Cheap Wine: Thunderbird or Maddog?? I can't decide.

[LynneSin]

http://www.bumwine.com/tbird.html vs. http://www.bumwine.com/md2020.html

[geardaddy]

1. Boone's Farm?

[nomorenomore08]

16. I second that. A lot of the flavors, like lemonade and strawberry daquiri, go down

smoother than you'd think.

Just don't do what I did as a senior in high school, and chase a half-pint of Bacardi with a bottle of Boone's daquiri in less than an hour. Let's just say I wound up with bright red stains on my shoes, and a horrible next day.

[AlCzervik]

2. Reunite aka Ruin your night.

[BarenakedLady]

3. Cisco!

Just because I found out that it is bottled the next town over. I've never experienced it myself though. :P

http://www.bumwine.com/cisco.html

[Parche]

6. You drink Crisco?

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

8. Mmmmm fat

:hi:

[flvegan]

10. I did once. Just once.

Never again. Horrible bedspin/blackout kind of drunk. And you don't know you're getting that drunk because you've had so little of it. Then it hits you.

Hard.

[BarenakedLady]

12. That sounds scary

And interesting at the same time. :P

[madinmaryland]

4. MD 20/20!!

:puke:

[Inchworm]

5. Depends on what you are smoking

Maddog is a smoking wine. Constant smoking harsh cigarettes or butts is needed to fully enjoy the depth of the wine.

Thunderbird is better from a glass or jar. You'll need a malt liquor chaser though.

:toast:

[Iggo]

7. I can tell you from experience...

...Thunderbird is nasty, but it won't stain everything in your house purple when you throw it back up like 20/20 will.

[LynneSin]

9. They really should come up with clear versions of these drinks

:shrug:

[Capn Sunshine]

14. Marketing story

When Gallo first brought Thunderbird out, they sent thousands of guys out on the streets and they placed a bottle in the backseat of any Convertible they saw. At the time, they knew convertible drivers were justthe demo they wanted. This coupled with the hipsteresque radio commercial "what's the word? ....Thunderbird!" ( which I just loved to say because it really seemed to bother the adults!) resulted in record sales for a product launch. Apocryphal, but many swear it's true.

[PeaceNikki]

18. Same thought ran through my head as well.

:rofl:

[Kutjara]

11. Sterno. Why drink derivatives...

...when you can go straight to the source?

[nomorenomore08]

17. Aww, now you're talkin'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GPlEiCAwpA

"Cryin' mama, mama, mama, cryin', canned heat killin' me..."

[av8rdave]

13. Don't forget about some of the other classics (may not be available in your area)

Night Train Express ("serve very cold")

T.J. Swann's Easy Nights

and my personal fav,

Joker's Wild

[SKKY]

15. I was always partial to Night Train...

[Swede]

19. Why not mix the two? I find the red wine goes well with the white wine.

Fill the bathtub,and it's party time. :toast:

[dembotoz]

20. i really liked boones farm and tj swan

Kind of curious what I would think of therm now...

[Taverner]

21. Heathen! Season yourself with Dogfish Head you infidel!

[LynneSin]

23. this was a copycat thread

You'd think I'd touch this stuff

[Taverner]

24. I never know with you, LynneSin :)

[vixengrl]

22. They just don't seem to have King's Burgundy on there--

and I'm pretty sure you can still get it. It's a heavy old jug, but that's okay because the weight holds your hand steady while you pour and it gets easier as the night moves on. Perhaps they consider it too upscale to be a bum wine--I reckon it's more of an "under-age drinking party-what's in the punch beverage", unless you like drinking alone and enjoying something that slowly darkens the waxed paper cup you pour it into. It doesn't age well, though. I've never found a spatula long & thin enough to scrape that last bit out of the bottom.

I'm pretty sure I haven't hallucinated it.

[LostinVA]

25. Ask Midlo

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