Beers no longer around?

[gwpdylan]

Just watching an episode of Rumpole and a guys drinking a can of Long Life. Recall drinking draught Long Life all the time, in Liverpool arms haywards heath (also now gone)..any other beers you have "lost" over time
also Brickwoods bitter
Obviously Red Barrel
Draught DD

 

[Superphil]

K&B Festive

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

K&B old

 

[Cian]

Guinness Breo.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Is Harp Lager still around?

as I recall it "stayed sharp to the bottom if the glass"

 

[bhaexpress]

Party Fours and Sevens (thank God).

Haven't seen Mackeson is a while either but that's maybe because I'm not looking.

Colt 45 is still available in the US as far as I know but not seen it here.

 

[Cian]

Is Harp Lager still around?

as I recall it "stayed sharp to the bottom if the glass"

Unfortunately yes. Only still popular in Northern Ireland.

 

[Mark Ormerod's Gloves]

From wiki:
Harp Lager was first produced in 1960 in the Dundalk Brewery as a bottled beer, in response to the trend among drinkers in Britain and Ireland toward continental lager. By 1961 it was brewed under an alliance of the brewing companies, Courage, Barclay & Simonds, Scottish & Newcastle, Bass, Mitchells, & Butlers and Guinness. These companies grouped together under the name of the Harp Lager Ltd. consortium. By 1964 it was being sold on draught and quickly lead its category in sales. Members of the Harp consortium changed over the years, with Courage and Scottish & Newcastle leaving in 1979 but becoming franchisees.
Dr. Herman Muendar, a distinguished German "Braumeister" was chosen to manage the new venture. He was eminently suited to the task, having gained considerable experience supervising and directing the re-building of war damaged breweries in the Ruhr area of Germany. And so Harp Lager was born, with the Brian Boru Harp as it emblem.
In 2005 Harp saw a makeover, Diageo Ireland separated the brand from Guinness and gave it a new look, with new advertisements appearing on TV. Ironically there is no longer an actual Harp on the design of the new tins and bottles as that logo belongs to Guinness

 

[Trufflehound]

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Worthington E
JB larger
Skol

 

[fatfingers]

HOFMEISTER?

 

[gwpdylan]

Stingo, barley wine, but in larger bottle than the traditional gold label size
Triple A barley wine...i tried to do 21 on my 21st b'day...mistake

 

[chez]

Mackeson is still around but doesnt sell much these days. Ones that I havent seen for years are Hofmeister & Tennants Extra.

Was in the pub the other day and some bloke asked for a pint of Black Label, haven't heard it called that for years!!!!

 

[Cian]

Skol is still available surely? Just not in the UK I'd guess, I'm sure I've seen it here recently...

 

[Mark Ormerod's Gloves]

you can still get skol, but why would you want to?

 

[Slowhand]

Ben Truman

 

[chez]

Yeah skol is still around. Roys in Seaford & Newhaven do it on an 8 for £5 offer. Should be 8 for £3.50 really. Horrible gear.

 

[JAMC]

http://www.bottledbeer.co.uk/index.html?beerid=81

 

[sully]

Most of the beers I used to drink when I first started frequenting pubs are no more.

Tamplins
Stag
K & B Festive


at least we still have Harveys

 

[BensGrandad]

Every company had their own versions of Light Ale, Brown Ale, Stout and Barley wine but they have all gone by the way side with the buying up of companies.

I am sure that I read somewhere that all light ale is now produced and bottled for other companies by Devenish Beers of Dorset.

Does anybody remember Watneys Starlight that was the minimum strength to be classed as alcoholic and was 'invented' specifically for rugby clubs so that the players could drink 10 - 15 pints and not get drunk.