• Dr. Wesker
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    734 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
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      734 months ago

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

        • Skua
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          324 months ago

          This is an apt comparison, especially since Buckfast is also caffeinated

      • Dr. Wesker
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        334 months ago

        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.

      • Lad
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        34 months ago

        And Northern Ireland. Folks here love a bit (a lot) of bucky.

    • Afghaniscran
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      674 months 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.

    • @[email protected]
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      454 months ago

      It’s fortified wine with caffeine and is associated with people getting drunk and causing trouble

    • @adam_y
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      284 months ago

      Bucky has one purpose. It’s the thoroughbred of not-spirits.

      Best served warm and straight from the bottle to the back of the throat.

    • @whotookkarl
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      34 months ago

      Victorian era four loko, the ingestion technique is more generally forced down.