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There are indeed a couple of more types I’ve not done yet. Isn’t this fun? Just you and me a pile of dead beer brands. Well, mostly dead.
Because this set contains rather more survivors than the others. Why? Because they were already big international brands. You’ll be wondering which they are. I count seven: Amstel, Carling Black Label, Heineken, Graham’s Golden Lager (now called Skol), Pilsner Urquell, Carlsberg and Tuborg. Though, as you may have noticed many of these are just the name of the brewery rather than a real brand name.
Most of the British-brewed examples come from Lager pioneers, brewers that had a dedicated Lager brew house or only brewed Lager: Ind Coope, Red Tower and Wrexham Lager Brewery. This is an interesting point in the history of British Lager. When it was about to move from being a niche product to a mainstream one. A few years later at the end of the 1950’s many regional brewers started to market their own Lagers, though how many of them were actually bottom-fermented and lagered is anyone’s guess.
Oddly enough, Lager has come full circle. The Lagers from regional brewers have mostly disappeared, replaced either by national brands such as Carling or international brands like Carlsberg and Heineken. So very much like the early 1950’s. Isn’t that a strange turn of events?
Branded Lager in 1953
Brewery
Brand
Type
Amstel
Amstel
Lager
Anglo-Dutch Brewers (Distributors)
Golden Tree
Lager
Brading Breweries Ltd., Canada
Cincinnati Cream
Lager
Canadian Breweries (International)
Carling's Black Label
Lager
Castletown Brewery Ltd.
Anchor
Lager
Dyer Meakin Breweries
Golden Eagle
Lager
Heineken
Heineken's
Lager
Ind Coope & Allsopp
Graham's Golden Lager
Lager
Ind Coope & Allsopp
Jacob's Lager
Lager
Pilsner Breweries
Pilsner Urquell
Lager
Red Tower Lager Brewery
Red Tower
Lager
South Australian Brewery
Regal
Lager
Wurzburger Hofbrau, Bavaria
Wurzburger Hofbrau
Lager
Charles C. R. Walker (Export)
Wyvern Brand
Lager Beer
Carlsberg Byggerierne
Carlsberg
Lager Beers
Backus & Johnston's Brewery
Maltina
Lager Stout
Tuborg Breweries
Tuborg
Pilsener
Wrexham Lager Beer
Ace of Clubs
Pilsener
Bryggeriet Stjerhen
Danish Star
Danish Pilsner
Source:
Brewery Manual 1953-1954, pages 382 - 394.
Only odds and sods left. Those next, then.
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There are indeed a couple of more types I’ve not done yet. Isn’t this fun? Just you and me a pile of dead beer brands. Well, mostly dead.
Because this set contains rather more survivors than the others. Why? Because they were already big international brands. You’ll be wondering which they are. I count seven: Amstel, Carling Black Label, Heineken, Graham’s Golden Lager (now called Skol), Pilsner Urquell, Carlsberg and Tuborg. Though, as you may have noticed many of these are just the name of the brewery rather than a real brand name.
Most of the British-brewed examples come from Lager pioneers, brewers that had a dedicated Lager brew house or only brewed Lager: Ind Coope, Red Tower and Wrexham Lager Brewery. This is an interesting point in the history of British Lager. When it was about to move from being a niche product to a mainstream one. A few years later at the end of the 1950’s many regional brewers started to market their own Lagers, though how many of them were actually bottom-fermented and lagered is anyone’s guess.
Oddly enough, Lager has come full circle. The Lagers from regional brewers have mostly disappeared, replaced either by national brands such as Carling or international brands like Carlsberg and Heineken. So very much like the early 1950’s. Isn’t that a strange turn of events?
Branded Lager in 1953
Brewery
Brand
Type
Amstel
Amstel
Lager
Anglo-Dutch Brewers (Distributors)
Golden Tree
Lager
Brading Breweries Ltd., Canada
Cincinnati Cream
Lager
Canadian Breweries (International)
Carling's Black Label
Lager
Castletown Brewery Ltd.
Anchor
Lager
Dyer Meakin Breweries
Golden Eagle
Lager
Heineken
Heineken's
Lager
Ind Coope & Allsopp
Graham's Golden Lager
Lager
Ind Coope & Allsopp
Jacob's Lager
Lager
Pilsner Breweries
Pilsner Urquell
Lager
Red Tower Lager Brewery
Red Tower
Lager
South Australian Brewery
Regal
Lager
Wurzburger Hofbrau, Bavaria
Wurzburger Hofbrau
Lager
Charles C. R. Walker (Export)
Wyvern Brand
Lager Beer
Carlsberg Byggerierne
Carlsberg
Lager Beers
Backus & Johnston's Brewery
Maltina
Lager Stout
Tuborg Breweries
Tuborg
Pilsener
Wrexham Lager Beer
Ace of Clubs
Pilsener
Bryggeriet Stjerhen
Danish Star
Danish Pilsner
Source:
Brewery Manual 1953-1954, pages 382 - 394.
Only odds and sods left. Those next, then.
More... (http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2015/12/branded-lager-in-1953.html)