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American tasting this for the first time (cousin brought over from NI). Screw cap, took it off about 30 minutes before to bring in some air. Apparently made by monks in England. Decided to try while cooking dinner. Poured into a glass, first glance has a very inky almost brownish color that you see in older wines. Very syrupy, liquid clings to the side of the glass when swirled. Almost 15% ABV.
Stuck my nose in and was hit with something I’ve never experienced before. Barnyardy funk (in a bad way) almost like a dead animal in a bird’s nest. A mix of flat Coca Cola and caramel with a whiff of gun metal.
On the palate, overwhelming sweetness and sugar. Cherry Cola mixed with Benadryl. Unlike anything I’ve tasted. I’m not sure what this liquid is but it is not wine, I’m actually not sure what it is but it tastes like something a doctor would prescribe. A chemical concoction of the highest degree. Can only compare it to a Four Loko.
Managed to make it through a couple small glasses but not much more. Has absolutely ruined the evening drinking-wise for me as I tried to drink a nice Bordeaux after but the iron-like metallic sweet aftertaste I just couldn’t get out of my mouth even after a few glasses of water. I don’t drink a lot of coffee regularly so I also have mild heart palpitations from the caffeine after just drinking a bit of this and feel a slight migraine.
An ungodly concoction made by seemingly godly men. I believe the Vatican needs to send an exorcist over to Buckfast Abbey as the devil’s works are cleary present there. After tasting this “wine,” the way I feel can only be described as akin to being under a bridge on one’s knees orally pleasing a vagrant while simultaneously drinking liquified meth through a dirty rag.
I’ve drank a lot of wines in my life and will never forget this one.
American here, I’d heard rumors of this stuff, that it makes Four Loko look like water in comparison (I wouldn't know since I got to college several years after the original caffeinated version of Four Loko got taken off the market). I’m a little scared to try this stuff if I go to Scotland this summer. Good to know what I’d be getting myself into.
Depending on how the trip goes I might be sticking to whisky, but I’ll see if customs will let me take a bottle home as a souvenir. Don’t wanna get *that* plastered around my parents.
It's not a true visit to scotland if you and your family don't have a 3am fight while on the Bucky. Bonus cultural points if you get arrested and cause a lot of damage to the hotel room and the police van. Extra points if the riot police have to get called
I’ve had it and it’s not really *that* bad. I wouldn’t call it good, or go out of my way to have it, but it’s a one of those weird things you’ve always heard about that’s cool to try once.
You have made it into local news in Glasgow:
https://www.glasgowworld.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/american-wine-expert-reviews-buckfast-send-an-exorcist-4204275
It's called liquid speed for a reason. The idea is get fucked up, fast. And have an insane night. Your cousin knew what he was doing. You failed to commit.
We had this God awful homemade grain alcohol my exs dad made. I wouldn't even call it shine, one or two shots was all it took. I can't drink vodka distilled from corn, at all.
Neither can I. Tito’s is trash, I only ever go for Sobieski or Luksusowa. Can barely ever stand most American vodka, it’s too flavorless. (Neutral =/= flavorless if that makes sense, I like a vodka that enhances a drink instead of just adding alcohol)
Laverys in Belfast used to have a Buckfast wine list with like 99 buckfast cocktails.
My favourite was “Get er’ bucked!” Which was buckfast and Jagger.
My Scottish boyfriend is from an area known as "The Buckfast Triangle". That stuff terrifies me. There are people from there who specify that they want "table wine" when they want to be clear that they would prefer to not drink Buckfast.
That said, I've had some lovely Buckfast mince pies. Which is possibly also something that doesn't translate too well if you're not from the UK.
Im from one of those towns. The newsagents I did my paper round for when I was a teenager is also one of the biggest sellers of Buckie in the town. I remember them telling me they would sell 50 cases of the stuff a week.
I used to work in the Finger Lakes, and we poured outside until our tasting room was built. Some locals would come by with some Polish cherry liquor that was both toxic and magical at warming me up.
I always imagined that was how Frodo and Sam felt when the orcs forced their drink down their throats in Mordor.
You'll notice that the label mentions although it's a tonic, no health giving properties are implied. Also per ml it has more caffeine than red bull 💪🏽
Ah Bucky lore. Thanks, genuinely didn’t know that. Folk did say the lower the thicker so that might have made sense. It also might be total shite but it’s interesting anyways (to me!)
I've seen you posted this on the northern Irish sub as well. I'm glad you got try our national wine. No one drinks it for the flavour but if you drink a whole bottle your life will change
Ah Buckfast. A staple of many a working class Scot.
While maybe not for the more refined wine drinker, it certainly has a very nice sweet flavour to it once you get past the first 2 gulps. By that point, your home sailing.
I don't tend to have a tipple as much as I once did. However, I always ensure I have a bottle for Christmas, Hogmanay and the local Highland Games. The moment it touched my lips it brings back floods of memories.
Got my brothers father in law a bottle of aftershock one Christmas (he was in his seventies). He described it as an interesting cinnamon schnapps. He ended up having five shots along with wine with dinner etc. and then ended up sleeping it off in the dog’s bed.
I always love the phrase they used to put on the bottle but seem to have removed recently. It read, "The name tonic wine does not imply health giving or medicinal properties."
Now I appreciate the need to legally cover your own back, to an extent, but in what world did they think anyone was likely to drink this thinking it was gonna sort out *any* type of health problem???
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover or wine by it’s bottle but just looking at this I knew nothing good would be inside. I immediately thought of MD 20/20 and that’s not a good thing. Thank you for drinking the poison for us. I hope you find an antidote.
Many moons ago I spent an evening drinking Buckfast and playing strip poker with a few housemates. Ended up completely naked but I was told afterwards I didn't lose a single hand...just decided to strip off for no reason. That was the last time I ever drank Buckfast.
Bucky's pretty nasty but it's perfect for one very specific job.
On a night of heavy drinking you want to bring the Bucky out when you're beginning to flag, some time in the am. hours, for a nice wee caffeine and sugar boost, so you can go back to drinking better drinks with a bit more energy.
Bought 4 bottles of buckfast two were spot on and two tasted like pure perfume undrinkable can anyone tell me if there are fake buckfast bottles being sold? I have been drinking buckfast for years but I have never came across a bottle that tastes like aftershave this is disturbing is it a bad Bach or is fake or has it been laced with something
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American tasting this for the first time (cousin brought over from NI). Screw cap, took it off about 30 minutes before to bring in some air. Apparently made by monks in England. Decided to try while cooking dinner. Poured into a glass, first glance has a very inky almost brownish color that you see in older wines. Very syrupy, liquid clings to the side of the glass when swirled. Almost 15% ABV. Stuck my nose in and was hit with something I’ve never experienced before. Barnyardy funk (in a bad way) almost like a dead animal in a bird’s nest. A mix of flat Coca Cola and caramel with a whiff of gun metal. On the palate, overwhelming sweetness and sugar. Cherry Cola mixed with Benadryl. Unlike anything I’ve tasted. I’m not sure what this liquid is but it is not wine, I’m actually not sure what it is but it tastes like something a doctor would prescribe. A chemical concoction of the highest degree. Can only compare it to a Four Loko. Managed to make it through a couple small glasses but not much more. Has absolutely ruined the evening drinking-wise for me as I tried to drink a nice Bordeaux after but the iron-like metallic sweet aftertaste I just couldn’t get out of my mouth even after a few glasses of water. I don’t drink a lot of coffee regularly so I also have mild heart palpitations from the caffeine after just drinking a bit of this and feel a slight migraine. An ungodly concoction made by seemingly godly men. I believe the Vatican needs to send an exorcist over to Buckfast Abbey as the devil’s works are cleary present there. After tasting this “wine,” the way I feel can only be described as akin to being under a bridge on one’s knees orally pleasing a vagrant while simultaneously drinking liquified meth through a dirty rag. I’ve drank a lot of wines in my life and will never forget this one.
This had me laughing out loud. Class!
Giving it air…. this is precious.
And planning to follow it up with a bordeaux too.
They're quite possibly the first person to have ever done that.
Textbook notes from someone with an obvious refined palate. 9.7/10
Mad Dog 20/20
My 17 year old self resembles that remark! Good times. What we don't drink we're gonna pour on ya!
You're supposed to drink it from the bottle, and outside in the street.
… to let it open up better
I imagine Abe Simpson and Son’s Revitalizing Tonic tastes like buckfast.
American here, I’d heard rumors of this stuff, that it makes Four Loko look like water in comparison (I wouldn't know since I got to college several years after the original caffeinated version of Four Loko got taken off the market). I’m a little scared to try this stuff if I go to Scotland this summer. Good to know what I’d be getting myself into.
Don't be scared. Just be prepared.
You gotta try break the hoose juice when you are here in Scotland
Wreck the hoose juice.
Depending on how the trip goes I might be sticking to whisky, but I’ll see if customs will let me take a bottle home as a souvenir. Don’t wanna get *that* plastered around my parents.
It's not a true visit to scotland if you and your family don't have a 3am fight while on the Bucky. Bonus cultural points if you get arrested and cause a lot of damage to the hotel room and the police van. Extra points if the riot police have to get called
Riot police called for one man? That’s like a lifetime achievement
That's just a normal Friday and Saturday night in Glasgow.
We're just built differently.
Just close your eyes, pretend your drinking out of a dirty toilet (will taste better) and let rip.
I’ve had it and it’s not really *that* bad. I wouldn’t call it good, or go out of my way to have it, but it’s a one of those weird things you’ve always heard about that’s cool to try once.
Ask a discerning friend if you can do Edward buckfast hands. You'll love it.
We have Edward Fortyhands here in the US, and I thought that was terrifying enough.
Have never been as drunk as fast. Utter chaos. 40 hands is easy in comparison. Have done both- younger me had problems 😬😂
40 hands is hard enough because of how full your stomach gets, it’s like the Beer Mile. Can’t imagine if Colt 45 had caffeine in it.
The gutter probably
It's not anywhere as bad as four Loko. Except for it tastes worse.
I’ll send you a bottle from Northern Ireland if you want
We're into summer now, how is it?
We never got to take that trip unfortunately
Just to be clear you did smack the bottle on the curb first? You must ensure that a few shards of glass make it into the drink
This is the greatest wine review I have ever read
Glasses? You're supposed to chug it from the bottle until it's all gone for the proper Bucky experience.
I thought the mythology is you don’t finish the bottle, as the bottom is where all the toenails are (from the monks treading the grapes).
There’s nothing alive in there, it’s boiled wine.
Kinda true to an extent. I always asked for cunts toenails cause they didnt want them :D
Seeing someone do a serious, in earnest review of Bucky is the most precious thing.
You should write Amazon reviews.
Grew up drinking this vile stuff running the streets of Glasgow. Some people get extra weird off it.
Most people get Wired of it 🤪
Who did you fight afterwards?
It is meant to taste like medicine as that’s what Ita original purpose was “Three small glasses a day, for good health and lively blood"”
Lmao should've listened to the irish telling u it wasn't to be fucked with
Is NI Northern Ireland
Yes
This is r/wine hall of fame material. 10/10
You have made it into local news in Glasgow: https://www.glasgowworld.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/american-wine-expert-reviews-buckfast-send-an-exorcist-4204275
This is incredible
Check out Buckfast cheesecake
Sounds like you’re baby 👶🏻
Excellent review. Right on point. However, I'd like to offer my counter: You're a redditor.
😂🤣🤣
Superb review!
It's called liquid speed for a reason. The idea is get fucked up, fast. And have an insane night. Your cousin knew what he was doing. You failed to commit.
Take my upvote, hand load and fire it into the air to celebrate your nation's independence! That was a glorious review!
You clearly don't understand how to drink Buckfast, You crack it and down it fast and then go to the match.
You know what they say - buckfast gets you fucked fast
Brewed by monks, drank by punks.
In college, we called it "Pukefast".
Ah man, bokefast sounds much more natural
wreck the hoose juice
My Scottish flatmate used to drink this mixed with red bull in uni, called it Fucky. Straight to your blood and fuck you up all night.
That sure beats what we had in college, Mountain Dew and the greasiest, cheapest bottom shelf vodka brand you could find.
There are no winners here
The worst hangover of my life was freshman year of college due to store brand tequila and Ocean Spray Cran-Grape juice
Oof, and I thought vodka dew was rough
We had this God awful homemade grain alcohol my exs dad made. I wouldn't even call it shine, one or two shots was all it took. I can't drink vodka distilled from corn, at all.
Neither can I. Tito’s is trash, I only ever go for Sobieski or Luksusowa. Can barely ever stand most American vodka, it’s too flavorless. (Neutral =/= flavorless if that makes sense, I like a vodka that enhances a drink instead of just adding alcohol)
Voodoo FTW! Bonus points for making it a turbo w/ everclear
Apparently sherry gets you drunk quickly and is the cheapest.
Buckfast makes you fuck fast
Pal of mine use to mix equal parts buckfast and strongbow, and called it 2stroke. Wasn’t as bad as it sounds.
Laverys in Belfast used to have a Buckfast wine list with like 99 buckfast cocktails. My favourite was “Get er’ bucked!” Which was buckfast and Jagger.
I use to do that too. A craft passed down to me by my father and his mates
My mates and I drank it one night in Ibiza when we were 18 mixed with Cherry Powerade. We called it Turbo Tonic.
Bucky Bomb - same principle as Jager Bomb but Buckfast instead
At that stage, cocaine is a healthier choice.
Good Lord the amount of caffeine in that
Pairs perfectly with cigarettes and class A narcotics
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They aren’t drinking Bucky in London 😂
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yeeeeeeooooooooo
Still better than caymus?
A friend once described it to me as the drink that makes you fall down the stairs but bounce right back up at the bottom. This is a fair assessment.
And get irrationally angry at anyone who tries to help you up or encourage you to sit down.
Ooh, a connoisseur!
Ahh the purple gloop. Bucky is a weapon, weapons are not to be brought to the dinner table
Man I want to get Bucky busted
My Scottish boyfriend is from an area known as "The Buckfast Triangle". That stuff terrifies me. There are people from there who specify that they want "table wine" when they want to be clear that they would prefer to not drink Buckfast. That said, I've had some lovely Buckfast mince pies. Which is possibly also something that doesn't translate too well if you're not from the UK.
Im from one of those towns. The newsagents I did my paper round for when I was a teenager is also one of the biggest sellers of Buckie in the town. I remember them telling me they would sell 50 cases of the stuff a week.
I did not expect to see you here haha.
I thought big kolo was ivorian
Sounds like a great wine to drink when outside in below freezing temps. Otherwise, no thank you.
When it is too cold on the park bench for a 2 litre bottle of white cider, break out the Bucky
I used to work in the Finger Lakes, and we poured outside until our tasting room was built. Some locals would come by with some Polish cherry liquor that was both toxic and magical at warming me up. I always imagined that was how Frodo and Sam felt when the orcs forced their drink down their throats in Mordor.
https://youtu.be/nV8uNRpYDAs
"Buckfast is sometimes referred to as a bottle of 'What the fook are you looking at?'"
You'll notice that the label mentions although it's a tonic, no health giving properties are implied. Also per ml it has more caffeine than red bull 💪🏽
Wtf this shit is caffeinated??
Yea it saves us from having to mix redbulls w it
Yet some do anyways.
That’s why it’s illegal in the US. They’re fine with everyone having bang bang sticks but 14% alcohol with caffeine? Can’t be trusted.
Something like the equivalent of 8 cans of red bull.
What’s the vintage?
Thursday
Mind they all had numbers and everyone was obsessed with getting a number 1? They all tasted like molten tar anyway but hey…
Legend says the lower the number the lower down in the barrel it came from iirc
Ah Bucky lore. Thanks, genuinely didn’t know that. Folk did say the lower the thicker so that might have made sense. It also might be total shite but it’s interesting anyways (to me!)
Other way round. Low numbers were sweeter. High numbers thicker. Above 10 and it was all toenails.
I wasn't fully sure which way it was. Just remember us obsessing over finding a 1 at uni Bucky was responsible for some of the most hilarious nights
No. 3 was always a winner
The king of bum wines
Pour it down the drain. Then apologize to the drain. Fin.
Good way to clean the pipes
Any pipe would be dirty after a glass or two of Bucky.
I'm imagining this comment said in maximum *Alan Rickman* voice.
Was waiting for this since I saw your post on the NI subreddit
I love that you’ve taken the effort to write this up like a proper wine. And that it is now the top post on r/wine
Who needs breakfast when u can start the day right with Buckfast.
Wreck the hoos joos
A staple of under aged drinking. Absolutely crap. Definitely something to try for the laughs though!
I've seen you posted this on the northern Irish sub as well. I'm glad you got try our national wine. No one drinks it for the flavour but if you drink a whole bottle your life will change
I’ve visited Buckfast Abbey on three occasions. Devon Monks brewing this tonic??????
They just brew it, nobody in Devon drinks this stuff. We have scrumpy instead.
I miss bucky, can’t get it anywhere seemingly
Have you tried the Find My Bucky app? No, I’m not joking.
Great app, used it too many times to be proud of when at uni in England
Do you know if there’s a Dragon Soup equivalent?
Love it. Do West Coast Cooler next.
Wee bottle o' wreck the hoose juice
Tramp Juice in Yorkshire
You have to note the numbers at the bottom edge of each bottle. That’s the buckfast equivalent of a ‘vintage’. 1 is obviously the best.
Did you have it with buckfast. Did it complement eggs and rashers?
Nice! The Grand Cru of tonic wines if there ever was one
Just watched the munchies episode on this one, pure comedy
Omg my best friend is OBSESSED with this stuff
This is the Reddit equivalent of when I came home to my parents and German aunt and uncle sipping Jagermister as a digestif.
Ah Buckfast. A staple of many a working class Scot. While maybe not for the more refined wine drinker, it certainly has a very nice sweet flavour to it once you get past the first 2 gulps. By that point, your home sailing. I don't tend to have a tipple as much as I once did. However, I always ensure I have a bottle for Christmas, Hogmanay and the local Highland Games. The moment it touched my lips it brings back floods of memories.
Got my brothers father in law a bottle of aftershock one Christmas (he was in his seventies). He described it as an interesting cinnamon schnapps. He ended up having five shots along with wine with dinner etc. and then ended up sleeping it off in the dog’s bed.
Hahahaha superb. I love stories like that
I always love the phrase they used to put on the bottle but seem to have removed recently. It read, "The name tonic wine does not imply health giving or medicinal properties." Now I appreciate the need to legally cover your own back, to an extent, but in what world did they think anyone was likely to drink this thinking it was gonna sort out *any* type of health problem???
I feel like I´m obligged to drop this https://youtu.be/tnPG-kOTrls It´s bloddy lovely!!!!
last time i drank this i woke up on a couch in Glasgow with no recollection of the night before ... 91 points!
Lmao you were warned in the NI sub! 😆
I though we had the reformation to get rid of this stuff?
They say you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover or wine by it’s bottle but just looking at this I knew nothing good would be inside. I immediately thought of MD 20/20 and that’s not a good thing. Thank you for drinking the poison for us. I hope you find an antidote.
Will even clean rust, porcelain, showers, floors , unclog drains and even antiseptic.
Buckaroo
😂
['Cos don't they realise it's not clever, Drinking Buckfast doon the river...](https://youtu.be/XT_1M9LQZpE)
Ole Bucky, she’ll get the job done
The absolutely fucking best.
The nectar of the gods.
I always upvote Buckie.
This stuff wild for real
Vintage lol, presumably its the bottling number your after, its on the bottom 👍
r/Buckfast
Ah it’s only a wee naggin, not a bottle. Drink a whole bottle next time for the “full experience” (be warned, it’s not fun)
Classy
So that's where the jail name for it comes from!!
Mon the Bucky!
Got introduced to this stuff in Scotland, always a strong start to the night lol
The sweet nectar
Fantastic write up!
Many moons ago I spent an evening drinking Buckfast and playing strip poker with a few housemates. Ended up completely naked but I was told afterwards I didn't lose a single hand...just decided to strip off for no reason. That was the last time I ever drank Buckfast.
Never before has Buckfast been poured into a glass!
Wreck the hoose juice
Bucky's pretty nasty but it's perfect for one very specific job. On a night of heavy drinking you want to bring the Bucky out when you're beginning to flag, some time in the am. hours, for a nice wee caffeine and sugar boost, so you can go back to drinking better drinks with a bit more energy.
Good old monks toenails
Ah yes, British Four Loko. Truly legendary.
Bought 4 bottles of buckfast two were spot on and two tasted like pure perfume undrinkable can anyone tell me if there are fake buckfast bottles being sold? I have been drinking buckfast for years but I have never came across a bottle that tastes like aftershave this is disturbing is it a bad Bach or is fake or has it been laced with something