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# Friday
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/43302/
- Published: 2017-07-28T06:48:35.000Z
- Updated: 2017-07-28T06:48:35.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Miscellaneous, #wpChunk

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Brews You Can Use

Just when I think I've heard of everything in the drinking world, at least those things that have been around awhile, something else appears.

This time, it's [Buckfast Tonic Wine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast%5FTonic%5FWine?ref=thedailyeudemon.com), a caffeine-infused wine made by [the Benedictine monks of Buckfast](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckfast%5FAbbey?ref=thedailyeudemon.com). Originally made as a medicinal drink, they've been making it for over a century.

How powerful is it? Fifteen percent alcohol and an undetermined amount of caffeine (some say, as much as a Red Bull). If that's not a testament to its power, this might be: a decadent country like Scotland nearly banned it. Of course, Scotland is staunchly welfare state and pro-EU, so it is the country of paternalistic politicians, but still. It's a hard-drinking culture by any measure yet there was a serious effort to ban it.

Regardless, Buckfast has become something of Scotland's national drink.

I heard about it in *[Modern Drunkard Magazine](http://www.drunkard.com/?ref=thedailyeudemon.com)*. I wish I could provide a link, but the article doesn't appear to be online.