Let's be cheap liquor brands

I'm that jug of Carlo Rossi that cost less than a gallon of milk.

by Anonymousreply 78August 24, 2021 7:37 PM

Riunite and tacos go nice!

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by Anonymousreply 2August 21, 2021 11:09 PM

When the Carlo Rossi jugs got too heavy, my grandma switched to the Franzia boxed wine. She was a volume drinker, so it was more about cost-per-ounce than fancy packaging or impressing houseguests.

by Anonymousreply 4August 21, 2021 11:17 PM

Why do so many brands of hooch have two-word names? And I'm not even talking about the stuff named after a person.

Mustang Melon

Cold Duck

Four Roses

Four Loco

Maker's Mark

Knob Creek

Crystal Head

Boone's Farm

by Anonymousreply 9August 21, 2021 11:31 PM

Sobieski vodka. It's as cheap as rotgut but very drinkable.

by Anonymousreply 12August 21, 2021 11:40 PM

My grandmother always asked that I pick her up a bottle of 'that David Morgan wine' for one of her cake recipes. Of course, it was actually 'Mogen David' which is like sweet cough syrup.

by Anonymousreply 14August 21, 2021 11:49 PM

Anyone remember T.J. Swan and the horrendous TV commercials? "Go all the way with T.J. ... T.J. Swan!"

I remember my grandmother having a jug of Cribari wine.

by Anonymousreply 15August 22, 2021 12:03 AM

Carlo Rossi giant jugs! Yes! Chablis! Do they still make glass jugs?

by Anonymousreply 16August 22, 2021 12:06 AM

R16 Yes, still in glass.

Most of their customers no doubt pronounce that wine as "CHAB-liss."

by Anonymousreply 17August 22, 2021 12:07 AM

Popov Vodka. There isn't a shelf that can't go any lower.

by Anonymousreply 18August 22, 2021 12:14 AM

Kamchatka vodka, Gilbey’s gin, Seagram’s anything, Ryan’s Irish Cream, so many others. In the late 1970s name brands became so much more important, especially Coor’s and Stoli, with Absolut right behind it. When was the last time you heard anyone order a vodka tonic without specifying a brand? My grandmother worked in a liquor store a long time ago and I’d help out on delivery day, as well as make deliveries. (Can you imagine a 12 year old kid walking down the street now, carrying bottles of booze?)

I also remember stuff from my restaurant days that wasn’t cheap but that people rarely drink now — Amaretto, Frangelico, Galliano, Kirsch, Cherry Herring, Lillet, many others.

by Anonymousreply 19August 22, 2021 12:34 AM

😂 There a joke about that on MST3K. Some drunken frau was stumbling around asking if there were any cheaper vodka than Popov.

by Anonymousreply 20August 22, 2021 12:34 AM

R19 My mom likes amaretto, and tequila sunrises, and sidecars.

She drinks like a hooker!

by Anonymousreply 21August 22, 2021 12:36 AM

Im Evan Williams, Jack Daniels estranged brother.

by Anonymousreply 22August 22, 2021 12:39 AM

Im Pancho Villa. If you drink me at low tide, you can pretend you're on a fabulous vacation in Nuevo Laredo!

by Anonymousreply 23August 22, 2021 12:43 AM

Just remember most Kentucky Bourbon and whiskey originates from the MGP distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

by Anonymousreply 24August 22, 2021 1:01 AM

My housemate in the '90s drank himself to death courtesy of 1.75 litre plastic bottles of terrifying Winner's Cup vodka with a float of supermarket house-brand frozen orange juice.

by Anonymousreply 25August 22, 2021 1:06 AM

[quote]Im Evan Williams, Jack Daniels estranged brother.

Evans Williams is Kentucky bourbon. Jack Daniels is Tennessee whiskey. They are not even legally the same thing, even ignoring the distinctly different flavor profiles.

by Anonymousreply 27August 22, 2021 1:14 AM

Thunderbird has an unusual flavor of it's own!

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by Anonymousreply 28August 22, 2021 1:18 AM

Evan Williams: The Official Bourbon of Your Stepfather's Temper

by Anonymousreply 29August 22, 2021 1:23 AM

I am "Philadelphia Whiskey". I'm made exactly like a Kentucky bourbon but I can't can't call myself that because I'd have to be aged for at least three years. I'm aged for six months.

I'm dirt cheap, raw and dirty but I'll do when you're broke and desperate. You've all been there.

by Anonymousreply 30August 22, 2021 1:30 AM

Allen’s Coffee Brandy, Maine’s best-selling “liqueur”. Check me out at your local Hannaford! I come in sizes for every budget!

by Anonymousreply 31August 22, 2021 1:35 AM

Popov vodka. It bears repeating. It even affected my homemade vanilla extract. (I experimented with different vodkas.)

Seagram's V.O. Canadian whiskey. A step below Crown Royal. I still liked V.O., though.

Canadian Club Canadian whiskey. Another one that's a step below Crown Royal. Again, I liked it.

by Anonymousreply 32August 22, 2021 1:36 AM

I much prefer scotch to bourbon but I usually end up drinking bourbon because in the US, a decent bourbon is a third to a half the cost of a decent scotch.

by Anonymousreply 33August 22, 2021 1:40 AM

Do they appreciate Kentucky Bourbon in the UK?

by Anonymousreply 34August 22, 2021 1:42 AM

Black Velvet

They made their own red wine and beer

by Anonymousreply 35August 22, 2021 1:43 AM

I'm the Tom Moore bourbon my dad drank and it is a cheap brand today but I wonder if it was in the 1970s. Or he may have been drinking the 100 proof stuff.

by Anonymousreply 36August 22, 2021 2:24 AM

Someone earlier upthread mentioned Sobieski, I'll second them on this, it's a surprisingly good vodka.

by Anonymousreply 38August 22, 2021 3:00 AM

I’m Tenley Bourbon, the store brand of Tenley Liquor in DC. I get the job done cheap.

by Anonymousreply 40August 22, 2021 3:27 AM

"It's Daddy, you shithead! Where's my bourbon?"

-Frank Booth, "Blue Velvet"

by Anonymousreply 41August 22, 2021 3:33 AM

Most people don't use the term "liquor" to include wine or beer.

by Anonymousreply 43August 22, 2021 5:12 AM

Three words: Schlitz malt liquor

by Anonymousreply 44August 22, 2021 5:20 AM

Kamchatka. I drank it in college. They changed it and now it has a sickly vanilla taste.

Plastic Popov jug for parties.

Vodka of the Gods from Trader Joe’s.

Mickey’s Malt Liquor.

by Anonymousreply 45August 22, 2021 5:25 AM

I'm a bottle of rubbing alcohol. In Walgreens.

In Tennessee.

by Anonymousreply 46August 22, 2021 5:29 AM

Barefoot Wines, bitches! Kroger done me right!

by Anonymousreply 47August 22, 2021 5:32 AM

I forgot all about Kamchatka vodka.

One of my elderly aunts was an alcoholic on a budget. She swore by White Horse Scotch. They used to attach a small, plastic, white horse to the neck of the bottle.

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by Anonymousreply 48August 22, 2021 5:36 AM

Night Train Express, Thunderbird, Richard's Wild Irish Rose, Asti Spumante, J. W. Dant whiskey, Southern Comfort.

All of the above wines and whiskeys I sampled in the 1960s and I've read that most, if not all of them have been altered and changed beyond recognition from what they used to be. J. W. Dant was what I drank the first time I ever got drunk (at age 19) and it was pure ghetto rot gut whiskey. Made me sicker than a dog for two days. Southern Comfort was a prestigious brand in the late '60s, powerful, sweet and burned like fire. All of those wines were pure rot gut ghetto wino wines. My father liked them because they were cheap. I once drank a whole bottle of Night Train Express and didn't even get a hangover.

by Anonymousreply 49August 22, 2021 6:23 AM

Little Kings Cream Ale, in the 8 pack of 7 ounce bottles. (Maybe they don't make that any more?)

by Anonymousreply 50August 22, 2021 6:30 AM

R18 I don’t know about that. I think Chaska vodka is even lower than Popov! Many years ago when I used to bartend at weddings it was the rotgut crap that they included in their bar package. My bosses were known to pinch a penny and believe me I believe this is the cheapest shit they could find! People still drank it because it was a wedding and it was free!

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by Anonymousreply 51August 22, 2021 6:38 AM

I'm Kessler's -- I was the last step before AA meetings.

by Anonymousreply 53August 22, 2021 7:55 AM

Another vote for "Evil Evan" Williams

by Anonymousreply 54August 22, 2021 7:58 AM

Ah. Prom night, 1977. I was 18, legal to buy alcohol in Florida. I bought a bottle of Modem David 20/20 grape. These days there are an array of flavors. I did not get laid; I had already been sucked, and sucked dick at a bathroom gloryhole, so it didn't matter.

Hint from Heloise: you can buy your preferred cheap brand of liquor and use a Brita filter pitcher to remove the impurities. Makes them all much more smoother, and less hangover inducing.

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by Anonymousreply 58August 22, 2021 8:13 AM

Cisco, a.k.a. "Liquid Crack." A commenter in this YouTube review fondly reminisces:

[quote]I drank some of that back when I was like 16/17 and all I remember was taking the subway back to Manhattan throwing up and a nun gave me a mint.

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by Anonymousreply 59August 22, 2021 8:16 AM

R58 Who knew Heloise was a cheap lush!

by Anonymousreply 60August 22, 2021 8:22 AM

You have to mimic David Tennant's loud, seething, Scottish accent when you find it covered in greasy dust and cat hair....

[bold]House of Stewart[/bold]

They sold the half gallons in plastic way before anyone else because they knew we couldn't manage glass.

by Anonymousreply 61August 22, 2021 8:29 AM

[italic]”When the time is right, and the mood is light, go with your feeling. Experience Champale Malt Liquor, Sparkling Extra Dry or Pink! Champale tastes like a light bubbly wine. Champagne quality without the champagne price. Tonight, let the good feelings come. Celebrate life! Share a Champale… together.”[/italic]

Or don’t.

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by Anonymousreply 62August 22, 2021 8:45 AM

TJ Swann's owns this thread.

by Anonymousreply 63August 22, 2021 8:56 AM

Gallo Hearty Burgundy was grandmas favorite

by Anonymousreply 64August 22, 2021 8:56 AM

I miss Champale lol...it was the affordable Ripple

by Anonymousreply 65August 22, 2021 8:57 AM

Oooh, I'd love a Baby Cham!

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by Anonymousreply 66August 22, 2021 9:20 AM

I'll have a spot of Harvey's!

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by Anonymousreply 67August 22, 2021 9:22 AM

Baby Cham must be the cutest named drink, ever!

I think I’ll name my next cat that.

by Anonymousreply 68August 22, 2021 9:23 AM

[quote] When the Carlo Rossi jugs got too heavy

Probably because she was drinking so much, the great big lush. How did Grandpa ever put up with it?

by Anonymousreply 69August 22, 2021 9:31 AM

My family's secret shame was Dubouchett - in a variety of fruit flavors hidden in the back of a corner kitchen cabinet.

We were a dry-drunk household because booze made everyone crazy.

Dubouchett - for those times when cough syrup isn't enough.

by Anonymousreply 70August 22, 2021 9:38 AM

"Say yes to Martini & Rossi on the rocks!"

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by Anonymousreply 71August 22, 2021 9:40 AM

Damn, people, what a bunch of klassy lassies we are!

by Anonymousreply 73August 22, 2021 4:51 PM

Store brand vanilla extract.

by Anonymousreply 74August 23, 2021 6:06 PM

Goldschlager Cinnamon Schnapps. It had tiny flecks of real gold floating in it. Sweet, powerful, burns when going down and sneaks up on you.

by Anonymousreply 75August 23, 2021 7:45 PM

R75 What happens when you piss it out again? Talk about a Golden Shower!

by Anonymousreply 76August 24, 2021 1:56 AM

Surprised no one here has admitted to liking Franzia boxed wine. It sells well with the "Volume over Quality" set.

by Anonymousreply 77August 24, 2021 7:20 PM

Decent expressions of Four Roses are very good and not cheap.

by Anonymousreply 78August 24, 2021 7:37 PM

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