Tetley Bitter

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Fri 03 Dec, 2010 8:18 pm

Si wrote: PJ wrote: ''He ain't heavy . . . he's my brother . . . '' That's the one. Some bloke in a pork pie hat carrying an old woman across the road. That was Miller Lite (which became Miller Pilsner to avoid confusion with low alcohol beers).Hofmeister was "follow the bear" and seems to have vanished off the face of the earth. Unbelievably the bear adverts were banned as it was thought that the bear would appeal to children and could encourage under age drinking...Oranjeboom is available in Iceland shops, of all places...

The Parksider · Post by **The Parksider** » Fri 03 Dec, 2010 8:19 pm

Si wrote: Is there still a virtual cigar up for grabs for the failed Dutch lager, Parksider? Not Oranjeboom, then? Allied took a stake in Oranjeboom many years ago, but I don't think it made it to draught - at least not up here. As has been said Arctic Lite and Castlemaine added to the lager portfolio, but "SKOL" was the big seller.I really can't recall when, how or why that dissapeared, but then again some subjects are of no great interest to me.I think SKOL was o.g. 3.8 as were a lot of lagers...I think they sold at a premium too. I do recall "skol special strength" being created in bottles and cans but probably was no stronger than that Maize BrewI'm not anti-lager, I'm anti rip off XXXX (yes you are right that's what it stands for.So I award you a virtual bottle of "Duvel" in the classic glass. Get by the fire and sip it slowly now.....

Si · Post by Si » Fri 03 Dec, 2010 9:04 pm

Cheers, Parksider!!! Coincidentally, when I worked in an ad agency in London, one of our accounts was Skol. I think it was one of the leading brands at the time (with Carling.)We did the ad about "Skolars" where a bloke has to keep tabs on the cans of Skol being drunk at a party, and at the end of the evening still has enough "to give Samantha one!" Strange how the brand has all but disappeared........

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Fri 03 Dec, 2010 9:15 pm

The Parksider wrote: , but "SKOL" was the big seller.I really can't recall when, how or why that dissapeared, but then again some subjects are of no great interest to me.I think SKOL was o.g. 3.8 as were a lot of lagers...I think they sold at a premium too. I do recall "skol special strength" being created in bottles and cans but probably was no stronger than that Maize Brew Skol is still available in cans but its probably 15+years since I saw it on electric draught. Skol Special Strength is the only true alcoholic drink an old friend of mine would drink, His alternatives were lager shandy but not even that if driving when it was cola. Skol Special is still available at a strength of over 8% which is about par for a weak wine

Post by **cnosni** » Fri 03 Dec, 2010 10:38 pm

Si wrote: Cheers, Parksider!!! Coincidentally, when I worked in an ad agency in London, one of our accounts was Skol. I think it was one of the leading brands at the time (with Carling.)We did the ad about "Skolars" where a bloke has to keep tabs on the cans of Skol being drunk at a party, and at the end of the evening still has enough "to give Samantha one!" Strange how the brand has all but disappeared........ Oh yes,that is alcohol porn.Lets not forget about the fantastic Budvar.

Si · Post by Si » Fri 03 Dec, 2010 11:21 pm

cnosni wrote: Si wrote: Cheers, Parksider!!! Coincidentally, when I worked in an ad agency in London, one of our accounts was Skol. I think it was one of the leading brands at the time (with Carling.)We did the ad about "Skolars" where a bloke has to keep tabs on the cans of Skol being drunk at a party, and at the end of the evening still has enough "to give Samantha one!" Strange how the brand has all but disappeared........ Oh yes,that is alcohol porn.Lets not forget about the fantastic Budvar. Cheers, Chris! (You trying to get me drunk?)Hic!

raveydavey · Post by **raveydavey** » Sat 04 Dec, 2010 9:17 am

The Parksider wrote: Si wrote: Is there still a virtual cigar up for grabs for the failed Dutch lager, Parksider? Not Oranjeboom, then? Allied took a stake in Oranjeboom many years ago, but I don't think it made it to draught - at least not up here. As has been said Arctic Lite and Castlemaine added to the lager portfolio, but "SKOL" was the big seller.I really can't recall when, how or why that dissapeared, but then again some subjects are of no great interest to me.I think SKOL was o.g. 3.8 as were a lot of lagers...I think they sold at a premium too. I do recall "skol special strength" being created in bottles and cans but probably was no stronger than that Maize BrewI'm not anti-lager, I'm anti rip off XXXX (yes you are right that's what it stands for.So I award you a virtual bottle of "Duvel" in the classic glass. Get by the fire and sip it slowly now..... I don't remember Arctic Lite. When I started drinking (mid-80's), Tetleys pubs had Skol and Castlemaine XXXX on draught - some also had the premium Lowenbrau as well (aka Loony-brew - their equivalent to Stella which was only available in Whitbread pubs at the time). Oranjeboom was available in bottles.Funnily enough, few people drank bottled beer, or even premium lagers, then due to the perceived expense. How times change

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Sat 04 Dec, 2010 9:55 am

The Parksider wrote: Si wrote: Is there still a virtual cigar up for grabs for the failed Dutch lager, Parksider? Not Oranjeboom, then? Allied took a stake in Oranjeboom many years ago, but I don't think it made it to draught - at least not up here. As has been said Arctic Lite and Castlemaine added to the lager portfolio, but "SKOL" was the big seller.I really can't recall when, how or why that dissapeared, but then again some subjects are of no great interest to me.I think SKOL was o.g. 3.8 as were a lot of lagers...I think they sold at a premium too. I do recall "skol special strength" being created in bottles and cans but probably was no stronger than that Maize BrewI'm not anti-lager, I'm anti rip off XXXX (yes you are right that's what it stands for.So I award you a virtual bottle of "Duvel" in the classic glass. Get by the fire and sip it slowly now..... I had a glass of Grimbergen Tripel Bruin last night - head banging a bit this morning. I always thought that XXXX stood for lager, because the Aussies don't know how to spell it - like the Aussie jounros dubbed Vince Karalius "Wild Bull of the Pampas" because they couldn't spell Karalius.

carith · Post by **carith** » Sun 05 Dec, 2010 7:01 pm

If I remember correctly the castlemaine ads had a close up of the drinkers thorax as he drank implying the XXXX theme.

peterg · Post by **peterg** » Mon 06 Dec, 2010 6:23 pm

Nothing to do with Tetley's, but try a Voll Damm (8% alcohol).