Posted on 05/31/2004 10:35:19 PM PDT by ForeverPure
Hot weather brings on a beer drought
May 31 2004 Robin Turner, The Western Mail
THE spell of hot, dry weather has caused a beer drought in South Wales.
Stocks of Tomos Watkin OSB in bottles have been completely exhausted over the past fortnight.
The award-winning old style bitter which is brewed in Swansea has been selling at four times its usual rate.
A massive 48,000 bottles have been sold since the hot weather descended on the region.
While the Hurns Brewing Company which makes the beer normally sells it at a rate of 6,000 bottles a week in the past fortnight the 24,000 bottle per week rate has left officials there staggered.
Hurns' managing director Phil Parry said yesterday , "We have completely sold out of bottles and we did not anticipate it so we're struggling to keep up with demand.
"It is usual to see a bit of an uplift in sales when the hot weather hits but this really has been phenomenal.
"This is the first year we have been supplying OSB in bottles throughout the summer and the sales data seems to indicate that people are stocking up for barbecues at home or at-home socialising as well as enjoying a bottle or two when they're out and about so orders have just shot through the roof.
"The trade seems to still have stocks of the product even though we as a brewery are low on supplies so the good news is all our customers should be OK for the Bank Holiday.
"However we will busy overseeing another bottle run at the brewery to ensure if this good weather continues throughout June we will be able to keep up with demand."
I LOVE Rock!!!!!
There was a place I used to go to in Harrisburg, PA that had Rock on tap - talk about GOOD!!!!!!!!
Whenever I think of “Beer” and “Texas”, I am reminded of my failed attempts to finish a bottle of Pearl and Lone Star.
I tried, I really did.
Rolling Rock is an awesome beer.
I am gonna have to try LaTrobe's new low-carb beer.
I bet it is a good beer.
Doesn't matter where or what---it's always Bush's & Cheney's fault.
Yeungling is made in Pennsylvania. If I remember correctly it's one of the oldest breweries in the country.
Lone Star?
I have heard of it.
Is it a state of Texas only brand?
The name sounded Chinese, so I was clueless.
Yeungling available nationwide?
Both. Miller was generally for the ladies (and Honda riders) who wanted to drink beer, and Red Dog was for the women (and Honda riders) who wanted to get rowdy.
Y'know, I'm not sure. I know the Steel Brewery is still operating (or was, last time I checked), but let me look into Old Mil.
It seems like a supply and demand problem, where the weather in Wales got hot enough unexpectedly, that stores did not have enough beer to cope with it.
I don't know if it's nationwide, but I can get it here in Virginia.
Pabst now owns Stroh's which made Old Milwaukee.
Jos Stroh's was a Longview company for years.
I would like to try Yeungling.
Good grief, it's only 9:30 in the morning and I'm already ready for a cold one!!!!!
I couldn’t get away from Sapporo - it’s the biggest alcohol manufacturer in Japan. I preferred Asahi , and would occasionally drink Akadama Wine.
Uh oh!
Drinking in the morning can mess up the day easily.
Can you fight the temptation off?
I was raised on Ballantine and R&R.
Is Asahi a beer?
I was actually in Vancouver at a bar and they sold Lone Star, I bought a couple and then realized I was paying import prices for it. LOL
By the way, I saw a documentary on the Bush 2000 campaign and he was drinking a non- alcoholic beer called Buckler, has anyone tried it?
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