Strawberries, cherries and an angels kiss in spring
Boak and Bailey's Beer Blog - Going on about beer and pubs since 2007When Ed from the Old Dairy Brewery noticed us getting excited about the return of Courage Imperial Stout, he dropped us a line...
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Naughty adverts
Tandleman and Pete Brown have both written about the fact that the Advertising Standards Authority have upheld complaints against this advert for Courage bitter: But I can’t help but be reminded of the...
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Yet more pub livery photos
All of the bits and pieces of brewery and pub marketing below were spotted in East or South London. I wonder if people in 50 years time will find remnants of Wetherspoons branding so evocative?...
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People who really know beer…
Another advertistement scanned from the 1968 Journal of the XI Hussars. Weird. We thought we did know a bit about beer, but we rarely drink Courage if we can help it, kegged or otherwise. Anyone for a...
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Hot Pub Time Machine
Wandering through Plymouth’s Altstadt, aka the Barbican, we stopped dead at the site of the sign outside the Queen’s Arms: Special….. Courage “Dark Mild” sold here. Courage Dark Mild? Really? We had...
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Horselydown Denied
As Des de Moor points out, beer geeks got very excited last year when news broke that Wells and Young’s were to start brewing Courage Imperial Russian Stout again. We’re still sulking that the first...
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Pinning down the Big Six
We’ve been grappling with a problem this weekend: commentary on the British beer industry makes frequent reference to the Big Six, a set of colossal brewing companies emerging from the takeover mania...
View ArticleVIDEO: Chas & Dave – Courage Best
This advertisement for Courage Best from 1979 does the rounds fairly frequently and it’s obvious why: authentic period cinematography, a catchy tune based on a hit single, and a brilliant statement of...
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Barclay’s Russian Imperial Stout, 1970
Last night we sat down and, with due reverence (radio off, notebooks out) drank a bottle of 47-year-old Barclay’s (Courage) Russian Imperial Stout. And it was great. The last very elderly bottle of RIS...
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