When this was brewed, it was billed as the most expensive beer ever. It sold for 20 pounds a bottle. It was intended to be aged and there was yeast sediment in the bottle to ensure the secondary fermentation in the bottle.
@@terencemeikle534 "A Double Diamond works wonder so drink some today". I bet all these old ads are on TH-cam somewhere. I can remember drinking Long Life from cans and on draught. Thankfully all of these beers are long gone I think!
I aged a Fullers vintage ale once for 5 years and got to enjoy that a few years back. These beers can go on for even longer but they will reach that point.
I was really sad when my local breweries closed. I really liked the Vaux beers and the Newcastle breweries beers when I was a pup. I remember when Newcastle Brown Ale moved to Yorkshire and some bloke said it would taste the same because it was just a recipe. Give two people the same recipe for a cake and you get chalk and cheese. It really is what it is, cheers Simon.
I remember Whitbread, but I don't think was old enough to drink then! I'm 40 now, just 8 in 1992....how is it possible for a beer to last so long? I love the old world box, straw, paper wrapped around the bottle....they definitely had more of a sense of occasion back then!!
Whitbread were massive when I was a young child, we even had a massive mirror/picture of the Whitbread airship with the slogan " Whitbread all over London " as the focal point of our living room ❤
I think at the time Whitbread were the least worst of the big brewers. Unlike Bass or Allied they did make an effort to keep alive the breweries under their umbrella. Great review by the way. Might be an idea to have a bit of muslin cloth around when you open the next one. If you get the same cork issue you can pour through the cloth to decant it.
Quite the opposite. Whitbread were voracious in buying and closing local breweries - they would then use the names of the dead breweries for beers they made in their huge factories. CAMRA sold black t-shirts designed to look like band t-shirts with Whitbread's Tour of Destruction - with the names and dates of the deceased breweries on the back.
Their celebration draught beer for their pubs was a "Porter", it was one of the best beers I've ever tasted. This 12% beer was an oddity, I never tasted a good one?
I'll have a good hard session on this stuff 😂😂😂 I loved the Thomas Hardy Ale....but it kept changing hands in terms of who brewed it. I don't know if it exists any more!!
When this was brewed, it was billed as the most expensive beer ever. It sold for 20 pounds a bottle. It was intended to be aged and there was yeast sediment in the bottle to ensure the secondary fermentation in the bottle.
Who remembers "Whitbread Big Head Trophy Bitter, the pint that thinks it's a quart"?
Oh yes. And Whitbread Tankard, too. Also Double Diamond, Toby, Ansells, Wilsons, Ind Coope, and Watney's Red Barrel.
@@terencemeikle534 "A Double Diamond works wonder so drink some today". I bet all these old ads are on TH-cam somewhere. I can remember drinking Long Life from cans and on draught. Thankfully all of these beers are long gone I think!
Keep the boxes for your beer collection Simon. They look amazing , they’re cool to display. Incredible that you’ve managed to get such vintage gems.
I've got one currently sitting in my beer cave, look forward to sample it
I aged a Fullers vintage ale once for 5 years and got to enjoy that a few years back. These beers can go on for even longer but they will reach that point.
I wish companies made boxes for special beers nowadays. I'd spend an extra few bucks for the box and it would cost the brewery peanuts.
Really interesting video Si. I'm trying to find a beer brewed in 1954 (if possible). It's to celebrate my Dad's 70th birthday. Any suggestions welcome
I was really sad when my local breweries closed. I really liked the Vaux beers and the Newcastle breweries beers when I was a pup. I remember when Newcastle Brown Ale moved to Yorkshire and some bloke said it would taste the same because it was just a recipe. Give two people the same recipe for a cake and you get chalk and cheese. It really is what it is, cheers Simon.
I remember Whitbread, but I don't think was old enough to drink then! I'm 40 now, just 8 in 1992....how is it possible for a beer to last so long?
I love the old world box, straw, paper wrapped around the bottle....they definitely had more of a sense of occasion back then!!
Whitbread were massive when I was a young child, we even had a massive mirror/picture of the Whitbread airship with the slogan " Whitbread all over London " as the focal point of our living room ❤
I suspect Simon's going to need immodium tonight.
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No the beer is fine
Barley wine has such an interesting taste. I tasted some Brewdog Ab:20 recently, and it was like nothing I've ever tasted before.
I think at the time Whitbread were the least worst of the big brewers. Unlike Bass or Allied they did make an effort to keep alive the breweries under their umbrella.
Great review by the way. Might be an idea to have a bit of muslin cloth around when you open the next one. If you get the same cork issue you can pour through the cloth to decant it.
Quite the opposite. Whitbread were voracious in buying and closing local breweries - they would then use the names of the dead breweries for beers they made in their huge factories. CAMRA sold black t-shirts designed to look like band t-shirts with Whitbread's Tour of Destruction - with the names and dates of the deceased breweries on the back.
Their beers live on, in a way. The Whitbread yeast is still fairly popular in the homebrew world.
Great video. A real sense of occasion. Wonderful.
The high sugar content will have done the damage to the cork
New in box, is now new out of box, Simon sat with his head in hands as he's jut found out unboxed and un-opened it's worth a blommin fortune😂
Looks terrible but good fun. Thanks for being brave. That was a labour of love this 1
Tremorfa flea market maybe?
Interesting stuff
That’s the one
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I've got a 1992 bottle of San Miguel from there gathering dust in my kitchen 🤣
Aha, the infamous pint wine glass ! 😂
Seemed a shame to take that out of the box to be honest...i dont think i would want to drink it
That didn't look very nice.
Why didn't you pass these down to you children as an investment, may have been enough for a deposit on a house ? 🤔
Hope you don't poo the bed tonight after drinking that 😕
The beer was fine
Whitbread could never brew a good beer
Yes they did, their best bitter was lovely !
Their celebration draught beer for their pubs was a "Porter", it was one of the best beers I've ever tasted. This 12% beer was an oddity, I never tasted a good one?
I'll have a good hard session on this stuff 😂😂😂
I loved the Thomas Hardy Ale....but it kept changing hands in terms of who brewed it. I don't know if it exists any more!!