Thread: Methylated Spirits

Originally Posted by scrambler

It did that in Qld a while back (made a mess of my metho stove) then it's gone clear again.

I'd guess it's the decrease in alcohol in the VB, mate - everyone's been stengthening it up with the metho, so they've added a pretty colour to stop youse all. You wouldn't want your VB a poofy colour now, would you?

No we wouldn't.......not like YELLOW with a couple of red X's on it.

Originally Posted by WOLLAPIT85

No we wouldn't.......not like YELLOW with a couple of red X's on it.

And they tell me that the red X's are only there because Queenslanders can't spell BEER.

Seriously - filtered metho tastes quite OK when mixed with an appropriate amount of Nugget boot polish. When I first came across this, everyone used black Nugget and the resulting drink looked much like any mixer with Coke. These days with such a variety in boot polish colours - the possibilities are endless.

Originally Posted by BMKal

And they tell me that the red X's are only there because Queenslanders can't spell BEER.

we dont need to spell,,
all serious beers come in black.

Mine at the moment is orange.

Oh thats after I have added the orange juice.

Originally Posted by BMKal

And they tell me that the red X's are only there because Queenslanders can't spell BEER.

Seriously - filtered metho tastes quite OK when mixed with an appropriate amount of Nugget boot polish. When I first came across this, everyone used black Nugget and the resulting drink looked much like any mixer with Coke. These days with such a variety in boot polish colours - the possibilities are endless.

You worry me sometimes .

years ago there used to be an indigenous australian drinkin metho n orange juice where we trained for soccer we used to steal his drink and tease him but it wasnt much fun cause he couldnt chase us he was that Pi$$ed

l remember by first trip to NT in the 1970's and l went to Bar to order a VB and l asked barman for one, he said we don't have any VB, l said you got a fridge full of VB behind you, he turned around and looked and said you know we only get asked for beer by colour blue (fosters) red (melb bitters) white (carlton draught) green (vb) yellow (xxxx)

anywhere in far north of Aussie that seemed to be true of any place l bought beer while there

wonder if advertising guys realised brand name loyalty had been replaced with colour of tin

Originally Posted by Numpty's Missus

Put one bottle of metho in the old soda syphon
Prime her up
squirt out into a glass with the right amount of red cordial (not too much)

Voile.....

sparlking pink porphry pearl, or however its spelt

I must be old....I can remember the cheap pink fizzy stuff

I remember those cheap fizzies, Barossa Pearl, Sparkling Starwine, Porphry Pearl, Sparkling Est, we used to call them pantie droppers.

Try Coorabulka champagne- a glass of metho with a spoonful of Sal Vital stirred in.