Drinks of the eighties

[camille79]

What were the most popular drinks during the eighties?

[GuavaHalf]

Tea, coffee and water I should think

[becks]

Yeah but if you mean like all the fad drinks - babycham would be up there i reckon, plus that was the yuppie era so i bet there were loads of poncy cocktails and stuff too.

[EliPledge]

Bezique in the coffin-shaped bottle, a hideous melon-based liqueur called Midori, and what were those 2 drinks that women drank? Was it Taboo and Mirage? On the beer front is was the decade (well at least 1985) of Americana: Schlitz, Rolling Rock, and that Canadian stuff Moosehead (?.

[frizzytwig]

Thunderbird

[RevShirls]

I was a barmaid in St. Andrew's during my student days. I remember many students drinking pangalactic gargleblasters (a cocktail based on the drink of the same name in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy). This drink had virtually every known spirit in it plus very colourful ingredients and it seemed to have smoke coming out of it too. It wasn't so cheap but one glass was enough for the world to be psychodelic. Another favourite was Malibu and pineapple. There were also the usuals beer, black and tans, snakebites etc

[Headtime]

Snakebite and black. A Blastway:- Half Castaway, half White Lightning cider. Southern Comfort and Lemonade. Quattro - Soft Drink.

[madham]

Taboo and Mirage for definite and late on 20/20 started appearing, also Diamond White and castaway (thinks thats more 90's though).

[EliPledge]

I was a barman at Glasgow Uni. - on special occasions people would have a "Greemn Monster" - this consisted of a measure of vodka, blue bols, cointreau and advocaat in a pint glass topped up with cider. This may be similar to a "Sheepdip".

[verbiphobe]

In Australia: beer (applies to 1880's, 1980's and probably 2080's)

[moggyday]

grolsch lager in the old style bottles

[moggyday]

cocktails like pina colada and any thing with that blue stuff in it

[moggyday]

i seem to remember coke being quite popular, cherry coke first available in 80's, big fad for perrier.

[enigma]

Creamola foam. The powdered crystals which you added to a glass of water and watched it fizz up in your glass. Available in raspberry , orange and lemon. It appealed to all generations because kids loved mixing up their own drink , a lot of adults used it as a mixer for their vodka and many swore by it as a hangover cure or a remedy for heartburn (probably because of the bicarbonate of soda which it contained) Mmmmmmmm , Creamola Foam. Yum yum !

[matpat29]

Buckie fizz - a pint glass filled half with Buckfast and half with the cheap cider of your choice.

[FelixtheDog]

I cant believe no one mentioned Tab (cola). We had it in Australia and it gets a mention in the 1985 movie Back to the Future. I liked it

[FelixtheDog]

beer was/is good too

[Numbers]

That clear version of Tab as well.

[Numbers]

Bezique?