The front & back of beer cans & bottles

[dcb]

The front has the marketing information (!) on it, the back has the legally
required facts.

Three examples:

1. Newcastle Brown Ale. Lots of marketing guff on the front, actually
brewed in Tadcaster and has been for decades. Just 90 miles from
Geordieland, so nobbut an hour's drive for some of us.

2. Carlsberg. Danish marketing guff on the front. Actually brewed
in that fine Danish city of Wolverhampton. Just the small
matter of 900 miles from Denmark then.

3. Moretti. Lots of pictures of blokes in hats on the front. Brewed
in that fine Italian city of Edinburgh, just 1,200 miles away.

Anyone got any further examples of drinking the marketing ?

There is a special prize for the person that finds the longest distance
between the front and the back of the can or bottle.

[spitfire-ian]

Bought some Japanese beer on a whim from Waitrose the other week.

Brewed in UK. Bedford to be precise.

Edited by spitfire-ian on Monday 8th December 16:45

[Alex9]

Fosters is the first that springs to mind

[Rumdoodle]

Made on Earth.

[brillomaster]

Well immediately fosters comes to mind.... says its from Melbourne, but obviously brewed somewhere in the UK.

[bigpriest]

Heineken Manchester says:

The site, originally founded in 1875 as the Albert Brewery, has been instrumental in the UK’s brewing history — notably pioneering the first UK-brewed lager, Red Tower.

Today, the Manchester facility is a global production powerhouse, rolling out approximately 2.2 million pints every day of key European brands including Heineken, Birra Moretti, Cruzcampo, Foster’s, Amstel, and Red Stripe.

1,200 miles ish to Spain
1,300 miles ish to Italy
10,000 miles ish to Australia

[thegreenhell]

Rumdoodle said:

Made on Earth.

[Rumdoodle]

thegreenhell said:

Rumdoodle said:

Made on Earth.

[Actual]

I was surprised to know that Peroni really is brewed in Italy.

[egomeister]

Actual said:

I was surprised to know that Peroni really is brewed in Italy.

Very unusual these days. I'm getting fed up with the amount of license brewed stuff on the shelves these days.

If I'm buying lager in the supermarket I tend to go for something like Budvar or Pilsner Urquell which I think are both still Czech made

[Wacky Racer]

From Warrington.

[thegreenhell]

egomeister said:

Very unusual these days. I'm getting fed up with the amount of license brewed stuff on the shelves these days.

If I'm buying lager in the supermarket I tend to go for something like Budvar or Pilsner Urquell which I think are both still Czech made

Yes, Budvar is still Czech.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63901215

[craigjm]

thegreenhell said:

egomeister said:

Very unusual these days. I'm getting fed up with the amount of license brewed stuff on the shelves these days.

If I'm buying lager in the supermarket I tend to go for something like Budvar or Pilsner Urquell which I think are both still Czech made

Yes, Budvar is still Czech.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-63901215

Urquell is also still only brewed in the home country

[borcy]

I bought some Sapporo from costco recently, I think that's brewed in Vietnam. Ashai is brewed in Kent.


The only 'Med' lager I can think of that's brewed in the Med and sold here is Efes.

[Glassman]

Cobra is a UK beer and was founded in 1989 by Lord Karan Bilimoria (of Indian origin) in Fulham, and is now owned by Canadian-American company, Molson Coors. Brewed in Staffordshire.

King Cobra is a nice drop by the way. It's brewed in Belgium.

[Badda]

borcy said:

I bought some Sapporo from costco recently, I think that's brewed in Vietnam. Ashai is brewed in Kent.


The only 'Med' lager I can think of that's brewed in the Med and sold here is Efes.

Mythos, if you’re generous with your med geography.

[borcy]

Badda said:

borcy said:

I bought some Sapporo from costco recently, I think that's brewed in Vietnam. Ashai is brewed in Kent.


The only 'Med' lager I can think of that's brewed in the Med and sold here is Efes.

Mythos, if you re generous with your med geography.

Just remembered about Keo as well. Still brewed in Cyprus.

[dcb]

Rumdoodle said:

A picture of Stiegl beer from Austria.

It's ok beer. Along with Rum, available from virtually every
petrol station there.

Stiegl is Austrian for Stairs, hence the red stairs logo and Hell
is Austrian for Bright, as opposed to Dunkel, which is Dark.

[dcb]

bigpriest said:

Today, the Manchester facility is a global production powerhouse, rolling out approximately 2.2 million pints every day of key European brands including Heineken, Birra Moretti, Cruzcampo, Foster s, Amstel, and Red Stripe.

Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Australian, Dutch again and Caribbean.
In other words, they will copy pretty much anything and brew it.

I guess it keeps Manchester folks in paid work, so we ought to praise them,
but the list sounds like beers sufficiently bland and mass market
to be worth avoiding.

I note with interest that the Peronus Wheat Beer on sale in Lidls - actually brewed
in Germany I think - has just gone up to £1.39 a 500 ml bottle.

I guess Fosters wins the prize, since it is a copy of something from
half way around the planet. Also there is another copy brewed in Texas USA.

[XJSJohn]

Singha (Thailand) and Tiger (Singapore) beers both brewed under licence in Kent.