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Purity Laws - Beer, Bread, Sausages & Cider.
- Thread starter Charlie4
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As a young subbie in 3RTR it was not usual on your first invitation from your Tp Sgt to his mess to be faced by half a pint of Creme de Menthe, on subsequent invitations you might even get a half pint of Creme de Menthe Frappe, happy days
Agreed Stella always produced a bad head.
Warsteiner - causes no hangover - it liquifies your brain which then drops out of your arse - ergo - no hangover.
Issi
War Hero
I'm not sure of the veracity of this, but a friends brother was an engineer, who used to work in the food and drink industry.
He claims that all of the cheap ,smart price type lagers and ciders, are just the result of a massive vat of Fosters/Carling/Strongbow etc, that didn't quite make the grade.
It makes sense on two levels,
1. Who would throw away 20000 litres of slightly sub standard booze, and 2. Who would go out of their way to actively produce 20000 litres of slightly sub standard booze.
He claims that all of the cheap ,smart price type lagers and ciders, are just the result of a massive vat of Fosters/Carling/Strongbow etc, that didn't quite make the grade.
It makes sense on two levels,
1. Who would throw away 20000 litres of slightly sub standard booze, and 2. Who would go out of their way to actively produce 20000 litres of slightly sub standard booze.
Whiskybreath
MIA
But it would have to be consistently rubbish in order to brand and market it, unless you're just selling to the London supermarkets.
RangdoOfArg
LE
Shepherd Neame are canny in that way. They got early rights to make imported lagers, and they do them well.
Breweries in Burton (Carling) and Northampton (Carlsberg) followed. As did many others. At a cost to the brewing heritage of the U.K.
Chef
LE
In the other direction about thirty years ago we got a trip round the Charlie Wells brewery in Bedford. They had a batch of Red Stripe that couldn't be sold to the public as it was over strength so sold off to the brewery workers.
I don't know if it's still the case but Sainsbury's own brand bitter was simply relabeled Ruddles and the labels on most supermarket beers gave the game away as the brewer's address was put on them.
Nowadays they just have' Brewed for Tescos, Cheshunt' and the like.
RangdoOfArg
LE
Sounds about right. If you look at the small print, most “own brands” give it away. Aldi/Lidl go much further and just give the head office address, but an address is good. Anything in Burton is Marston’s plc, for example.
For Sainsbury’s own labels, the bottle shape is an indicator if you can discern between Shepherd Neame and Black Sheep.
For me, it’s too ambiguous. Tell the consumer where it was made, and let them make their own mind up. Not just beer. Ambiguity is for me obfuscation. I want to know who made the stuff I am going to put in my gob.
Chef
LE
@RangdoOfArg As Sainsburys at the time sold branded beers too, it may have been part of the contact to be ambiguous.
Cheshunt is Tescos head office so much the same approach as Lidls and the rest.
Cheshunt is Tescos head office so much the same approach as Lidls and the rest.
RangdoOfArg
LE
I get that. I just think that what you pour down your neck and swallow through your gullet is important.
If many of my fellow countrymen do not care, I can live with that.
I would like the facts to make my own mind up. I’m annoyed that obfuscation seems to be the rule.
And I know supermarkets own the market, and I can shop elsewhere. We all get that.
Charlie4
LE
I find that hard to believe to be honest. Fortunately, as non of the drinks mentioned make the grade, and are cheap nasty chemical aberrations, they won't be going near my mouth anyway.
Geeze you are a rambling drunk waster !
Issi
War Hero
With the benefit of reflection, and in no small part due to the comments on this forum, it has become quite clear that I was told a load of nonsense many years ago.
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Gardner6LXB
LE
Sssshhhh! Enough talking.
Charlie4
LE
Shall I change the thread title to "German bier fraus I would"?
You wouldn't get any of them drinking Carling or Fosters!
ETA...
Lardbeast
LE
I'd say they get contracted to brew a generic lager type fizzy thing with a pale amber hue which is tinned/bottled under the own brand label. We did a few of those for game lodges but using our normal recipes, just bottled with the lodge label for the punters.
Agree re the nasty generic fizzy crap. Not worth the effort, tastes shit, crap head the next morning and costs you beer vouchers you could spend on something decent.
Wouldn't even drink it if it was free, for the aforementioned ill effects.
Unremarkable
LE
Remember the advert for a certain brand?
"In eighteen ninety something, Herbert Brain invented a dish of pork, liver and onions of which he was so proud, he gave it his name..."
So why on earth are they not called 'Brain's Herberts'?
In_Twists
Old-Salt
Depends how many you have to feed doesnt it?Buying quality produce does not have to break the bank. Local farm stores, farmers markets and a good butchers can be very competative, pricewise.
I can't get proper Somerset cider or Somerset cheddar where I live, so I stock up when I go home. However that doesn't mean I can't get good cider and cheese where I live.
Home - Connage Highland Dairy
www.connage.co.uk
Local meat and fish (especially) are excellent. I can quite happily survive without too much processed food and it isn't that much more expensive.
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