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?

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

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

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.

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

Matt

Snap!

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

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

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

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

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

'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

My first alcoholic drink as a kid was 'babycham' apart from the stuff Mum used to put in my feeding bottle

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

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!!