Buckfast

Visitors to the Ayr area, and anywhere else in the west of scotland for that matter, will not get far before coming across empty bottles which formerly contained that product of those monks from our own dear county, Buckfast Tonic Wine. For those not familier with the story, 'Buckie' as it is universally known in those parts has become the drink of choice for the local 'Neds' (hooligan element) to achieve near instant oblivion. Despite the protests of sucessive Scottish Governments the trade in Buckfast wine has continued to grow to the extent that the holy men of Buckfast Abbey are now expanding their bottling capacity. Devon may be known elsewhere for cream teas and cider but in the west of scotland it is almost universally associated with the production of Buckfast and the havoc that consumption of the sticky mixture often leads to.