Today we're ranking every drink you'd find in the typical Glasgow carry-out bag in 2024
The humble carry-out. An all-important aspect of Glaswegian culture, and one of the most important choice any young Glaswegian will have to make - what is my carry-out drink of choice?
It may sound silly, but there's no changing it, once you get known for drinking a certain kind of drink, that's you stuck with it. That's why today we wanted to make it that little bit easier for Glaswegians by ranking drinks you'll find in every Glaswegian carry-out definitively.
Carry-outs are a wonderful thing - you could take it anywhere (just about) - at a house party, on a bus, on a train, or even down the park (it's illegal to drink outside anywhere in Glasgow so good luck with that). For most us, a carry-out is taken back to our home or the house of a friend - so like anything in Glasgow, expect to be judged heavily based on your choice of bevvy.
Take a look below at 12 drinks you'll find in every Glaswegian carry-out ranked by myself - a man that has had more of his fair share of drinks, and very possibly slagging for said drinks in equal measure.
Carry-outs are a wonderful thing - you could take it anywhere (just about) - at a house party, on a bus, on a train, or even down the park (it's illegal to drink outside anywhere in Glasgow so good luck with that). For most us, a carry-out is taken back to our home or the house of a friend - so like anything in Glasgow, expect to be judged heavily based on your choice of bevvy.
9. Dragon Soop
Dragon Soop is not to be underestimated, don't make the same mistake I did - I saw the young team drinking it and was sure I could hack a pair of cans as pre-drinks before going out. By the time my train arrived at Queen Street I was melted. It must function the same way as Buckfast, given its high caffeine content and 8% ABV, at least that's what I tell myself. Drink at your own peril.
10. El Dorado
They say taking your first drink of Bucky as a youth sends you down a dark path... otherwise known as the road to El Dorado. To the untrained eye El Dorado could be a posh Spanish wine, imbibed the same way port is in Portugal. That eye would be wrong. This my friend, is fortified wine. Somehow El Dorado gets even more demonised than Buckfast, although we didn't think that possible. If middle class people look down on working class people for drinking Buckfast, working class people look down on the underclass for drinking El Dorado. All that being said, I still don't like it very much, hence its place on this list.
11. MD 20/20
MD, or Mad Dog 20/20 to use its Christian name, was the drink of choice when I was a youth. It may have been the first drink I ever had that wasn't a fly sip from my dad's lukewarm lager tin. Anecdotally, it was always the worst type of folks that would be drinking MD. Does that make it objectively bad? Not at all. Does this irreversibly colour my perception of it? Yes absolutely.
12. Strongbow Dark Fruits Cider
If you're about ages with me, then you'll know this cider very well. It's highly likely that for a while this was only draught drink you could handle when you were '18' down the pub. You'll no doubt also know someone that still drinks Strongbow Dark Fruits to this day. To those people we say: grow up and choose a real drink. Just kidding, you can drink whatever you like and we'll never judge you for it. Especially not in a ranked list format published on a digital platform.
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