Epic WTF

I can confirm this is still the formulation for a pint of mixed in Kidderminster and surrounding areas, or at least was until a couple of years back.

Purple nasty at uni for me.

I want to say the half bitter half mild in London was a brown and mild and one of them came out of a bottle, but that was way before my time.

The BBQ for that pub used to be an up-turned Tesco trolley. Back in the early 00s.

Why was it up turned? Wouldn't all the charcoal fall out?

Called a "Cart-away" when I was at uni. Lots of pernod and black being drunk when I was a student tho, mostly fuelled by the (obviously wrong) idea you could drink water after and it'd get you drunk a second time.

Just don't overdo it. The vomit after a night of drinking those is spectacular.

And will stain the paintwork on the passenger door of your bright red Mini Cooper.

Purple nasty was the official uni drink at Loughborough as the uni's colours are purple, you'd go in the Union and they'd have rows of them racked up ready

Banks bitter, you either know or you don't.

Thought those were that London drinks. No idea as I'm too young.

Snake bite and black or diesel but not heard purple nasty name

Snakey B at Derby Uni, me duck.

HMRC would like a word if you think diesel was the same colour as snakebite and black

I was carted away home on more than one occasion after a night on them. I remember the water theory for Ouzo & similar too. Messy times.

Yep diesel for me. Me and a mate created the bio-diesel as well which swapped the blackcurrant for lime cordial.

I want to say the half bitter half mild in London was a brown and mild and one of them came out of a bottle, but that was way before my time

Mild was always on draft when I was young, sure that isn’t mild and brown ale (which would’ve been out of a bottle - Newcastle brown)?
Ignoring poncy student drinks, a whole raft of old style drinking memories dredged up here; Black and Tan, Guinness and mild, light and bitter.
Presumably they’re all set for hipster driven revival?

West London mid-60s.
Crates of bottled 1/2 pint Brown Ale, (definitely not Newcastle, maybe Charringtons?), ’smuggled' onto coaches for 'Mystery Tour' day trips.
Blokes down the back swigging from bottles,
women & children up the front.

Presumably they’re all set for hipster driven revival?

Hopefully with a name change for the first of those. Unless we're talking about Hipster Hitler.

It was just what it was called, not idea why. I just drank it a couple of times.

At nene college, the cheap beverage of choice used to neck a pint of advocaat and keep it down for 1/2hour, to get free drinks or the advocaat for free. Can't remember which. But I could neck a pint of advocaat all in one go and keep it down for half an hour if I didn't drink anything else or dance manically.

Brings back memories.

Unless we're talking about Hipster Hitler.

Surely Hipster Churchill would be more accurate for Black and Tans?

Students Choice Cider was. pound for pound, the most effective oblivion deliverer

We drank Perise Perry for cheap fun, we noticed street drinkers favoured it so reckoned it had the biggest effect for the smallest increase in your overdraft