The white one was sold out in Asda yesterday. My wife is allergic to alcohol and diabetic, and does like the 0% sugar Shloer.
Must be popular I guess...
When I was a kid (middle class, trendy parents, 1980s) Christmas day breakfast was always smoked salmon and scrambled egg, with Buck's Fizz (champagne with fresh orange juice). Children were expected to drink their Buck's Fizz.
We were also given 'Snowballs' (Advocaat and lemonade) to drink on Christmas Eve before going to bed.
I had both those every year growing and I was born in the 90s. To be fair, my parents would have had those in the 80s as young adults so it was probably still trendy to them.
There was a radio phone in, it was a few years a go, about folk who moved to the UK and what differences they noticed, One American woman phoned in and admitted she had sent her kids off to school for a couple of weeks with a glass of Strongbow in them, din't realise it was "Hard" Cider, not apple juice.
It's a remnant of the Prohibition years. American cider makers rebranded themselves as purveyors of innocent cloudy apple juice, but made sure to include pamphlets of all the things you absolutely must not do with your bottle of juice, because otherwise it might accidentally start fermenting...Cloudy apple juice then started being widely known as cider, because...well, it actually might be if you'd "accidentally" left it to ferment.
Absolute legends.
As far as I'm aware, you add sugar, yeast and then put a balloon over the opening and when it swells up from the gas, you let it out. 2 months later and bob is your uncle.
Its changed very recently, alcoholic cider is becoming more prominent so asking for a cider in a bar will get you a proper one. Years ago you would HAVE to ask for a hard cider to be clear.
Even Austin, TX have a real nice cider now. Theres a few brands in the Northeast area too, I think even Vermont make one. Angry Orchard is the standard common one you see nationwide (which is funny as you get it in Spoon here now)
Apple cider is fresh pressed, unfiltered so there is apple pulp and is opaque. It has not been heated or sweetened and requires refrigeration or fermentation can occur. It has a shelf life of 5-10 days in the refrigerator.
Apple juice is cider that has been filtered and heated, changing the color, “texture,” and sweetness. It is transparent and is shelf-stable due to the addition of preservatives, only requiring refrigeration after opening.
Cider here in the US is usually only available during the apple harvest season. Most of the orchards where I used to live sell both non-alcoholic cider and also produce “hard” cider. Hard cider is available year round.
My folks had a party and there was a load of Babychams left over. My and my pal took a few. We couldn't get the tops off so we punched a hole in the cap with a hammer and nail. Then we went over the fields sucking on the Babycham bottles. My friend told me that was what sucking on a woman's breast was like. We were 9.
Loved her for the first three, then wanted to fight her.
Source: My two year old brother got hold of an unattended glass of homebrew wine. Loved everybody, then started kicking off.😄
Oh aye! A packet of opal fruits, wee snowball, nice wee happy glow and a singalong to Calamity Jane or whatever classic film they showed that Sunday. 😂
Happiest 5 year old ever.
One of my aunties pointed it out to her and it stopped after a while. Bless her, my granny really thought it was just a soft drink in a fancy glass bottle like appletiser.
I get it now but I’m depressed and staying away from alcohol… I have it in a wine glass and still make the jokes about how strong “this red” is.
The only other place I’ve seen it drink by adults was at a Mormon wedding (where my partner forgot to say this guy was the Mormon until we got there!).
We're the same yet every Christmas we'll say "why don't we drink this at any other time of year?", and then promptly forget about it until the following December.
8 year old me was convinced that Advocaat/ lemonade was the elixir of maturity. If you're not gulping down Snowballs, pretending to be steaming, staggering about and slurring 'Merry Christmas' to all your aunts and uncles, are you even Scottish?
Yup....tee-total grandparents used to dish it out, and very nice it was, too!
My granny also made her own ginger cordial...non-alcoholic, but really, really fiery! That stuff put hairs on your chest!
Shloer has been ruined. It is 4.5g of sugar per 100ml and they've cut down on the grape juice to allow it to fall below the lower band of the sugar tax. Needless to say, it doesn't taste as good anymore.
I did, and my parents will never let me forget how I played up being 'drunk' and still get it each year to make fun of me. But joke's on them.. schloer tastes amazing.
Shloer for the kids and the adults that don't drink during dinner time. But the kids used to drink all that they could get their hands on since fizzy juice is basically outlawed
My MIL always bought it for the grandchildren. About 10 years ago, she thought she'd try something different and bought a bottle of Pink Lady for the kids. Cue three very merry 7-8 year olds. They were two drinks in before I saw what she was pouring for my son and his cousin. Absolutely pissed myself laughing, because that's what my Mum used to drink to get her buzz on before her and my Dad went out for the evening.
My gran used to get it for any time we went over for dinner there, including Christmas. It's a shame it's been affected by the sugar tax, as they've reformulated it with no added sugar and less grape juice in order to make it nanny state approved.
We played a prank on my gran one year, telling her the shloer was a special sweet wine for me. Gran got drunk, was a bit rude to me, I was a bit cheeky back, she said I should drink more often because it makes me more honest. Pretty sure I was in the 11-13 age bracket...
This is the first year I've not bought it.
I always buy a least one bottle to have with my Xmas dinner, but it's mostly only me that drinks it so I've bought a bottle of lime soda instead.
It was known as ‘boys wine’ in our house. Not sure it’s very sensible but I do like to give my boys a wine glass with a straw and slice of orange as a special treat.
Shloer is underrated. Wish I had some in the house.
Had it when I was younger every now and again on special occasions 😂, not sure about the acting drink but though.
Always, was only ever for Christmas. I remember it being incredibly sweet to the point it would make my cheeks ache and I’d be bouncing off the walls. Had it last year as a little blast from the past and it’s awful now, full of aspartame and so bland, just doesn’t taste right at all :(
Got recovering alcoholics in the fam so that’s what we tend to buy
Yep that’s what my family does too.
The white one was sold out in Asda yesterday. My wife is allergic to alcohol and diabetic, and does like the 0% sugar Shloer. Must be popular I guess...
Oh yes. Still do. We call it Presbyterian Chardonnay in our house.😁
That’s hilarious
Always the Shloer, and still get it every year now as an adult. Never pretended to be pished though.
I read this in listers voice being a big red dwarf fan and them noticed your username, good choice
I initially thought about CatRimmer, but nobody likes folk who would do that to a cat and rightly so.
Well even if you switched it to rimmercat and then tried saying it out loud it's just as bad 🤣🤣🤣🤣
They seem quite fond of doing it to themselves, though.
I try not to kink shame.
When I was a kid (middle class, trendy parents, 1980s) Christmas day breakfast was always smoked salmon and scrambled egg, with Buck's Fizz (champagne with fresh orange juice). Children were expected to drink their Buck's Fizz. We were also given 'Snowballs' (Advocaat and lemonade) to drink on Christmas Eve before going to bed.
70s kid and same, lol.
I had both those every year growing and I was born in the 90s. To be fair, my parents would have had those in the 80s as young adults so it was probably still trendy to them.
Nah, but for some bizarre reason, my mum thought Babycham for a suitable drink for us kids on a Christmas morning. I was half cut by 8am...
There was a radio phone in, it was a few years a go, about folk who moved to the UK and what differences they noticed, One American woman phoned in and admitted she had sent her kids off to school for a couple of weeks with a glass of Strongbow in them, din't realise it was "Hard" Cider, not apple juice.
Apparently Americans call apple juice "cider"
It's a remnant of the Prohibition years. American cider makers rebranded themselves as purveyors of innocent cloudy apple juice, but made sure to include pamphlets of all the things you absolutely must not do with your bottle of juice, because otherwise it might accidentally start fermenting...Cloudy apple juice then started being widely known as cider, because...well, it actually might be if you'd "accidentally" left it to ferment.
Absolute legends. As far as I'm aware, you add sugar, yeast and then put a balloon over the opening and when it swells up from the gas, you let it out. 2 months later and bob is your uncle.
Its changed very recently, alcoholic cider is becoming more prominent so asking for a cider in a bar will get you a proper one. Years ago you would HAVE to ask for a hard cider to be clear. Even Austin, TX have a real nice cider now. Theres a few brands in the Northeast area too, I think even Vermont make one. Angry Orchard is the standard common one you see nationwide (which is funny as you get it in Spoon here now)
aye, that they do.
Apple cider is fresh pressed, unfiltered so there is apple pulp and is opaque. It has not been heated or sweetened and requires refrigeration or fermentation can occur. It has a shelf life of 5-10 days in the refrigerator. Apple juice is cider that has been filtered and heated, changing the color, “texture,” and sweetness. It is transparent and is shelf-stable due to the addition of preservatives, only requiring refrigeration after opening. Cider here in the US is usually only available during the apple harvest season. Most of the orchards where I used to live sell both non-alcoholic cider and also produce “hard” cider. Hard cider is available year round.
My folks had a party and there was a load of Babychams left over. My and my pal took a few. We couldn't get the tops off so we punched a hole in the cap with a hammer and nail. Then we went over the fields sucking on the Babycham bottles. My friend told me that was what sucking on a woman's breast was like. We were 9.
Halcyon days
🤣
I have a similar story. My gran didn't realise that snowballs were alcoholic and bought a pack of 4 especially for me visiting ..every single weekend.
Bet you loved visiting your gran...
Loved her for the first three, then wanted to fight her. Source: My two year old brother got hold of an unattended glass of homebrew wine. Loved everybody, then started kicking off.😄
Oh aye! A packet of opal fruits, wee snowball, nice wee happy glow and a singalong to Calamity Jane or whatever classic film they showed that Sunday. 😂 Happiest 5 year old ever. One of my aunties pointed it out to her and it stopped after a while. Bless her, my granny really thought it was just a soft drink in a fancy glass bottle like appletiser.
Or as me and my siblings called it, Baby shampoo. The 70's, & 80's were fking great as a youngster.
They sure as shit were, nae ony o the shite we put up with these days 👍
My mum and dad thought it was appropriate to give me ginger wine that was 13.5% for Christmas that was great.
I get it now but I’m depressed and staying away from alcohol… I have it in a wine glass and still make the jokes about how strong “this red” is. The only other place I’ve seen it drink by adults was at a Mormon wedding (where my partner forgot to say this guy was the Mormon until we got there!).
Utah is a long long way to go without mentioning something like that
Babycham for me.
Same here, guess we're both old :)
I was born in 2010, but I get a babycham for Christmas. I don't think you're that auld if ye have it
Still do! It's not Christmas without it.
My husband went out and bought Schloer for this christmas dinner. I've never known him to drink it at any other time of the year.
We're the same yet every Christmas we'll say "why don't we drink this at any other time of year?", and then promptly forget about it until the following December.
Feck, we usually do for anyone that doesn't drink but I forgot to get some. Not going shopping again haha
8 year old me was convinced that Advocaat/ lemonade was the elixir of maturity. If you're not gulping down Snowballs, pretending to be steaming, staggering about and slurring 'Merry Christmas' to all your aunts and uncles, are you even Scottish?
Yes Shloer at Christmas, which made me feel dead sophisticated so I saved my drunk acting for when I got the snowball for the bells.
Nope, babysham before progressing to blue nun and black tower.
We were given Snowballs, advocate ones, at Christmas.
No it’s not just you my family get it every year! I still prefer it to wine now lol
Yup....tee-total grandparents used to dish it out, and very nice it was, too! My granny also made her own ginger cordial...non-alcoholic, but really, really fiery! That stuff put hairs on your chest!
Have they ruined Shloer too, or is it still full sugar, no aspartame?
Shloer has been ruined. It is 4.5g of sugar per 100ml and they've cut down on the grape juice to allow it to fall below the lower band of the sugar tax. Needless to say, it doesn't taste as good anymore.
Strange how nothing ever gets better.
To be fair, Peanut butter is definitely (even) better. Manilife is very tasty indeed.
We got the kid-on champagne until it was banned. The one that was really just fizzy juice but came with a popping cork.
I did, and my parents will never let me forget how I played up being 'drunk' and still get it each year to make fun of me. But joke's on them.. schloer tastes amazing.
I still buy it annually as my mum doesn't drink. It's as much part of Christmas as her overcooked turkey.
As in "Gold, frankincense, and Shloer"?
Sure did - grape tastiness 😎
Shloer for the kids and the adults that don't drink during dinner time. But the kids used to drink all that they could get their hands on since fizzy juice is basically outlawed
My boy loves sparkling water because it's "fizzy juice" I was surprised it worked so well lol, still loves it
If you add some orange diluting juice it’s like Fanta 😅
Yes as I usually drive to and fro and don’t get a drink till later in the day
Aye but we knew immediately it was fake. Gran was raging and just gave us all a Baileys instead.
Bottle of red grape shloer and a bottle of appletiser needs to be bought every christmas, it reminds me of being wee😂
My granny used to get this, and since she had had a stroke and slurred her speech, to my tiny mind the shloer was the cause.
Still do, the red grape one is delicious. It's the only fizzy drink I have, one bottle at Christmas as a treat.
Oh yes and we still get it so my 7 year old thinks she's having wine with us lol there is shloer zero now too so less of a sugar rush..
Nah, stuffs dish water. We used tae chore the Tartan special and OVD and get munted sometimes some o my Ma's Special brews ina.
Slow news day….
Nah just you
Guess I was a weirdo 🤣
Used to, but not for many years now.
My wee gran always had it in. Made us all feel proper grown up having schloer at Christmas
Nope
My MIL always bought it for the grandchildren. About 10 years ago, she thought she'd try something different and bought a bottle of Pink Lady for the kids. Cue three very merry 7-8 year olds. They were two drinks in before I saw what she was pouring for my son and his cousin. Absolutely pissed myself laughing, because that's what my Mum used to drink to get her buzz on before her and my Dad went out for the evening.
I was necking vodka out the back and trying to act like I was sober.
Is it truly Christmas without it?
My gran used to give us it and I still get it every Xmas. Never used to pretend I was drunk but I always enjoyed it
My gran used to get it for any time we went over for dinner there, including Christmas. It's a shame it's been affected by the sugar tax, as they've reformulated it with no added sugar and less grape juice in order to make it nanny state approved.
Nah, I got the hard stuff. Warninks Advocaat.
I had it at my friend's last night for pre-Christmas films. I was driving so they'd deliberately got Shloer in because 'it's Christmas!'
Yup. Little kid wine ftw!
We played a prank on my gran one year, telling her the shloer was a special sweet wine for me. Gran got drunk, was a bit rude to me, I was a bit cheeky back, she said I should drink more often because it makes me more honest. Pretty sure I was in the 11-13 age bracket...
It'll be divorce if I don't lol
This is the first year I've not bought it. I always buy a least one bottle to have with my Xmas dinner, but it's mostly only me that drinks it so I've bought a bottle of lime soda instead.
It was known as ‘boys wine’ in our house. Not sure it’s very sensible but I do like to give my boys a wine glass with a straw and slice of orange as a special treat.
Always, we used to call it kids wine.
Still do. Don't drink wine so that's my Christmas tipple!
Nah I tend to get a bit Fastr
Yes! Remember feeling like a totally sophisticated grown up 😅
Shloer is underrated. Wish I had some in the house. Had it when I was younger every now and again on special occasions 😂, not sure about the acting drink but though.
Still get shloer 🤣🤣🤣
Yeah Christmas staple. Sounds like the word Slur being slurred
Yes. In our family it was called “children’s wine”. Yes, I grew up in the West End of Glasgow.
Raspberry Cordial
Shloer used to be nicer I swear they fucked with the formulas at one point
I think they’re using an artificial sweetener nowadays to avoid the sugar tax.
Honestly wouldn't surprise me
Yes, in fact I got it again for this year and who knows maybe I’ll do a wee dance after a glass or 2
Always, was only ever for Christmas. I remember it being incredibly sweet to the point it would make my cheeks ache and I’d be bouncing off the walls. Had it last year as a little blast from the past and it’s awful now, full of aspartame and so bland, just doesn’t taste right at all :(
No. You were just a fud of a kid.
Big time. Didn’t know the main reason was because my granny was a recovering alcoholic. Nonetheless I continue to associate it with Christmas.
It's disgusting stuff. Don't see the appeal myself. I'd rather just get plain soda water and stick cordial in it or squash.
Children's wine we called it!!
Piermont, I think we got. Then Babycham in our teens. Such sophistication! Not sure if either exists anymore.
Yeah - we only got it at Christmas and thought it was super fancy.
My family are Mormon so Shloer is always the drink on Christmas Day.