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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    Shame to see one of the "Frank Bailey" brewers (partly) go, though I didn't really go for their beers.
    "At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wittenden View Post
    Shame to see one of the "Frank Bailey" brewers (partly) go, though I didn't really go for their beers.
    For me the rot began when they discontinued Well's Fargo and replaced it with the boring Bombardier. Fargo was their answer to the original Ruddlles County and possibly also GK Abbot being a similar strength and style. Does anyone else think their Banana Bread Ale is disgusting?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mobyduck View Post
    I tend to avoid all ales brewed in the Charles Wells Bedford plant,so lets hope Marston's can improve the situation.If it means more Marston's portfolio ales in Charles Wells tied houses this is surely a step up from the dreaded Bombardier and Eagle IPA.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bucking Fastard View Post
    I tend to avoid all ales brewed in the Charles Wells Bedford plant,so lets hope Marston's can improve the situation.If it means more Marston's portfolio ales in Charles Wells tied houses this is surely a step up from the dreaded Bombardier and Eagle IPA.
    I have to agree.
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    I am surprised how little they have paid for these once iconic brand names. Are Marstons trying to create a monopoly of boring brown beers ?

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    Youngs + Wells = Whitbread MKII.

    Divest the brewing, go into real estate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by london calling View Post
    I am surprised how little they have paid for these once iconic brand names. Are Marstons trying to create a monopoly of boring brown beers ?
    Probably paid more than they're worth.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aqualung View Post
    Does anyone else think their Banana Bread Ale is disgusting?
    The idea of a beer that tastes like bananas is so off-putting that I have never tried it.
    Come On You Hatters!

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    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/...val-carlsberg/
    "purchase will mean the market share Marston’s commands in ale will rise from 11pc to 16pc"
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