I hate Tetley's and think everyone should know!

[oldboots]

The beer scene in Leeds tonight:

....... Delirium Tremens, hic.

Sounds like you've been drinking that rather fine Belgian beer tonight, North Bar was it?

[Spinko]

Interesting topic, I wonder who created it

Tetleys


Tetley's annoying the neighbours

[Spinko]

In winter

[Spinko]

Sounds like you've been drinking that rather fine Belgian beer tonight, North Bar was it?

Yeah - bit of an attack on the wallet mind. Looking forward immensely to their American Beerfest in a few weeks time! I'd best start saving already.

[oldboots]

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[Spinko]

Ah,Draught Bass! I must admit to having almost forgotten it, though for a while I drank it regularily, with reverence. It was in my early twenties, in my first "proper job", and I felt it was a grown up beer. Even then, I think it was an old man's drink, but again, an epitome of English Beer.I'm not sure who brews it now, but apparently they're making quite a good fist of it. Must try it again before it goes forever.

The only place I saw this was in Barry Town, before a Barry Town FC vs Aberystwyth game in 2002. I asked for it by the pronunciation "Base". Oh well, I was only 19!

PS, the Tetleys plant across the road is mercifully silent. No more boring brown beer from there until Leeds Brewery show up. Distinctly unimpressed with their latest offerings.

[Maldenman]

Spinko you remind me of people I've come across who buy houses near football grounds then complain about them. I heard about a case at my own club, until recently in the Conference when a mother arrived in the main office one night in the middle of a game and asked for the floodlights to be turned off as they were preventing her child from sleeping.

[Spinko]

Well the buyers always say, "brewing is guaranteed to continue here for the foreseeable future, no plans to close anything, jobs are safe, blah, blah".

Months later this becomes "it's very regretable but... market forces....downturn in sales.....blah blah blah"

I'm sure we could list them all from the last 20 or 30 years from Ruddles to Tetleys


.............and Sharps is next I don't doubt.

Are there any tasty, successful beers that have seen breweries closed?

[Conrad]

Spinko can you please stop trolling the other Tetley's thread, I don't really want to have to keep moving your posts.

[Al 10000]

Are there any tasty, successful beers that have seen breweries closed?

Shipstones of Nottingham was one of the best beers i have ever had,both the bitter and mild were very bitter tasting.
Greenall Whitley took over the brewery and closed it down about 12 years later because they decided to pack in brewing and concentrate on pub ownership.

Hemlock bitter brewed at the Bramcote brewery, this brewey closed down because Broxtowe borough council refused permission to expand the brewery so the brewery closed down and reopened in Nottingham and is now called Castle Rock.
The Hemlock bitter was a lot better when brewed at Bramcote.

I could go on and list many great beers that have gone because of takeovers,just because the brewery has closed down does'nt make the beer that was brewed there an inferior beer.