Saw this in the Cask & Glass in Victoria last week.
Clever and funny. See? The Germans drink lager. Hahahaha. But then I thought about it, and I wondered if it could mean something else.I mean, Sheps have a reputation as a 'brown beer' brewer, which is becoming shorthand for 'traditional' or 'boring'. Not quite true, but then you'd have to find one of their pubs selling some of their paler seasonal beers to think otherwise. So I pondered, and I'm not sure it's always good to ponder on several pints. But I did, and it came to me that perhaps this could also be a warning to traditional ale lovers.
"Watch yourself" it says, "those new golden hoppy beers say they're just like us. They sound all reasonable and friendly like Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland in The Eagle Has Landed, but before you know it, some of them are cold and fizzy and all the kids are drinking them!"
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Just like Dos Equis and Budweiser, the ads for Shepherd Neame Spitfire are far more clever than the beer itself.
Don't think I've ever run across a Shepherd Neame beer that was better than "meh". Even in Kent at a Shepherd Neame pub.
//TB
I think that's a pint of Asahi. Who's side were they on again?
TBN: I think it's a pint of the Stone IPA they brewed for the JDW beer fest in 2007. Whose side were THEY on? ;-)
Todd: Sadly true. 'Uninspiring' usually comes to mind. They did a cracking seasonal porter for a couple of years, but decided to stop brewing it a few years back. Shame.
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