tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post9164133647506476631..comments2024-01-29T10:16:00.995+00:00Comments on CALLED TO THE BAR : Remember Artois BockAdrian Tierney-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-52257602623233150712014-05-07T08:23:54.620+01:002014-05-07T08:23:54.620+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076034305182423055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-81559856696942166312014-04-30T23:23:56.909+01:002014-04-30T23:23:56.909+01:00Surely Marstons have always been craft? They brew ...Surely Marstons have always been craft? They brew real ale anyway, and that makes them craft in my book.Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-45536911615722938032014-04-29T17:11:59.025+01:002014-04-29T17:11:59.025+01:00yes that’s the one I was thinking of and I recall ...yes that’s the one I was thinking of and I recall Ron writing aboutAdrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-7982796683806405172014-04-29T17:04:40.256+01:002014-04-29T17:04:40.256+01:00Is that the one Heineken home-brewed in its museum...Is that the one Heineken home-brewed in its museum? Ron P. has a report <a href="http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2007/10/heinekens-amsterdam-brewery.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-15487687956402141382014-04-29T16:15:10.735+01:002014-04-29T16:15:10.735+01:00Ed, I felt the same until I let the liquid flop on...Ed, I felt the same until I let the liquid flop on my tongue like a beached whale of no flavour<br />BN/Barry — and then there was Heineken and its tripel, apparently<br />Max — marketeers never trust brewers it seems to meAdrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-75787719662309051192014-04-29T16:03:49.872+01:002014-04-29T16:03:49.872+01:00The problem with big brewing corporations attempti...The problem with big brewing corporations attempting to do something niche is that whatever character they beer may have had at the prototype stage will more often than not be gradually stripped by power point presentations, forecast, budgets, focus groups, etc. If only they trusted their brewers a bit more than their economists and MBA'sPivní Filosofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883511608403454943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-32764005977941360582014-04-29T13:22:23.948+01:002014-04-29T13:22:23.948+01:00As I was reading, I was also thinking of the St. J...As I was reading, I was also thinking of the St. James's Gate beers. There was a "Pilsner Gold" too. Think I only have a photo of the glass I once had. Barry Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367655129107699025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-33108424228027049952014-04-29T13:17:22.869+01:002014-04-29T13:17:22.869+01:00I must admit I didn't bother with these beers ...I must admit I didn't bother with these beers when they came out, but I subsequently saw Peeterman was an obscure old style and I wondered if I'd missed out. I'm glad to hear I didn't. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13844169940650659196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-49592401252285508572014-04-29T10:07:45.901+01:002014-04-29T10:07:45.901+01:00Bizarrely, Guinness had a craft marque as long ago...Bizarrely, <a href="http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc236/thebeernut/sjg.jpg" rel="nofollow">Guinness had a craft marque</a> as long ago as 1998, with a witbier and a dark lager in the range. It never got past the test phase, which is unfortunate as it was way ahead of its time.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com