Goon is an alcoholic beverage which is widely consumed in Australia. Goon is cheap wine that usually costs between $8 -$30 for 4 litres, and comes in a
cardboard box (cask). The is wine kept inside by a plastic foil lined bag. This bag is the pinnacle of drinking paraphernalia in Australian culture, up with the Beer Bong and Yard Glass. Consumers of Goon often mix it with other alcohols or mixers to improve the taste or make it more potent (more so, potency). After the cask has been consumed, the
cardboard box is discarded, leaving the bag as a very functional pillow (the decanting valve
in the bag is surprisingly air tight), or a trophy signifying an iron stomach. Used bags can be found in parks, road sides,
McDonalds car parks, inside tray backs of Utes and in garden beds, often where the patron had a nap to wear off the effects. The signature game of the Wine Cask is Goon Of Fortune. The bag (or bags, depending on how keen the partygoers are) is traditionally pegged to a Hills Hoist clothesline, and spun around. Players are required to take a swig if the bag stops in front of them. Those left standing are considered the winners!
