points 2 years ago

Buckfast gets you fucked fast, brewed by monks, drunk by punks, BUCKFAST

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago (13 children)

    American here. What is this stuff? Is it intended to be consumed in a particular fashion, not just gulped down in a glass?

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    It’s mostly consumed as an act of bravado in Scotland and the north of England, with the intention of getting riotously drunk.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It appears it's kind of like MD 20/20 here in America. Cheap, sugary "bum" wine.

    I just read they also add caffeine to it. Jesus.

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  • [–] 67 points 2 years ago

    The buckfast motto tells you everything you need to know.

    Buckfast gets you fucked fast.

    It's intended to be consumed in a park directly from the bottle.

    An ungodly fortified tonic wine brewed by people of god. Brewed could even be a strong word, if I had to guess, I would say it's extracted from a natural reserve which was originally thought to be oil until they realised it gets you shitfaced.

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    [–] 72 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I tried buckie once! Drank a whole bottle, later that night had some sort of weird seizure while trying to go for a piss. Mashed my face against the skirting board, looked like I'd been in a fight the next day.

    Buckfast. Just say no.

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    As someone from a wine country: wow. That is a description of nightmare.

    I wouldn't use that even for cooking.

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  • [–] 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Its a tonic wine, it was traditionally literally used as medicine, hence tasting like medicine

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I read some comments and found one describing the wine as such, being enriched with caffeine. But wow!, nonetheless. That sounds just awful.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I genuinely enjoy Buckfast and I refuse to be ashamed of it.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    how would you describe it? especially in contrast to the snobbery in the original post?

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  • [–] 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Kind of like being under a bridge on one's knees orally pleasing a vagrant while simulataneously drinking liquified meth through a dirty rag. But in a good way though - definitely give it a try

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My favourite local wine is also the favourite of homeless people, it comes in a carton.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    Buckfast sounds amazing, now I want it

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    What's with his comment about caffeine? I've never heard of wine having caffeine.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Buckfast has caffeine added to it.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    Wine tasters are a bunch of snobs. Fuck off with telling me what I can and cannot like, especially if its overpriced bullshit like fermented grape juice for $50 a glass.

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (14 children)

    A good wine does not have to be expensive. I actually should not be.

    I'm from a wine country and even when we have to import grapes from abroad, a reasonable to good wine parks around €3 to €5, for a 750ml bottle. A very good wine will fetch prices on the €8 to €10 price range, €12 if some reserve.

    Above that, you're buying fluff.

    I laugh when someone tells me they bought some collectible wine as an investment. Sure.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    A good wine does not have to be expensive. I actually should not be.

    The expensive ones usually don't live up to the name anymore, it's just branding. Mechanized harvest (because big game) pulls in bad berries, leaves and insects too, makig the taste worse, not unlike the cheap wines. You're likely to have a better experience with a local small winery.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    As someone that lives in a wine country and has been trying a different bottle every week(at least) for the past 4 years, I can promise you that there's good stuff above 12€ as well.

    I've had tons of 3-10€ bottles and quite a few above 10 as well. Sure, there's diminishing returns, as with everything, but there's more than just fluff. Provided you buy quality and not just a name or stuff that's overpriced just because.

    Obviously if you're expecting a 30€ bottle to be twice as good as a 10€ one you're gonna have a bad time. But for a special occasion, splurging a bit on something a bit better is a real option.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    A good wine does not have to be expensive. I actually should not be.

    Hard agree, price is a feature. My favourite wines are generally Chilean or Argentinian for less than €10 a bottle, and they are out of this world as far as flavour is concerned.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Wreck the hoose juice

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I consider myself warned.

    Hmmm...

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I've never heard of Buckfast tonic wine before but buying tonic wine and then whining that it doesn't taste like wine makes you the weirdo, not the producer.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Good old Scottish nectar!

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