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Dodger · Post by **Dodger** » Mon May 10, 2004 1:19 pm

Could anyone advise me on the average price of a nice cool glass of sagres and also do the bars serve snake bite & black and how much does this come in at?

Gerry Cullen · Post by **Gerry Cullen** » Wed May 12, 2004 12:39 pm

I reckon between 65 and 90 cent,what the hell is a snake bite and black?

Graham · Post by **Graham** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:15 pm

Really Gerry - and you a Publican and all!

Snakebite and Black is half cider, half lager with a blackcurrant top. (Tastes a lot like Ribena but is serious falling over juice) - was a popular drink with younger ones about twenty years ago, and most pubs in my area refused to serve it 'cos it stains like nobody's business when it makes a reappearence (as it often did)

go on - have one - I know you're dying to!

Graham

Drinker · Post by **Drinker** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:16 pm

Gerry Cullen wrote:I reckon between 65 and 90 cent,what the hell is a snake bite and black?

A kiddie's drink - lager, cider and blackcurrant.

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:16 pm

Isnt snake bite black, half pint of larger, half pint of cider and then a few splashes of blackcurrant untill it turns purple?

Matt

MattK · Post by **MattK** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:17 pm

Snap!

dodger · Post by **dodger** » Wed May 12, 2004 1:38 pm

thanks guys,A.K.A. finnisher or red diesel,a wonderful fruit based drink although not great when spilt down a white shirt!

Sandy · Post by **Sandy** » Wed May 12, 2004 2:16 pm

Sorry Dodger - but I think I want to barf at the very thought of it!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 12, 2004 3:18 pm

Maybe a 'cheeky vimto' would be more up your street

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 12, 2004 5:38 pm

Snakebites and Red witches back in the early 80's and never once was I sick. Now, give me a couple of glasses of wine and I'm falling over or falling asleep

Graham · Post by **Graham** » Wed May 12, 2004 6:17 pm

Fantastic - probably the fastest multiple replies ever - I think we have found a common denominator in early dodgy alcoholic experiences.

Anyone remember only having enough money for a bottle of Cinzano - or when you thought 'top deck' shandy was actually drinking? - Who will confess that they thought gin and bitter lemon was 'cool'? When did anyone last try the can trick (pierce can with nail, suck out all the air, pull the ring and then have entire contents of can go down throat in a nanosecond)

Let's have those early experiences

Graham

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:28 pm

'red eye' pernod and black topped up with cider, my poor little 16 yr old body thought i was suffering from internal bleeding the next day, and all because i heard the person in front of me order it!

Now i too am half asleep after a couple of glasses of shiraz!
aaaah golden days

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 12, 2004 8:39 pm

My first alcoholic drink as a kid was 'babycham'

apart from the stuff Mum used to put in my feeding bottle

Gerry Cullen · Post by **Gerry Cullen** » Wed May 12, 2004 9:21 pm

Ye know that feeling ye get when you just know youve asked the right question?

tricky · Post by **tricky** » Wed May 12, 2004 10:28 pm

Clan Dew, I think it was called, some kind of whiskey based cheap drink,
and Cider (behind the council sheds) Ugh!
I remember my 14th Birthday party when we'd all clubbed together to buy Cider and Lager and Cigs, Mum came home early and we had to put it all in the Attic, it stayed there for weeks, much to the disgust of all my friends who'd clubbed together to buy it!!