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I'll always doff my cap to a man who doesn't shy away from a good robust can of 9% shit. I enjoy a decent expensive bottle of XO as much as the next man, but I don't fuck about down the offy when there's serious boozing to be done.

As people seem to rock up round my gaff most weekends after the local establishments have kicked everyone out, I've started filling the fridge with pure tramp lager for late-night consumption. It's cost effective, and no-one goes home sober.

Much like a complex pinot, there is, of course, a variety for every occasion;


- Spesh: Notting Hill Carnival fare only these days, purely for tradition. Priced itself out of the lower-tier market, I've seen cans on sale for £2+, daylight robbery. The original market leader though and must be respected as a true visionary product. "Like beer? Like getting drunk? Well check out this handy time-saving device, you revolting, destitute cunt!"

- Super T: Turns you into an invincible hurricane of unstoppable, raw might. Watch the dosage though, 5 cans+ is edging into very murky waters indeed and severe personal injuries become a serious concern. You fear absolutely nothing, and bow down to no man. Until you're on your knees throwing up your stomach lining, but that's a small price to pay for temporary invincibility.

- Skol Super: Personal favourite, just £1.30 a can, 9%, that's a pretty sound return on your hard-earned, even Martin Lewis would be forced to endorse this volatile syrup. I happen to think it's the most drinkable of all the 'supers', almost too drinkable. Also carries a serious injury warning, possibly by virtue of it's (relative) drinkability. A bad mis-judgement with this stuff at the age of 16 left me shambling out of A+E with about 25 stitches.

- Kestrel Super: Not much to set this apart from the others, one of the cheaper entries, but has the significance of being one half of the infamous concoction; 'Kezzer Diamond'. Half a pint of Kestrel Super, half a pint of Diamond White. Beyond lunacy, 90% chance of arrest. For a few hours you know what it's like to have Charlie Bronson's brain. The hostage-taking British criminal that is, as opposed to the film star. Or maybe both? Yes, probably both.

Can't think of any others right now, but a special mention to the discontinued king of all super-strength lagers, the legendary FORCE 10. 99p a can, straight 10%, unbeatable. Disappeared from the shelves when I was about 18 sadly, I never had the honour of legally purchasing a can of this exquisite nectar.

Not strictly in the same category, but Gold Label barley wine must be worth a mention.  You could consume it with a knife and fork, awful stuff.

Ah yes, that stuff is vile.

K Cider - only(!) about 8% but only about 80p per can.

Great post, reminds me of an afternoon many years ago when a mate of mine and I were sat round my parents house with nothing planned. We got on to the subject of super strength tramp beer and realised we'd never tried it. So a trip down to the offy to purchase a couple of 4 packs.

Most disappointingly when we got back home and I'd sampled a few sips I realised I couldn't stand the stuff and had to give up. Lightweight I know, but that was it for me.

What a gash post.

this was my clubbing drink of choice in the early 90s  along with Diamond white. Both were popular drinks back then.

In Malasia it's often the norm.

In some restaurants you need to tell them that you want normal strength stuff otherwise they will bring you tramp juice. I got really pissed on 4 pints of Guinness once, I had no idea at the time what I was drinking was something nuts like 13%.

I thought the idea was to get that stuff down a bird not yourself

everyone seemed to drink it in the brunel rooms. Lads and lasses

Before the Brunel on nappy nights was a quick bottle of Thunderbirds from the offy in Euclid Street then in the Park behind to drink it then onto the Brunel.
Now thunderbirds was vile but was about £1.20 for 1.5 litre bottle.

Thunderbirds, now that stuff got many a greendown teen kid plastered. There was red and blue if I remember rightly. Friday nights at Westlea park or the mud hills in toothill would see plenty wrecked on that stuff. Mad dog 20 20 was another drink for the kids. Scots Mac too.

Take a bow!  I have not laughed like that for a long time.  Outstanding post!  Puts all the previous beer threads to shame.

Diamond White was only popular with girls. Blokes drank Holsten Pills.

:D
I aim to please

No danger of me having a can of anything left next saturday then! Jeez what have i done, god help me.

Yep soapy tit wank

Had a disgusting 9% Welsh cider called Black Dragon recently. I hate all ciders though.

The flags coming for a midnight sing song. Apparently Jim is bringing a megaphone. My wife has booked us an appointment at the estate agents sunday afternoon...

Looking forward to it mate

Heh! heh!



Tramp lager 8)

When did you get 25 stitches then? I never seen it, and i lived in the same house as you for 20 years...

No way you wrote that post yourself

In his arse....

Some written by myself, some copied from another forum...

I can vouch for this post  :nod:

i've had two pints of Guinness tonight and feel tipsy. taking up drinking again is gonna be a slow process

Are you female?

Thunderbird + Mad dog 1, Batch 0 (1992)...

Whilst we are talking about general chunder inducers, never been able to take vodka myself. At all. Recently I found out this exists, can't see it helping!

http://www.bakonvodka.com/

Maximator, never seen it in this country but very popular on the continent though only ever sold in train station convenience stores.  11.6% from what is left of my memory 

My late old mum was known to quofe a few of those in her time, mind you so was her side of the family i seem to remember back in the old days when we used to go back to the smoke. Fuck me some of those pubs they used to go in were rough and we'd have to hang outside with a bottle of pop and and a packet of crisps.

For thise of you who remember Litlewoods had a beer, wine and tobbaconists shop in the old store. I used to get a fourpack of Bavaria 8.6% lager/beer. You had to really chill the stuff to drink it was £2.99 0r £3.99 back in the early 90's.

Frostbite - Think snakebite & black (aka diesel) but use Frosty Jacks as the 'cider'.

Pfft!

Or you just copied it word for word...

http://forum.breakbeat.co.uk/tm.aspx?m=1975372361&mpage=1

Shame on you Ollie. Shame on you.

WTF was the point in that? ::)

Ill raise you with special brew and white lightning.

Fuck me, i was sick after that!

Fucking knew it.

Lying bastard

This thread has reminded me of a pint of Belgian Blonde i had in that real ale pub in Old town, it wasn't that strong at 6.5% but at £4.15 a pint it is the most expensive i have every brought in Swindon. It was called Palm Blonde. It was disgusting as well.

This thread has brought back the hideous memory of special brew shotguns. What were we thinking  :no:

Used to bring back a beer called Navigator from Belge,11 percent and about £10 a slab.Bloke i used to get it for swore by it . . think hes dead now  ???

Great post otanswell.


Na, Diamond White was for anyone up for a spot of power-drinking. We used to go to Ciaro's and drink only Diamond White on Thursdays at £1 a bottle. Smashed doesn't do justice to the state we used to get in and not a drop of beer was touched.

Mind you, we weren't blokes, we were teens joining in with the booze binge that became the point of going out.

One and only time i had a sesh on Holsten Pils . .  i woke up doing the breast stroke  :-[

Busted :D

I had a couple of pints of tennants super (on tap) in an off licence/coffee shop in Milan, quite bizarre.

Diamond White and Pils splits at Oscars Longleat....circa 1990

At college we used to go to a bar that only had a cider licence. They did a drink they called the "Mount Vesuvius" which was rough scrumpy and creme de menthe. Guaranteed to make you chunder like a volcano.

Ahh yeah, them were the days.  At some point they also branched out into Diamond Blush and Diamond Zest, which were obviously much more ladylike...
Also used to neck a couple of evil blue cocktails in Pinkertons before going into Cairo's on a Thursday (can't remember if these were called Blue Lagoons or UFOs or something else entirely, I remember the Brunel used to do Blue Lagoons so I might be getting mixed up here). If we got served (which we did 99% of the time) we knew it was going to be a good night.  Happy mid-90s days!  :toocool: :beers:

1 bottle Diamond White + 1 bottle Castaway =  1 pint Blastaway, the regular curtain raiser to a Friday night, Newcastle University - 1993 - 1996

This thread inspired me and I had a can of Crest 10% after a fry-up today

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By the time I'd finished it, it felt as though I'd drunk 3 cans. Brilliant stuff.