Category Archives: UK lager

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Cheap and cheerful or a UK lager classic?

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Andrew

A strange combination is Skol. One of UK lager’s oldest brands, it has been passed from hand to hand, merrily swapping owners as brewing consolidation caught up with it again and again. From Burton-brewed to cheap and cheerful discount lager … Continue reading →

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Before Harp Lager there was Barclay Perkins

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Andrew

OK, I know I promised more for you Skolars, but Ron over at Shut Up About Barclay Perkins has produced more lovely statistics about the pivotal period of UK lager in the late 5os when volumes started to take off. … Continue reading →

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Carl Jacobsen’s lager project

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Andrew

That old man Jacobsen wasn’t too enamoured of his son’s ideas of importing lager beer to Great Britain is clear to see from the letters he sent to Carl while Jacobsen the younger was on his four-year stint around the … Continue reading →

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