Yeah, imagine that one.īut if you’ve got the shakes or want to get a girl blackout drunk and only have $3 in your pocket, well, to once again quote James Mason, it’s an exceptionally good drink for every occasion!įor more on the legend of Thunderbird go here. I thought it was going to be sickeningly sweet like Boone’s Farm, but Thunderbird was more citrus than sugar. Now, if one were to drink it in bum-fashion (lukewarm and out of a paper bag) this would be utterly dreadful, akin to drinking a warm Zima. It wasn't until one faithful day almost a year ago that I received a text message with a picture of a bottle of Thunderbird that I knew my life would change forever. It’s not great, but that flavor is nowhere near as bad as I was expecting. Out of the top 5 bum wines, this one was the final piece of the puzzle for me and was very difficult to get my hands on. Bum wine, beers, 40’s, malt liquor, pop culture, nostalgia, sports, food, and MORE Bringing you the best of the worst in cheap booze since 2014. James Mason himself: Thunderbird has an unusual flavor. I know they have ALL the bum wines in DeKalb (college town), cause we used to have 'Night Train' nights and wed all have a bottle. You could also try Rothchilds over on Chicago just east of Ashland. The wine was originally designed to appeal to a young market and has now garnered cult status as a bum wine. Both were made by Gallo wines, even though they never want to admit it. This commercial inspired us to try Thunderbird on ice with a slice, and Cleveland christened it as The Mason. D& D at Damen and Division used to always carry Thunderbird, Ripple, Mad Dog etc. In my opinion, I rank the Night Train Express and Thunderbird as 1 and 1A in the bum wine world. The company produces both Night Train, memorialized in the movie The Blues Brothers, and Thunderbird. I cannot take credit for any part of this beverage except that I cut the lemon and froze the ice. producers of bum wines, outside of MD 20/20. Baltimore doesn’t get any better than this. A bottle of Thunderbird overlooking a fire escape and the parking lot of a nursing home. I wonder if he was drinking Thunderbird when they found the dead body in the ravine behind his house (this was all before Pete pulled a George Jefferson and moved it on up to Squirrel Hill). It must have been when he was off-campus hanging out in North Oakland. I don’t know who he was with when he was drinking it because I never saw him do it. He would always talk about hanging out, being all badass and drinking Thunderbird out of the bottle. The history of Thunderbird is as interesting as the drunken effects the one experiences from the wine. Thunderbird is categorized as a “bum wine.” My only knowledge of T-Bird was via my college buddy Pete. Avaliable in 750 mL and a devastating 50 oz jug.
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