Category Archives: Imported lager

Lager arrives after WW II

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Andrew

Still on the hiatus from blogging (is nearly three years still a hiatus?), there’s some great stuff being blogged about the origins of the lager boom in the UK. From the ever-excellent ‘Shut up about Barclay Perkins’: “In 1947 there … Continue reading →

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How Heineken reached the parts other lagers couldn’t reach

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Andrew

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 Andrew

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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