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Hot weather brings on a beer drought
ic Wales ^ | 5-31-04 | Robin Turner of the Western Mail

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."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: beer
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To: ForeverPure
Red wine makes me feel ill.

But it’s good for you!

81 posted on 06/01/2004 6:12:14 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: ForeverPure

They're these pint-size big plastic bottles that are supposed to keep it cooler longer. It seems to work well, and tastes more like regular bottled beer than canned stuff.


82 posted on 06/01/2004 6:13:12 AM PDT by Monty22
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To: ForeverPure
Hot weather brings on a beer drought

We're all doomed . . . DOOMED!


83 posted on 06/01/2004 6:13:13 AM PDT by Xenalyte (No one will be sitting in sackcloth and ashes crying, "Oh, if only we had listened to Art Bell!")
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To: R. Scott

Is it the flavanoids it has, that is good for me?


84 posted on 06/01/2004 6:13:14 AM PDT by ForeverPure
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To: ForeverPure; tubebender
I think I have read lately that beer consumption is actually going down steadily.

I'm doing my part to keep sales and consumption steady.
85 posted on 06/01/2004 6:13:52 AM PDT by Xenalyte (No one will be sitting in sackcloth and ashes crying, "Oh, if only we had listened to Art Bell!")
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To: Xenalyte

LOL.

I hope the Welsh get re-supplied with beer ASAP.


86 posted on 06/01/2004 6:13:53 AM PDT by ForeverPure
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To: Monty22

I haven't drank Miller Lite out of a plastic bottle yet.

I might try it this weekend.


87 posted on 06/01/2004 6:14:40 AM PDT by ForeverPure
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To: ForeverPure

My normal routine at my favorite watering hole is to first have one bottle of Budweiser, followed by one or two draft Sam Adam’s Lager.


88 posted on 06/01/2004 6:14:45 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: ForeverPure
It always seems that whenever folks mention beer here on the internet, Homer Simpson is mentioned in the discussion sooner or later.

Maybe we should make that a discussion rule, like Godwin's Law . . . first person to mention Homer on a beer thread gets a free beer, or something.
89 posted on 06/01/2004 6:14:58 AM PDT by Xenalyte (No one will be sitting in sackcloth and ashes crying, "Oh, if only we had listened to Art Bell!")
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To: ForeverPure

I've had the Amber Bock, but I haven't seen it in ages.

I'm one of those weird women who really doesn't like to shop, and generally avoids malls if at all possible. there used to be a neat bar in the mall years ago and I would drive my friends nuts if we were ging shopping......I'd sit in the bar while they shopped!!!!


90 posted on 06/01/2004 6:15:26 AM PDT by Gabz (Ted Kennedy has killed more people than all SHS combined.)
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To: Xenalyte

That sounds like a good idea.


91 posted on 06/01/2004 6:16:26 AM PDT by ForeverPure
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To: Jhensy
97 forecast for today in sunny Houston - y'all c'mon down and I'll treat everyone to a kick-ass hometown brew.


92 posted on 06/01/2004 6:16:32 AM PDT by Xenalyte (No one will be sitting in sackcloth and ashes crying, "Oh, if only we had listened to Art Bell!")
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To: R. Scott

I am a big fan of Sam Adams beer.


93 posted on 06/01/2004 6:16:58 AM PDT by ForeverPure
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To: Xenalyte

Texas has a ton of great microbrews, and mid levels like Shiner. Although regular Shiner isn't my favorite, the Blonde and Lights are quite good.


94 posted on 06/01/2004 6:17:16 AM PDT by Monty22
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To: Gabz

You can buy a 6 pack of Amber Bock in bottles at any large super-market.


It costs about 5 dollars.


95 posted on 06/01/2004 6:17:53 AM PDT by ForeverPure
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To: ForeverPure

My sister drank all the near-beers while she was pregnant, and she claims O'Douls is the most palatable. I pointed her in the direction of Michelob Ultra, which I maintain is half beer and half water, but she had some complaint about taste or something. What a beer snob. ;)


96 posted on 06/01/2004 6:18:21 AM PDT by Xenalyte (No one will be sitting in sackcloth and ashes crying, "Oh, if only we had listened to Art Bell!")
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To: Monty22

Shiner Bock is a good beer.

Do they still make Pearl Beer in Austin?


97 posted on 06/01/2004 6:18:31 AM PDT by ForeverPure
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To: ForeverPure
I have never had sake.

Is it strong?

When I was in Japan I developed a taste for Saki. Like beer in Europe, every area has it’s own Saki. The taste ranges from that of gasoline through tequila to a fine wine. I drank it in the traditional style - from small shot-sized porcelain cups. It didn’t seem to take much to get well wasted.

98 posted on 06/01/2004 6:18:51 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Xenalyte

I think LaTrobe, who makes Rolling Rock, has a real good low-carb beer out now.


99 posted on 06/01/2004 6:19:33 AM PDT by ForeverPure
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To: R. Scott

I will have to try it.

Is the hang-over bad?


100 posted on 06/01/2004 6:20:15 AM PDT by ForeverPure
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