September 27, 2006
Benedictine Monks Brew the British Answer to Mad Dog
From BBC news:
A sleepy community of Benedictine monks in south Devon is the latest, and perhaps most unlikely, target in the battle against binge drinking.
The monks of Devon brew a caffeinated, red "tonic wine" called Buckfast, which has gained the unofficial slogan "Made by monks, Drunk by punks". (There are other, grittier yet amusing home-made slogans on the Wikipedia site.)
BBC News featured a slyly funny article on this "wreck-the-hoose juice" in today's edition.
Posted by Chai-Rista at September 27, 2006 09:25 AM | TrackBackComments
I notice that in Coatbridge you can get blood pudding spiked with Buckfast Hi-Caffeine Fortified Monkish Wine. And people say there's nothing distinctive about Scottish cuisine.
Posted by: utron at September 27, 2006 10:55 AM
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