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The Danes really are taking the proverbial :http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... .jpRegards.

Hats Off wrote: The Danes really are taking the proverbial :http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... .jpRegards. Unbelievable. You couldn't make it up. If that's Carlsberg's attempt at winning back customers with Tetley's heritage, it's backfired spectacularly (with me, anyway.)PS I thought they'd dropped the Huntsman back in the 80s, when they started selling their beer down south. There was a clash with a southern brewer called Huntsman Ales (or something like that), who's logo was a mirror-image of Tetley's, but otherwise identical, even down to the monocle. Tetley's began using a black star logo, if memory serves.     

All nicely timed as they are throwing the very heritage they are relying on in the bin of course. They really are taking the gnat's out of this.Spotted one of these on the way in. They aren't that bright are they?Give them another five years and the Danes will be complaining that they aren't brewing Carlsberg in Denmark any more.Who's going to gain from this? Tim Taylor, Leeds Brewery, Theakstons, Black Sheep, Hambleton, Copper Dragon, Kelham Island, Dent........    

Si wrote: Unbelievable. You couldn't make it up. If that's Carlsberg's attempt at winning back customers with Tetley's heritage, it's backfired spectacularly (with me, anyway.)PS I thought they'd dropped the Huntsman back in the 80s, when they started selling their beer down south. There was a clash with a southern brewer called Huntsman Ales (or something like that), who's logo was a mirror-image of Tetley's, but otherwise identical, even down to the monocle. Tetley's began using a black star logo, if memory serves.      I think it was Eldridge Pope brewery from Dorset that had the same logo. The story was that it was drawn by a travelling commercial artist way back in the day and as not many people travelled far in those times he reckoned that he could sell the same image to both them and Tetley's without much fuss. It seemed to have worked for many years until one became aware of the other and I think Tetley's bought the rights from Eldridge Pope to be the sole user of the image.Regards.    

Hats Off wrote: Si wrote: Unbelievable. You couldn't make it up. If that's Carlsberg's attempt at winning back customers with Tetley's heritage, it's backfired spectacularly (with me, anyway.)PS I thought they'd dropped the Huntsman back in the 80s, when they started selling their beer down south. There was a clash with a southern brewer called Huntsman Ales (or something like that), who's logo was a mirror-image of Tetley's, but otherwise identical, even down to the monocle. Tetley's began using a black star logo, if memory serves.      I think it was Eldridge Pope brewery from Dorset that had the same logo. The story was that it was drawn by a travelling commercial artist way back in the day and as not many people travelled far in those times he reckoned that he could sell the same image to both them and Tetley's without much fuss. It seemed to have worked for many years until one became aware of the other and I think Tetley's bought the rights from Eldridge Pope to be the sole user of the image.Regards.     Interesting. However, if Tetley's bought the sole rights to use the huntsman, why didn't they use it (in London, anyway?)I'm sure I can remember seeing a bottle with the other huntsman on the label - that's why I can remember the detail of the monocle.

Here is an example.Regards.

Si wrote: Interesting. However, if Tetley's bought the sole rights to use the huntsman, why didn't they use it (in London, anyway?)I'm sure I can remember seeing a bottle with the other huntsman on the label - that's why I can remember the detail of the monocle. You could well of seen the Eldridge Pope huntsman. I think it was when Tetley's began marketing their canned bitter nation wide in the 1980's that the conflicting huntsmen became a problem, as far as I recall Tetley's didn't have much of a presence in the capital back then but Pope's may have.Regards.

Riponian wrote: Who's going to gain from this? Tim Taylor, Leeds Brewery, Theakstons, Black Sheep, Hambleton, Copper Dragon, Kelham Island, Dent........     Since the Danes got their hands on Tetley's it has gone down hill and isn't a patch on most of the above beers.Regards.

Probably the best lineup... but no way to win friends in Leeds!!

Hats Off wrote: Si wrote: Interesting. However, if Tetley's bought the sole rights to use the huntsman, why didn't they use it (in London, anyway?)I'm sure I can remember seeing a bottle with the other huntsman on the label - that's why I can remember the detail of the monocle. You could well of seen the Eldridge Pope huntsman. I think it was when Tetley's began marketing their canned bitter nation wide in the 1980's that the conflicting huntsmen became a problem, as far as I recall Tetley's didn't have much of a presence in the capital back then but Pope's may have.Regards. Hi, Hats Off. I must have seen it somewhere, but Eldridge Pope doesn't ring any bells! The Tetley's with the black star logo wasn't in cans, but on draught (the background was red, and not blue, also.) Webster's Pennine was becoming more available down there about the same time. Most pubs were Courage, Fuller's, Young's or Romford Brewery, I think.