Category Archives: Imported lager

Lager imported into the UK

How Heineken reached the parts other lagers couldn’t reach

Posted on October 19, 2009 by

Some of the best lager advertising ever was the product of one of the UK’s best copywriters – who without an idea in his head fled the country with one word and the threat of a firing if he didn’t … Continue reading →

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Classic 80s lager ad – Holsten Pils

Posted on October 12, 2009 by

1979 commercial for Holsten Pils Lager In the late 19th Century Holsten Brauerei first began trading in the UK when they purchased a brewery in Wandsworth, London. Holsten Pils was first imported into the UK in 1952 thus creating the … Continue reading →

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Castlemaine XXXX to be withdrawn

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

A slump in demand from British drinkers has led to brewers calling time on Australian lager Castlemaine XXXX.

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