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In Reply to: Re: "... by drinking a lot of beer and drive safely. "... Are these not rather mutually exclusive?... posted by bboroski on February 24, 2007 at 06:38:45:
It's a shame that you have not had the opportunity to sample their product in the late 1960s, and before they changed the formulation...Now that WAS a beer to go out of your way for, whether or not you were officially much too young to drink and only managed to do that because you were about 6 inches taller than your classmates, had a voice that broke when 11 years of age, and a reported "presence and maturity beyond your years"...
Newcastle & Scottish Breweries changed both the formulation of malts AND THE SOURCING OF THE HOPS, which radically "watered down" the characteristics of the original, in much the same way that Guinness brewed out of Ireland is but a pale shadow of the genuine article...
But thanks for provoking memories of the original "Newcastle Brown"... I can almost taste it now!...
Follow Ups:
I too did a little sampling before I was "legal". The area I
grew up had many small family run stores. My father always
bought his beer at one particular store. When I got my
driver's liscense at 16, my father told the owner he would
send me by to fetch various things including beer for him.
While there I would sometimes sneak a second six-pack for me.
The store owner asked.. "is your father changing brands?"
I answered...."no, he likes to try something different once
in a while.".. :-)
Over here, minimum age for driving a car was - and continues to be - 18yrs...So for me as a 13yr-old the challenge was to earn enough to supplement the monthly allowance (aka "pocket money"!) to the extent where I could both entertain the girls without feeling entirely "broke", and also be able to casually saunter into a pub of my choosing to have a quiet beer or two when I was in the mood... If I had belonged to a village culture where I was known and easily recognised this would certainly not have been so easy, but living on the outskirts of a fairly large city has some compensations!...
Looking back, I think I managed to do both quite well, under the circumstances!...
I must admit that I’ve missed the good ole’ formula of the Newcastle & Scottish Breweries but I do have the Warthog beer to keep me warm and safe a beastly brew for me to enjoy. Freshly brewed in Calgary that uses the famous Alberta farmer’s hops as the main ingredients. It’s too bad that Britain doesn’t belong to NAFTA otherwise I’d send you a six-pack seasoned for you to taste I’m sure you’d like it as it has its own unique kick and not watered down like some of our mainstream beer here.
NT.
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