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."
Hopefully only in Texas.
Ballantine beer is made in New Jersey, right?
A very good beer.
Olympia and Rainier are wonderful beers.
Your buddy lives in the land of good beer.
Of course I can fight off the temptation!!!!
I have no choice....I need to go to the County building to pay my property taxes and it's 20 miles away!!!
no beer for me until I get home from that and other errands!!
It isn't any good?
Is it available here in America?
Import prices for Lone Star?
I have heard that some Texans think they are in a different country …
LOL!!!!
I am glad you are putting the beer off.
I was being sarcastic, my friend.
54-46's list of favorite recent beers, all available in Massachusetts (the "Gay" State):
Ipswich Ale
Ipswich India Pale Ale
Harpoon India Pale Ale
Long Trail Double Bag (twice the alcohol; therefore double-baggers are now mere single-baggers.)
Long Trail Hibernator
Old Speckled Hen
What is that?
No idea - but it, along with Rolling Rock and Iron City were the common beers in Northwest Pennsylvania way back when.
I would love to try Lone Star.
I have seen it in some Food Lions on occation - but it's not common. You might try an import shop.
India pale ale is really good, but I have never ran across any actually made in India.
Have you?
I have heard that Ballantine's is a real good beer.
Is it?
I drank a beer from Australia called Victoria Bitters a while back, and it was good.
Aussie beer is good.
Where is Long Trail made, and is it available nationwide?
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