*puts on the hat of pedantry
snakebite in the uk is usually served with a dash of blackcurrant.
c'mere timmy
I’ll think you’ll find that particular cocktail is referred to as a “Snakebite n Black”, Squire.
RockyRoader
It’s a “Purple Nasty”, ackcherly!
Cian
I’ve also heard it called a “diesel”, although that could be a very local thing
Skerries
It was a red witch when I was a barman
PhilJo
Red witch requires a Pernod in there too
Glat1
It was called a “diesel” where I grew up in Yorkshire. Only one bar in a town of ~60k souls would serve it, a bikers bar that was so rough even the bikers were wary about drinking there.
milkteeth
No its not, that would be a snakebite and black…
Avon Barksdale
Back of the line, scottser
scottser
*cracks open a tin of dutch gold, rolls eyes at the hat of pedantry..
Stephen
to the hordes of feral teenagers that I consorted with in 1990s Co. Down, “snakebite” always meant beer + cider + blackcurrant, no need for “and black”
scottser
i knew i wasn’t imagining it!
*shakes fist at timmy, avon and rockyroader
Starina
guinness and blackcurrant. a sure sign of lesser intelligence.
b
never knew what a ‘lager top’ was Rodney orders a non-alcoholic lager top in the casino in the ‘chain gang’ episode of Only Fools and Horses.
*puts on the hat of pedantry
snakebite in the uk is usually served with a dash of blackcurrant.
I’ll think you’ll find that particular cocktail is referred to as a “Snakebite n Black”, Squire.
It’s a “Purple Nasty”, ackcherly!
I’ve also heard it called a “diesel”, although that could be a very local thing
It was a red witch when I was a barman
Red witch requires a Pernod in there too
It was called a “diesel” where I grew up in Yorkshire. Only one bar in a town of ~60k souls would serve it, a bikers bar that was so rough even the bikers were wary about drinking there.
No its not, that would be a snakebite and black…
Back of the line, scottser
*cracks open a tin of dutch gold, rolls eyes at the hat of pedantry..
to the hordes of feral teenagers that I consorted with in 1990s Co. Down, “snakebite” always meant beer + cider + blackcurrant, no need for “and black”
i knew i wasn’t imagining it!
*shakes fist at timmy, avon and rockyroader
guinness and blackcurrant. a sure sign of lesser intelligence.
never knew what a ‘lager top’ was Rodney orders a non-alcoholic lager top in the casino in the ‘chain gang’ episode of Only Fools and Horses.