1970

[Rodcx500z]

You mean Sharples and Caldwell

 

[Appleton Brews]

Well said.

I love rum.
I detest spiced rum.

I've got a litre of Kraken I bought on the return ferry that's going to languish in my cupboard for a very long time.

Ditto on the rum spiced rum is awful, Appleton rum is what I drink but only 1 bottle a year at Christmas.

 

[fury_tea]

Well said.

I love rum.
I detest spiced rum.

I've got a litre of Kraken I bought on the return ferry that's going to languish in my cupboard for a very long time.

Put a few vanilla pods in it (cut in half and seeds scraped in) and leave it in the back of the cupboard for a year or 2. Makes spiced rum vanilla extract. Then you just use it in place of vanilla essence in recipes.

I sometimes mix it into porridge on a cold winter morn

 

[Bitter_Dave]

I'll bet lager was the top seller, though.
Back in the day, southern comfort was over-strength and a proper drink compared with the limp-wristed simulacrum you see today.
Still tasted like shi'ite, though.

I'm a bit surprised, but I'll have to take your word for it. I thought lager became the most popular beer later on, but I wasn't born until the mid 1970s so no real knowledge on this.

 

[Clint]

I wonder if Dr Who gets a load of that old money on the cheap in the future then travels back in time to have a cheap jolly up?
Makes sense!
Unless those Daleks keep getting in the way that is!

 

[Brew_DD2]

I wonder if Dr Who gets a load of that old money on the cheap in the future then travels back in time to have a cheap jolly up?
Makes sense!
Unless those Daleks keep getting in the way that is!

It's not much cheaper though, is it?

 

[Clint]

Well...if you looked on ebay you might get some out of circulation coins for less than face value...unless they're copper then they're probably worth more.

 

[Clint]

Hmmm...there's a 1970 5p going for £144! That's not viable!
Ah...I always found quite a few old coins metal detecting on the beach.

 

[An Ankoù]

You mean Sharples and Caldwell

Those two very likely lasses. Turned the heads of many a young lad have that pair of hussies: fluttering their hairnets and illuminating Blackpool!

 

[An Ankoù]

Ditto on the rum spiced rum is awful, Appleton rum is what I drink but only 1 bottle a year at Christmas.

Never heard of it. Looks like it's time I educated myself.

 

[Northern_Brewer]

I'm a bit surprised, but I'll have to take your word for it. I thought lager became the most popular beer later on, but I wasn't born until the mid 1970s so no real knowledge on this.

It's not well known, but there was a bit of a craze for lager in the late 19th century, which was killed off by anti-German sentiment in WWI. Eddie Taylor brought Carling to Britain in 1952 and it grew steadily through the 1960s as he assembled Bass Charrington, but it was the heatwaves of 1975/6 that really made it take off. Other factors were the demographic bulge of the baby boomers reaching drinking age and the development of the package holiday - people like to drink what they did on holiday as it brings back good memories.

I've seen it suggested elsewhere that this pricelist dates from 1977, which would be consistent with lager becoming more popular.

 

[patto1ro]

I'll bet lager was the top seller, though.
Back in the day, southern comfort was over-strength and a proper drink compared with the limp-wristed simulacrum you see today.
Still tasted like shi'ite, though.

Based on he prices, the list is probably from 1976. A which point Lager accounted for 23.5% of sales. While Bitter and Stout (not sure why they were lumped together) were 63.9%.. In draught sales, Bitter was 45.9% and Lager 18,5%..

There's an odd mix of beers from different brewers. Double Diamond was an Allied Breweries beer, while Double Century and Newcastle Brown were Scottish & Newcastle beers. It's also odd selling both Double Century and Newcastle Brown, both being strong Brown Ales. Multiple brewers made Sweet Stout, so it isn't necessarily Sweetheart Stout.

It's a shame they don' specif the brewery for the Mild and Bitter.