Buckfast

In the wake of alarming new research about alcohol consumption in Scotland, the Right Rev Bob Gillies, Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in the Scottish Episcopal Church has accused the Benedictine Monks in Devon who first brewed Buckfast tonic wine of betraying Christian values. 

The fortified wine which had previously been marketed with the slogan “Three small glasses a day, for good health and lively blood” is 15% proof and a 75cl bottle has approximately the same amount of caffeine as six cans of cola.