Buckfast Tonic Wine - Tasting Notes

Buckfast gets you fucked fast, brewed by monks, drunk by punks, BUCKFAST

American here. What is this stuff? Is it intended to be consumed in a particular fashion, not just gulped down in a glass?
- It’s mostly consumed as an act of bravado in Scotland and the north of England, with the intention of getting riotously drunk.
  
  Sounds like Jager bomb in a convenient twist-off bottle
  
  It appears it's kind of like MD 20/20 here in America. Cheap, sugary "bum" wine.
  I just read they also add caffeine to it. Jesus.
  
  And Northern Ireland. Folks here love a bit (a lot) of bucky.
- The buckfast motto tells you everything you need to know.
  Buckfast gets you fucked fast.
  It's intended to be consumed in a park directly from the bottle.
  An ungodly fortified tonic wine brewed by people of god. Brewed could even be a strong word, if I had to guess, I would say it's extracted from a natural reserve which was originally thought to be oil until they realised it gets you shitfaced.
- It's fortified wine with caffeine and is associated with people getting drunk and causing trouble
- Bucky has one purpose. It's the thoroughbred of not-spirits.
  Best served warm and straight from the bottle to the back of the throat.
- https://youtu.be/nV8uNRpYDAs
- Victorian era four loko, the ingestion technique is more generally forced down.
- Breakfast.

I tried buckie once! Drank a whole bottle, later that night had some sort of weird seizure while trying to go for a piss. Mashed my face against the skirting board, looked like I'd been in a fight the next day.
Buckfast. Just say no.
- red bull gives you wings
  buckfast gives you epilepsy
  
  Hahaha that proper made me laugh
- skirting board
  TIL (baseboard)

As someone from a wine country: wow. That is a description of nightmare.
I wouldn't use that even for cooking.
- Its a tonic wine, it was traditionally literally used as medicine, hence tasting like medicine
  
  I read some comments and found one describing the wine as such, being enriched with caffeine. But wow!, nonetheless. That sounds just awful.

I genuinely enjoy Buckfast and I refuse to be ashamed of it.
- how would you describe it? especially in contrast to the snobbery in the original post?
  
  Kind of like being under a bridge on one's knees orally pleasing a vagrant while simulataneously drinking liquified meth through a dirty rag. But in a good way though - definitely give it a try
  
  I think the description of the flavours were largely apt, barring the negative connotations. When thought about as its own category of beverage I think they can be pleasant. Just don't think you're going to be getting some wine, because that's not really what it is.
- My favourite local wine is also the favourite of homeless people, it comes in a carton.
  
  Box wine is actually a staple in Sweden where I live, but again without the negative connotations. Great way to be able to enjoy wine in moderation without having it spoil early - having to either commit to finishing a full bottle or have it spoil is a major hassle.

Buckfast sounds amazing, now I want it

Wine tasters are a bunch of snobs. Fuck off with telling me what I can and cannot like, especially if its overpriced bullshit like fermented grape juice for $50 a glass.
- A good wine does not have to be expensive. I actually should not be.
  I'm from a wine country and even when we have to import grapes from abroad, a reasonable to good wine parks around €3 to €5, for a 750ml bottle. A very good wine will fetch prices on the €8 to €10 price range, €12 if some reserve.
  Above that, you're buying fluff.
  I laugh when someone tells me they bought some collectible wine as an investment. Sure.
  
  A good wine does not have to be expensive. I actually should not be.
  The expensive ones usually don't live up to the name anymore, it's just branding. Mechanized harvest (because big game) pulls in bad berries, leaves and insects too, makig the taste worse, not unlike the cheap wines. You're likely to have a better experience with a local small winery.
  
  As someone that lives in a wine country and has been trying a different bottle every week(at least) for the past 4 years, I can promise you that there's good stuff above 12€ as well.
  I've had tons of 3-10€ bottles and quite a few above 10 as well. Sure, there's diminishing returns, as with everything, but there's more than just fluff. Provided you buy quality and not just a name or stuff that's overpriced just because.
  Obviously if you're expecting a 30€ bottle to be twice as good as a 10€ one you're gonna have a bad time. But for a special occasion, splurging a bit on something a bit better is a real option.
  
  A good wine does not have to be expensive. I actually should not be.
  Hard agree, price is a feature. My favourite wines are generally Chilean or Argentinian for less than €10 a bottle, and they are out of this world as far as flavour is concerned.
  
  Buying wine as an investment sounds like a good way to end up with a bunch of really expensive vinegar

What's with his comment about caffeine? I've never heard of wine having caffeine.
- Buckfast has caffeine added to it.
  
  mixing a depressant with a stimulant so they cancel out
  
  If that's the fast part of the name, I'm not sure I want to know where the buck comes from.
  
  Weird.
- It’s fortified wine with caffeine. It’s basically Four Loko, if Four Loko tasted like Benadryl’s bastard stepchild.
- Fortified wine with caffeine

Wreck the hoose juice

I consider myself warned.
Hmmm...
- Warned: check
  Curious: check
  Gonna do something stupid soon: double check

I've never heard of Buckfast tonic wine before but buying tonic wine and then whining that it doesn't taste like wine makes you the weirdo, not the producer.