Lest We Forget......

[Crozzer]

........why the Campaign for Real Ale was started.


http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_britain/keg_bitter/Watneys_pubs.html

http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_britain/keg_bitter/watneys_red_barrel.html


There was nothing quite like the local "Grotneys".  Europe's largest consumer organisation made sure that there was nothing quite like the local "Grotneys" ever again.

If I recall correctly, "Grotneys" was served (rented) at the Brunel Rooms when first opened. 

[Samdy Gray]

On the subject of CAMRA, I've been drinking more real ales lately rather than the tipple (cider).

I think I'm getting old. I'll be wearing tweed jackets with leather elbow patched and smoking a pipe next.

[Ardiles]

I'm too young to remember Watney's.  Sounds like a horror show.

While the brewing industry is going through a tough time, I think we can class the demise of Watney's (and other 1970s/1980s bad taste episodes, like Hofmeister) and the rise of real ale as a good news story.  I don't think there will ever be a return.

On the subject of CAMRA, I've been drinking more real ales lately rather than the tipple (cider).

I think I'm getting old. I'll be wearing tweed jackets with leather elbow patched and smoking a pipe next.

Sam - it happens to us all.  There comes a point in every man's life - usually some time in his mid/late 20s - where he realises that the fizz he's been drinking for the last 10 years was in fact 'piss' and would be better used commercially for clearing drains.  (That's a lager dig, btw.  Not cider.)  Buy a jacket if you must!  Hope your love affair with proper beer last a lifetime.

[Reg Smeeton]

I'm too young to remember Watney's.  Sounds like a horror show.

 The little red barrel key rings were great though...I think Bristhole Rovers may have once won the Watney Cup.

[A Gent Orange]

While the brewing industry is going through a tough time

The small brewers aren't. Most of them are doing well and actually SIBA real ale sales are up about 11% It's mostly the macros and the pubcos and their tennants that are suffering at the moment. Oh and Archers.

[janaage]

I flipping love real ale, in fact recently I've stopped drinking as much guinness and got back on beer.  Had a few Bunny Hops on Saturday night, was lovely.  I very rarely drink lager thesedays not a patch on ale.

[nevillew]

The little red barrel key rings were great though...I think Bristhole Rovers may have once won the Watney Cup.

Which was first ,Red Barrel or Starlight ?   (serious question)

[Sippo]

On the subject of CAMRA, I've been drinking more real ales lately rather than the tipple (cider).

I think I'm getting old. I'll be wearing tweed jackets with leather elbow patched and smoking a pipe next.

Get to the festival at STEAM, you will love it. real ale plus real ciders!

[Reg Smeeton]

Which was first ,Red Barrel or Starlight ?   (serious question)

 Double Diamond was first brewed in 1876....in Burton.  TEF piss up next season?

[CliffP]

Which was first ,Red Barrel or Starlight ?   (serious question)

Red Barrel was first - Starlight originated from the Phipps Brewery in Northampton which was acquired by Watneys in the late 60s

[chalkies_shorts]

Brew XI anyone - that really was piss water. The Midlanders used to love it - probably still do.

[Crozzer]

Brew XI anyone - that really was piss water. The Midlanders used to love it - probably still do.

Ansell's Bitter was another abomination from the centre of the country, but Brew XI ("for the men of the Midlands, boing") was available in some pubs in Swindon.  No, it didn't cool down my Biryani.

Apparently, Starlight was the fluid put in the Party 4 and Party 7 tins.

On the subject of stale weasel urine, the slogan I enjoyed most for lager was, "Wouldn't you rather be Hemeling?", or as it was often quoted, "Wouldn't you rather be Hemorrhaging?"

Hemeling was marketed by Bass who should have known better.

 

[Fred Elliot]

I have 3 pints of Fullers ESB every night waiting for the train

Purely medicinal of course, it cures my insomnia

[Simon Pieman]

That explains the loose tongue!

[Fred Elliot]

That was you she told off, not me mate !