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https://boakandbailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/js_bdg_1991.jpgSOURCE: JS Journal Online (https://jsjournals.websds.net/Content/PDFFiles/SA_JSJ_45_9.pdf)*(PDF).Yesterday we stumbled upon a 2006 ‘top ten bottled British ales (https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/the-ten-best-bottled-british-ales-415807.html)’ listicle by Pete Brown which we shared on Twitter, and which reminded us of something we found during research on*Brew Britannia: a list of 101 bottled reviewed by Michael ‘The Beer Hunter’ Jackson’s for an article in British tabloid the*People in 1994.It appeared in the Sunday edition for 21 August that year and offers an excellent snapshot of what was then readily available in British shops.
It’s from just the moment when Premium Bottled Ales were coming into existence in their almost-a-pint bottles and at around pub strength, shoving aside traditional half-pint brown and light ales.
There are some surprises but, generally, we think, it brings home how far things have come.
Jackson subscribed to the view that it was a waste of time to write bad reviews when you could focus on things you’d enjoyed but in this exercise was essentially forced to give a short note for each beer, some of which were uncharacteristically stinging.* Carlsberg Special Brew, for example, he found “sweet and yucky” and Scorpion Dry prompted him to ask: “Where’s the sting? More like cabbage water.”
On the whole, though, he remained quite gentle, even finding diplomatic words to say about some fairly bland lagers such as Rolling Rock with its touch of “new-mown hay”.
The asterisked beers are those he particularly recommended — quite a high bar, evidently.
Beer
Vol.
ABV
Price
Becks
275ml
5%
85p
Black Russian
500ml
4.8%
£1.69
Black Sheep Ale*
500ml
4.4%
£1.25
Budweiser
330ml
5%
95p
Carling XD
330ml
5.5%
99p
Carlsberg Special Brew
275ml
9%
£1.10
Chimay
330ml
7%
£1.59
Chimay Premiere*
750ml
7%
£3.69
Cooper’s Best Extra Stout
375ml
6.8%
£1.25
Cooper’s Sparkling*Ale*
375ml
5.8%
£1.19
Courage Imperial Russian Stout*
170ml
10%
£1.69
Courage Light
275ml
3.2%
65p
Courage Strong Pale Ale
275ml
4.2%
65p
De Koninck*
250ml
5%
99p
Double Maxim
550ml
4.2%
£1.05
Duvel
330ml
8.5%
£1.49
Eder’s Dunkles Starkbier*
500ml
7.5%
£1.39
Eder’s Alt Bier
500ml
5%
£1.25
Foster’s Export
330ml
5%
90p
Foster’s Ice Beer
330ml
5%
£1.20
Franziskaner Weissbier*
500ml
5%
£1.29
Grolsch
450m
5%
£1.20
Guinness Original
330ml
4.3%
£1
Harp Lager
275ml
3.6%
68p
Heineken
330ml
5%
99p
Holsten Pils
275ml
5.5%
£1.09
Hooper’s Ginger Brew (Tennent’s)
330ml
4.7%
£1.05
John Smith’s Low Alcohol
275ml
1%
65p
Kaliber
330ml
0.05%
50p
Kilkenny
330ml
5%
£1.15
Kronenbourg 1664
330ml
5%
£1.09
La Trappe Tripel
330ml
8%
£1.35
Lamot Pils
500ml
5%
99p
Maisel’s Weisse
500ml
5.7%
£1.19
Mann’s Brown
275ml
2.8%
85p
Marston’s Albion Porter
500ml
5.4%
£1.29
Marston’s Owd Roger
180ml
7.6%
75p
Marston’s Pedigree*
568ml
4.5%
£1.39
Marston’s Stout
500ml
4%
£1.29
Marston’s Union Mild
500ml
4%
£1.29
Marston’s Indian Export*
500ml
5.5%
£1.39
Maxim Light
275ml
0.9%
22p
Michelob
330ml
5%
£1.09
Miller Genuine Draft
330ml
4.7%
£1.19
Moosehead
355ml
5%
£1.19
Morland’s Old Speckled Hen
500ml
5.2%
£1.45
Mortimer Bière Fort
250ml
8%
£1.25
Newcastle Brown
550ml
4.7%
£1.40
Newquay Steam Bitter
450ml
4%
89p
Old Growler
500ml
5.5%
£1.59
Poker Alice (US import)
330ml
5%
£1.05
Reindeer Norvic Old*Ale*
330ml
4.6%
£1.25
Rolling Rock
330ml
4.6%
£1.30
Sainsbury’s Bière de Garde
750ml
6%
£1.99
Sainsbury’s Bière de Prestige
650ml
6.5%
£1.99
Sainsbury’s Blackfriars Porter
500ml
5.5%
£1.49
Sainsbury’s Bottle-conditioned Ale
500ml
4.5%
£1.29
Sainsbury’s Premium Ale*
500ml
4.8%
£1.35
Sainsbury’s Trappist Ale (La Trappe?)
500ml
8%
£2.79
San Miguel
330ml
5.4%
£1.10
Sapporo
330ml
4.7%
89p
Satzenbrau Pils
275ml
5.5%
£1.22
Schlitz
330ml
4.6%
£1.20
Scorpion Dry
330ml
5%
77p
Shepherd Neame Bishop’s Finger*
500ml
5.4%
£1.29
Smithwick’s Ale
250ml
4%
60p
Sol
330ml
5%
95p
Spaten Premium Lager*
330ml
5.2%
£1.15
T.A.G. (lager)
330ml
5.3%
99p
Tennent’s Gold Bier
330ml
5%
95p
Tesco Bavarian Pilsner
330ml
4.9%
75p
Tesco Bière d’Alsace
250ml
5%
47p
Tesco Organic Beer
500ml
5%
£1.35
Tesco Select Ales Porter
500ml
5%
£1.29
Tesco Select Ales Stout
500ml
4.2%
£1.29
Tesco Spanish Lager
330ml
5.5%
72p
Tesco Traditional Premium Ale
500ml
4.1%
£1.12
Tesco Vratislav*
500ml
6%
99p
Trappiste Konigshoeven (La Trappe)
330ml
6.5%
£1.25
Tusker Premium Lager
355ml
4.8%
99p
Vieux Bruges Ceries Kriek
375ml
5%
£1.25
Vieux Bruges Framboise
375ml
5%
89p
Vieux Bruges Gueuze Lambic*
250ml
5%
89p
Vieux Bruges Peche
250ml
3.5%
89p
Whitbread Forest Brown
275ml
2.7%
65p
Whitbread Gold Label
180ml
10.9%
79p
Whitbread Pale Ale
275ml
3.4%
65p
Whitbread Stock Bitter
275ml
5.4%
69p
Whitbread White Label
275ml
1%
59p
Worthington White Shield*
275ml
5.6%
89p
Young’s Brown Ale
275ml
3.1%
90p
Young’s Extra Light
275ml
1%
80p
Young’s Light Ale
275ml
3.2%
89p
Young’s Old Nick
275ml
6.8%
£1.16
Young’s Strong Export*
275ml
6.4%
£1.12
Young’s Ram Rod
275ml
4.8%
98p
Zeiss
(champagne yeast beer)
275ml
8%
£1.10
Zhiguli Beer
500ml
4.5%
£1.09
Żywiec
330ml
4.3%
£1.10
Artyfacts from the Nyneties #6: Beers of ’94 (https://boakandbailey.com/2018/05/artyfacts-from-the-nyneties-6-beers-of-94/) originally posted at Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog (https://boakandbailey.com)
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https://boakandbailey.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/js_bdg_1991.jpgSOURCE: JS Journal Online (https://jsjournals.websds.net/Content/PDFFiles/SA_JSJ_45_9.pdf)*(PDF).Yesterday we stumbled upon a 2006 ‘top ten bottled British ales (https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/the-ten-best-bottled-british-ales-415807.html)’ listicle by Pete Brown which we shared on Twitter, and which reminded us of something we found during research on*Brew Britannia: a list of 101 bottled reviewed by Michael ‘The Beer Hunter’ Jackson’s for an article in British tabloid the*People in 1994.It appeared in the Sunday edition for 21 August that year and offers an excellent snapshot of what was then readily available in British shops.
It’s from just the moment when Premium Bottled Ales were coming into existence in their almost-a-pint bottles and at around pub strength, shoving aside traditional half-pint brown and light ales.
There are some surprises but, generally, we think, it brings home how far things have come.
Jackson subscribed to the view that it was a waste of time to write bad reviews when you could focus on things you’d enjoyed but in this exercise was essentially forced to give a short note for each beer, some of which were uncharacteristically stinging.* Carlsberg Special Brew, for example, he found “sweet and yucky” and Scorpion Dry prompted him to ask: “Where’s the sting? More like cabbage water.”
On the whole, though, he remained quite gentle, even finding diplomatic words to say about some fairly bland lagers such as Rolling Rock with its touch of “new-mown hay”.
The asterisked beers are those he particularly recommended — quite a high bar, evidently.
Beer
Vol.
ABV
Price
Becks
275ml
5%
85p
Black Russian
500ml
4.8%
£1.69
Black Sheep Ale*
500ml
4.4%
£1.25
Budweiser
330ml
5%
95p
Carling XD
330ml
5.5%
99p
Carlsberg Special Brew
275ml
9%
£1.10
Chimay
330ml
7%
£1.59
Chimay Premiere*
750ml
7%
£3.69
Cooper’s Best Extra Stout
375ml
6.8%
£1.25
Cooper’s Sparkling*Ale*
375ml
5.8%
£1.19
Courage Imperial Russian Stout*
170ml
10%
£1.69
Courage Light
275ml
3.2%
65p
Courage Strong Pale Ale
275ml
4.2%
65p
De Koninck*
250ml
5%
99p
Double Maxim
550ml
4.2%
£1.05
Duvel
330ml
8.5%
£1.49
Eder’s Dunkles Starkbier*
500ml
7.5%
£1.39
Eder’s Alt Bier
500ml
5%
£1.25
Foster’s Export
330ml
5%
90p
Foster’s Ice Beer
330ml
5%
£1.20
Franziskaner Weissbier*
500ml
5%
£1.29
Grolsch
450m
5%
£1.20
Guinness Original
330ml
4.3%
£1
Harp Lager
275ml
3.6%
68p
Heineken
330ml
5%
99p
Holsten Pils
275ml
5.5%
£1.09
Hooper’s Ginger Brew (Tennent’s)
330ml
4.7%
£1.05
John Smith’s Low Alcohol
275ml
1%
65p
Kaliber
330ml
0.05%
50p
Kilkenny
330ml
5%
£1.15
Kronenbourg 1664
330ml
5%
£1.09
La Trappe Tripel
330ml
8%
£1.35
Lamot Pils
500ml
5%
99p
Maisel’s Weisse
500ml
5.7%
£1.19
Mann’s Brown
275ml
2.8%
85p
Marston’s Albion Porter
500ml
5.4%
£1.29
Marston’s Owd Roger
180ml
7.6%
75p
Marston’s Pedigree*
568ml
4.5%
£1.39
Marston’s Stout
500ml
4%
£1.29
Marston’s Union Mild
500ml
4%
£1.29
Marston’s Indian Export*
500ml
5.5%
£1.39
Maxim Light
275ml
0.9%
22p
Michelob
330ml
5%
£1.09
Miller Genuine Draft
330ml
4.7%
£1.19
Moosehead
355ml
5%
£1.19
Morland’s Old Speckled Hen
500ml
5.2%
£1.45
Mortimer Bière Fort
250ml
8%
£1.25
Newcastle Brown
550ml
4.7%
£1.40
Newquay Steam Bitter
450ml
4%
89p
Old Growler
500ml
5.5%
£1.59
Poker Alice (US import)
330ml
5%
£1.05
Reindeer Norvic Old*Ale*
330ml
4.6%
£1.25
Rolling Rock
330ml
4.6%
£1.30
Sainsbury’s Bière de Garde
750ml
6%
£1.99
Sainsbury’s Bière de Prestige
650ml
6.5%
£1.99
Sainsbury’s Blackfriars Porter
500ml
5.5%
£1.49
Sainsbury’s Bottle-conditioned Ale
500ml
4.5%
£1.29
Sainsbury’s Premium Ale*
500ml
4.8%
£1.35
Sainsbury’s Trappist Ale (La Trappe?)
500ml
8%
£2.79
San Miguel
330ml
5.4%
£1.10
Sapporo
330ml
4.7%
89p
Satzenbrau Pils
275ml
5.5%
£1.22
Schlitz
330ml
4.6%
£1.20
Scorpion Dry
330ml
5%
77p
Shepherd Neame Bishop’s Finger*
500ml
5.4%
£1.29
Smithwick’s Ale
250ml
4%
60p
Sol
330ml
5%
95p
Spaten Premium Lager*
330ml
5.2%
£1.15
T.A.G. (lager)
330ml
5.3%
99p
Tennent’s Gold Bier
330ml
5%
95p
Tesco Bavarian Pilsner
330ml
4.9%
75p
Tesco Bière d’Alsace
250ml
5%
47p
Tesco Organic Beer
500ml
5%
£1.35
Tesco Select Ales Porter
500ml
5%
£1.29
Tesco Select Ales Stout
500ml
4.2%
£1.29
Tesco Spanish Lager
330ml
5.5%
72p
Tesco Traditional Premium Ale
500ml
4.1%
£1.12
Tesco Vratislav*
500ml
6%
99p
Trappiste Konigshoeven (La Trappe)
330ml
6.5%
£1.25
Tusker Premium Lager
355ml
4.8%
99p
Vieux Bruges Ceries Kriek
375ml
5%
£1.25
Vieux Bruges Framboise
375ml
5%
89p
Vieux Bruges Gueuze Lambic*
250ml
5%
89p
Vieux Bruges Peche
250ml
3.5%
89p
Whitbread Forest Brown
275ml
2.7%
65p
Whitbread Gold Label
180ml
10.9%
79p
Whitbread Pale Ale
275ml
3.4%
65p
Whitbread Stock Bitter
275ml
5.4%
69p
Whitbread White Label
275ml
1%
59p
Worthington White Shield*
275ml
5.6%
89p
Young’s Brown Ale
275ml
3.1%
90p
Young’s Extra Light
275ml
1%
80p
Young’s Light Ale
275ml
3.2%
89p
Young’s Old Nick
275ml
6.8%
£1.16
Young’s Strong Export*
275ml
6.4%
£1.12
Young’s Ram Rod
275ml
4.8%
98p
Zeiss
(champagne yeast beer)
275ml
8%
£1.10
Zhiguli Beer
500ml
4.5%
£1.09
Żywiec
330ml
4.3%
£1.10
Artyfacts from the Nyneties #6: Beers of ’94 (https://boakandbailey.com/2018/05/artyfacts-from-the-nyneties-6-beers-of-94/) originally posted at Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog (https://boakandbailey.com)
More... (https://boakandbailey.com/2018/05/artyfacts-from-the-nyneties-6-beers-of-94/)