tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post2480911363965375029..comments2024-01-29T10:16:00.995+00:00Comments on CALLED TO THE BAR : White Shield — some personal thoughts and a mention of HolstenAdrian Tierney-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-81290794846956609702011-06-29T19:46:24.333+01:002011-06-29T19:46:24.333+01:00Lees dropped it about 3 years ago. It was shit. Th...Lees dropped it about 3 years ago. It was shit. They brew Carlsberg now. That's shit too. On the other hand Lees Golden Original Lager is perfectly nice if you like that sort of thing.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-70896808208750470102011-06-28T10:36:10.342+01:002011-06-28T10:36:10.342+01:00Hi Martyn I tried it several years back in a Lees ...Hi Martyn I tried it several years back in a Lees pub in North Wales for nostalgic reasons (I think Lees were brewing it?) and it was foul…Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-20889098792077067252011-06-28T09:41:11.546+01:002011-06-28T09:41:11.546+01:00Holsten was "got at" by young marketers ...Holsten was "got at" by young marketers in the mid 1990s who thought they could dumb down the recipe in the UK and challenge Beck's for sales. Instead they screwed it up, lost all the people who had previously found it (like me, and like you too, clearly) an acceptable North German lager when there wasn't anything better available, and failed to gain the new sales they were hoping for. As classic an example of how to bollix up a brand as was ever seen.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-83937039773996048692011-06-27T11:02:47.638+01:002011-06-27T11:02:47.638+01:00Thanks, the nit has been picked…Thanks, the nit has been picked…Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-65977855943315776122011-06-27T09:52:41.537+01:002011-06-27T09:52:41.537+01:00Nitpicking, I know, but I think you mean Holsten. ...Nitpicking, I know, but I think you mean Holsten. Holstein is a breed of cow :)Tiny Clangernoreply@blogger.com