'WellDel Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Resurrecting this thread from a few years ago. As a valentines 'joke' I gave the wife a very expensive looking wine carrier. Her eyes lit up at the expectation of a high - end wine or champagne. Oh how I laughed when she produced from said fine packaging a bottle of finest El D ! ! After revealing her real gift, I was left with the dilemma of what to do with this bottle of eighties throwback, so there was no other real option than to drink it!! Having never been an avid consumer of fortified wines, I was preparing for some serious baulking, but was surprised to find it was more than similar to buckfast which I can at least hold down!! In the end I can conclude that El D is a decent away day drink on a budget , and at the £6 price, a real contender to the tried and tested bottle of Buck for the travelling jakey's tipple of choice. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 9 minutes ago, 'WellDel said: Resurrecting this thread from a few years ago. As a valentines 'joke' I gave the wife a very expensive looking wine carrier. Her eyes lit up at the expectation of a high - end wine or champagne. Oh how I laughed when she produced from said fine packaging a bottle of finest El D ! ! After revealing her real gift, I was left with the dilemma of what to do with this bottle of eighties throwback, so there was no other real option than to drink it!! Having never been an avid consumer of fortified wines, I was preparing for some serious baulking, but was surprised to find it was more than similar to buckfast which I can at least hold down!! In the end I can conclude that El D is a decent away day drink on a budget , and at the £6 price, a real contender to the tried and tested bottle of Buck for the travelling jakey's tipple of choice. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 On 26/08/2014 at 08:35, chomp my root said: Royal Dutch seems to ring a bell, I'm sure there were some more. Edited 'cos I'm a simp Me and a mate used to drink Royal Dutch when we were skint. Don't recall it being too bad. Fortunately I've moved on to better things.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 5 hours ago, tamthebam said: Me and a mate used to drink Royal Dutch when we were skint. Don't recall it being too bad. Fortunately I've moved on to better things.. That's a matter of opinion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 El Do is a far superior product to Buckie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Where does this sit on the fortified wine scale? On the plus side, it's cheaper than Buckfast and they appear to sell it in the big supermarkets. Tried it once and it got me hammered so I can vouch for its efficacy. However, I forgot to take any tasting notes, so I can't say whether it was nice or not. Edited February 17, 2018 by Cardinal Richelieu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 2 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Where does this sit on the fortified wine scale? On the plus side, it's cheaper than Buckfast and they appear to sell it in the big supermarkets. Tried it once and it got me hammered so I can vouch for its efficacy. However, I forgot to take any tasting notes, so I can't say whether it was nice or not. ^^^Only ever bought in emergencies, usually on northerly journeys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 11 hours ago, Cardinal Richelieu said: Where does this sit on the fortified wine scale? On the plus side, it's cheaper than Buckfast and they appear to sell it in the big supermarkets. Tried it once and it got me hammered so I can vouch for its efficacy. However, I forgot to take any tasting notes, so I can't say whether it was nice or not. Donnez-moi beacoup de swally...! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 20 hours ago, tamthebam said: Me and a mate used to drink Royal Dutch when we were skint. Don't recall it being too bad. Fortunately I've moved on to better things.. Skol? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 20 minutes ago, tamthebam said: Donnez-moi beacoup de swally...! That is fucking brilliant mate. The second I can get to a PC that's my avatar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 On 17/02/2018 at 12:35, Sergeant Wilson said: ^^^Only ever bought in emergencies, usually on northerly journeys. Not had an away day emergency in years. Buckfast is everywhere now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 On 23/08/2014 at 06:41, Bookies Love Me said: What about the "Lucky Numbers" - 365. The tipple for the more discerning palate. A flaggan of cider and a 1/2 bottle guaranteed a welcome to anybody's "party". Or "The real mans drink" Scotsmac. Oh happy youthful days. Scotsmac - The Bam's Dram lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 I always preferred Old England Golden myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 (edited) After a fact-finding mission to some of Greater Greenock's finest bin pubs, I can reveal that the Comet Bar in Port Glasgow serves El Dorado (and Buckfast as well, making it a 'cosmopolitan wine bar') on optics, using oversized five litre glass bottles. El D's revival has also been capped by a shirt sponsorship of Port Glasgow Juniors; when the sweetie merchant running Morton goes, they'll no doubt be returning to their rightful home at Cappielow. Edited February 19, 2018 by vikingTON 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskychimp Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 On 23/08/2014 at 06:53, Dosser-fae-the-shire said: I've tasted some horrible alcohol in my life but nothing as bad as Scotsmac. Who the f**k thought whisky and wine were a good mix?? I bought a fancy cocktail in a fancy bar for £15 a few years back. The ingredients were Whisky, vodka and wine. I thought someone must be an amazing bartender to mix those in a way that it would taste nice. It tasted exactly like you would imagine it would if you'd mixed those 3 ingredients yourself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 After a fact-finding mission to some of Greater Greenock's finest bin pubs, I can reveal that the Comet Bar in Port Glasgow serves El Dorado (and Buckfast as well, making it a 'cosmopolitan wine bar') on optics, using oversized five litre glass bottles. El D's revival has also been capped by a shirt sponsorship of Port Glasgow Juniors; when the sweetie merchant running Morton goes,they'll no doubt be returning to their rightful home at Cappielow. Yep, they unveiled the new kit just before we visited them in the Scottish this season. Tbf, it's probably a step up from Irn Bru as Man of the Match awards go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Eldorado and Four Crown, 365 and Scotsmac, Whams Dram and...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finch road Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 El-D is a fine beverage as is Buckfast. The perfect accompaniment for a train journey. To add to the above, Cheers bar in greenock has 50ml El-D for the princely sum of 1gbp Im sure I seen it in the horseshoe aswell 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Jag Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 I remember drinking the proper El-D in a Greenock town centre boozer about a decade ago. Was a lot stronger and harder to take than the new recipe El-D which mimics Buckfast. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 On 17/02/2018 at 21:43, Cardinal Richelieu said: That is fucking brilliant mate. The second I can get to a PC that's my avatar. And from there it always ever was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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