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For fans of: Jager bombs, Turbo-charged beers, Strawpedos, Brandy and Coke
Associated with: Wild behaviour, death on the palate, rampant energy, big nights out, fighting
Tasting notes stolen from the internet: “a feisty, gravy-coloured tincture with strident tones of prune and swimming pool on the nose; a palate blending Dubonnet, cherry cola, Ribena, Benylin, aniseed, communion wine and Hubba Bubba strawberry bubble gum; plus a kick like a chorus line; improved with ice.”
What’s the buzz? Buckfast Tonic Wine is a popular drink in the UK, particularly in Ireland and Scotland where it has a strong following but is often associated with anti-social behaviour. As such it has earned the tagline: “Buckfast: gets you fucked fast”. The story of Buckfast Tonic Wine begins in the late 19th century when French Catholic monks, seeking respite from persecution, bought Buckfast Abbey in Devon, UK. London based wine merchant J Chandler & Co Ltd bought the Abbey decades later and established the recipe, which has been related to street crime and violence by politicians in the UK, especially in Glasgow. Several media outlets have reported for example, that between 2010 and 2012, Strathclyde Police said Buckfast was mentioned in almost 6,500 crime reports.
Is the bad rep deserved? Blaming social behaviour on a drink is seemingly illogical. Moral outrage tends to mask stronger social causes. The fact that it is associated with “Neds,” or “non-educated delinquents,” masks the discrimination of blaming across social class. Buckfast’s ingredients include flavourings, sugar, preservatives and caffeine, the latter of which might be quite close to an espresso or Red Bull (estimates vary but there is a noticeable amount – reportedly 37mg of caffeine per 100ml). The booze content is not particularly high – 15%.
The main issue is probably over consumption combined with strong hits of caffeine, and similar drinks such as Four Loko in the US have had equal amounts of criticism. The Drunken Master might suggest that the sugar, caffeine and relatively low amount of booze (amps you up, doesn’t make you pass out) is the perfect combination for long high octane nights out – and that usually ends in disaster.
So has the Drunken Master tried it? Certainly not for a while, since being forced to down a bottle in a house party way back when. It definitely has the boost of energy that you might look for on a night out. But the taste does leave something to be desired, along with the cloying syrupy texture.
究竟乜嘢係…… [Buckfast Tonic Wine]?
適合: 鍾意深水炸彈、加烈啤酒、strawpedo同白蘭地溝可樂嘅人士
通常同咩有關：狂歡、嗆喉、亢奮、癲返晚、打交
轉述一眾網友嘅描述: 顏色似燒汁，濃烈藥酒味夾雜類似布冧混合泳池水嘅刺鼻氣味。飲落似Dubonnet、車厘子可樂、利賓納、Benylin咳藥水、八角、祝聖酒溝Hubba Bubba士多啤梨味吹波膠。味道濃烈但易上癮。加冰飲較順喉。
有咩咁特別？Buckfast Tonic Wine盛行於英國，當初喺愛爾蘭同蘇格蘭尤為受歡迎，不過呢隻酒經常都同暴力事件扯上關係，所以有句俗語講：「飲親Buckfast，好快就舐大鑊嘢」。Buckfast Tonic Wine嘅歷史源自19世紀，當時法國嘅天主教修士為逃避迫害買下英國德雲郡嘅巴克法斯特修道院（Buckfast Abbey）。幾十年之後，倫敦葡萄酒商J Chandler & Co Ltd收購修道院，再整合釀酒方法，現代Buckfast Tonic Wine因而誕生。可惜呢隻酒喺英國一直同街頭罪案同政客暴力扯上關連，當中以格拉斯哥嘅情況最為嚴重。多個傳媒報道，根據Strathclyde區警方嘅報告，單單喺2010年至2012之間，同Buckfast有關嘅罪行就接近6,500宗。
呢隻酒真係咁衰？將街頭事件歸咎於飲品似乎過於片面，皆因憤怒背後往往源自深層次嘅社會問題。大眾將Buckfast同「讀唔成書嘅爛仔」掛鉤，其實正正遮蓋咗橫跨整個社會階級嘅歧視問題。Buckfast嘅原材料有香精、糖、防腐劑同咖啡因，當中咖啡因嘅濃度差不多等於一杯espresso或者Red Bull（不同產品的濃度有異，但一般都偏高——每100毫升有37mg咖啡因）；相反酒精含量並不算高，只有15%
呢啲事件好可能係因為飲酒過量，再加上高濃度咖啡因嘅影響所致，就好似美國嘅Four Loko等類似嘅飲品同樣「躺著也中槍」，遭受猛烈抨擊。不過醉酒大師就覺得，Buckfast嘅糖份、咖啡因，同相對低嘅酒精濃度都恰到好處，可以令你盡情癲返晚，當然後果就自負啦。
醉酒大師有冇飲過？自從有次開house party被迫隊咗一支之後就好耐冇再飲過。如果想玩通頂，Buckfast用嚟叉電的確唔錯，不過味道就真係麻麻，口感似咳藥水咁杰撻撻。
Drunken master 