40% of Scottish inmates drank Buckie, a caffeinated wine made by monks, before they got arrested

It was popular among Dublin motorcycle couriers during the '90s.

I never knew until just now that is was heavily caffeinated but it was said at the time that it had a similar effect to speed, which was another popular drug among couriers.

I never partook of it, nor to the drunk driving, cop baiting, all weekend every weekend partying that accompanied it but I had a vicarious awe and admiration for the sheer abandon of my colleagues who did.

They’d work during the week taking wiz to stay focused with some cannabis to take the edge off and at the weekends they’d go wild, taking off to bike races or motorcycle rallies in Ireland, the UK and occasionally the continent.

It was truly worthy of a Hunter S Thompson book.

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