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Robinson’s Best Bitter... brewed by Wm Robinson of Stockport. The only beer I’ve detoured 40 miles for returning home from the great city of Sheffield.

Bullards Mild... on which I was weaned at eleven pence ha’penny (old money) a pint. Now no more... the beer or the price!

Citra, from Oakham Ales in Rutland, the tiniest little county in England. Fabulously tasty!

Spitfire from Kent, winner of the Beer Battle of Britain!

Farr Apart... product of a newish microbrewery in a village nearby... the only one I can get easily on draught direct from the brewer himself! What a cracker!

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    Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago

    The gauntlet having been thrown down by Christopher... this is my attempt. I’ve got some Citra in the fridge... I wonder if I should crack it open as all this writing’s making me thirsty!😋

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    Christopher almost 3 years ago

    I knew you wouldn't let me down! And your use of ha'penny gave me a chuckle, reminding me of Edmund Blackadder when he was trying to con the Prince of Wales out of some money and used the term "tuppenny ha'penny."

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    Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago

    Thanks Christopher. I must admit that I had to think carefully before making my choices. The eleven pence ha’penny memory is very clear as a shilling (twelve pence) was a psychological threshold, which ‘best bitter’, by contrast to ‘mild’, slightly exceeded at ‘one and a ha’penny’! Well worth checking out (online) a superbly wicked (and these days I guess un-pc) ad campaign for Shepherd Neame brewery’s Spitfire. Kent, where it’s brewed is directly adjacent to Europe and was where the RAF beat the Huns in Spitfires and Hurricanes.

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    Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago

    (Try ‘Spitfire beer adverts’ as a search.)

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    Christopher almost 3 years ago

    I just saw some of them on YouTube. One made me laugh out loud.

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    Neville Hunt almost 3 years ago

    It was over the county of Kent that the Battle of Britain was fought in the air. I think they had to pull the ads on account of current thinking about German sensibilities. Some of them might not translate across the pond as they reference popular UK TV characters. My personal faves are No Fokker Comes Close, Rear gunners drink lager shandy and Spot the Ball (although I’m not sure if the last two will translate...). But they’re all terrific. That's enough for this comment, I’m now Goering, Goering, Gone!

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    Christopher almost 3 years ago

    Auf wiedersehen!

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