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- From: jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins)
- Subject: Re: Double Diamond Ale
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 20:52:25 GMT
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- In article <1h9bhpINNej2@mserv1.dl.ac.uk> ufe@dlva.dl.ac.uk () writes:
-
- >Double Diamond (along with Red Barrel amongst others) were the great
- >inventions of 60's brewing in Britain. Mass marketed, bland keg beers
- >that would appeal to the masses. The idea was that the punters would
- >go for the consistency and blandness, and the brewers could just brew
- >the one beer in large "megakeggaries". They would then just slug it
- >out between each other by advertising (somewhat along the lines, the
- >cigarette companies do now).
- [...]
- >Mark Enderby JANET - ENDERBY@UK.AC.DARESBURY
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-
- Mark,
-
- Interesting. The carton Double Diamond is packaged in states that
- DD has been brewed since 1876. Are you saying that prior to the
- 1960's DD was brewed and only available in a limited local area as
- as keg beer; then in the 1960's the marketers got the idea to up
- production and bottle the stuff?
-
- Also, what's CAMBRA?
-
-
-
- Jim
-