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I'm that jug of Carlo Rossi that cost less than a gallon of milk.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | August 24, 2021 7:37 PM |
Riunite and tacos go nice!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 2 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 4 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 9 | August 21, 2021 11:31 PM |
Sobieski vodka. It's as cheap as rotgut but very drinkable.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 14 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 15 | August 22, 2021 12:03 AM |
Carlo Rossi giant jugs! Yes! Chablis! Do they still make glass jugs?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | August 22, 2021 12:06 AM |
R16 Yes, still in glass.
Most of their customers no doubt pronounce that wine as "CHAB-liss."
by Anonymous | reply 17 | August 22, 2021 12:07 AM |
Popov Vodka. There isn't a shelf that can't go any lower.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 19 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 20 | August 22, 2021 12:34 AM |
R19 My mom likes amaretto, and tequila sunrises, and sidecars.
She drinks like a hooker!
by Anonymous | reply 21 | August 22, 2021 12:36 AM |
Im Evan Williams, Jack Daniels estranged brother.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 23 | August 22, 2021 12:43 AM |
Just remember most Kentucky Bourbon and whiskey originates from the MGP distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 25 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 27 | August 22, 2021 1:14 AM |
Thunderbird has an unusual flavor of it's own!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 28 | August 22, 2021 1:18 AM |
Evan Williams: The Official Bourbon of Your Stepfather's Temper
by Anonymous | reply 29 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 30 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 31 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 32 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 33 | August 22, 2021 1:40 AM |
Do they appreciate Kentucky Bourbon in the UK?
by Anonymous | reply 34 | August 22, 2021 1:42 AM |
Black Velvet
They made their own red wine and beer
by Anonymous | reply 35 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 36 | August 22, 2021 2:24 AM |
Someone earlier upthread mentioned Sobieski, I'll second them on this, it's a surprisingly good vodka.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | August 22, 2021 3:00 AM |
I’m Tenley Bourbon, the store brand of Tenley Liquor in DC. I get the job done cheap.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | August 22, 2021 3:27 AM |
"It's Daddy, you shithead! Where's my bourbon?"
-Frank Booth, "Blue Velvet"
by Anonymous | reply 41 | August 22, 2021 3:33 AM |
Most people don't use the term "liquor" to include wine or beer.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | August 22, 2021 5:12 AM |
Three words: Schlitz malt liquor
by Anonymous | reply 44 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 45 | August 22, 2021 5:25 AM |
I'm a bottle of rubbing alcohol. In Walgreens.
In Tennessee.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | August 22, 2021 5:29 AM |
Barefoot Wines, bitches! Kroger done me right!
by Anonymous | reply 47 | August 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.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 48 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 49 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 50 | August 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!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 51 | August 22, 2021 6:38 AM |
I'm Kessler's -- I was the last step before AA meetings.
by Anonymous | reply 53 | August 22, 2021 7:55 AM |
Another vote for "Evil Evan" Williams
by Anonymous | reply 54 | August 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.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 58 | August 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.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 59 | August 22, 2021 8:16 AM |
R58 Who knew Heloise was a cheap lush!
by Anonymous | reply 60 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 61 | August 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.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 62 | August 22, 2021 8:45 AM |
TJ Swann's owns this thread.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | August 22, 2021 8:56 AM |
Gallo Hearty Burgundy was grandmas favorite
by Anonymous | reply 64 | August 22, 2021 8:56 AM |
I miss Champale lol...it was the affordable Ripple
by Anonymous | reply 65 | August 22, 2021 8:57 AM |
Oooh, I'd love a Baby Cham!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 66 | August 22, 2021 9:20 AM |
I'll have a spot of Harvey's!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 67 | August 22, 2021 9:22 AM |
Baby Cham must be the cutest named drink, ever!
I think I’ll name my next cat that.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 69 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 70 | August 22, 2021 9:38 AM |
"Say yes to Martini & Rossi on the rocks!"
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 71 | August 22, 2021 9:40 AM |
Damn, people, what a bunch of klassy lassies we are!
by Anonymous | reply 73 | August 22, 2021 4:51 PM |
Store brand vanilla extract.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 75 | August 23, 2021 7:45 PM |
R75 What happens when you piss it out again? Talk about a Golden Shower!
by Anonymous | reply 76 | August 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 Anonymous | reply 77 | August 24, 2021 7:20 PM |
Decent expressions of Four Roses are very good and not cheap.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | August 24, 2021 7:37 PM |
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