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Old 23-12-10, 02:06
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Default Spitfire Beer

I just received a power point program from Wilf Alexander about Spitfire Beer. It explains that the Shepherd Neame Brewery used themed advertising for this beer. Their ads came with such slogans as:
- Downed all over Kent, just like the Luftwaffe
- Bandits a 6 o'clock
- Not for Schlossers, Wagners and Kuntz
- Goering, Goering, gone
- No Nazi aftertaste
- first left and then the third reich
- No Fokker comes close
- How to make a sauerkraut-mention the war
- Spitfire- the bottle of Britain

Now to the point of this. When in Beltring, each evening we would visit the Spitfire Bar for a beer. Okay 2 beer. Is this why it was called the Spitfire Bar? I just thought it was named that to keep a WW2 theme, not realizing there was a Spitfire beer.

PS- It was reported on the BBC that Steve Stone and Dirk Leegwater had more than a couple of beer one evening and possibly missed a day of the action in Beltring.
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Old 23-12-10, 04:25
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I have an empty Arrogant Bastard Ale which is next to a La Blonde Des Cantons.
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Old 23-12-10, 04:46
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Google finds a number of listings under "Spitfire beer ads"
http://www.google.ca/search?q=spitfi...OMKclge4hsn3Cw
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Old 23-12-10, 17:38
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PS- It was reported on the BBC that Steve Stone and Dirk Leegwater had more than a couple of beer one evening and possibly missed a day of the action in Beltring.
Barry,

I wonder if that was the same night that Steve fell out the back of his truck .....
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Old 24-12-10, 16:16
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Default Lancaster Bomber beer

I saw some Lancaster Bomber beer yesterday at the LCBO.

Might go back and get one... or two.

Merry Christmas to all.

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Old 24-12-10, 17:21
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Found a nice surprise in my office this morning. An unknown Santa left two bottles of beer on my desk all nicely wrapped. One of them is a Spitfire.
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Old 24-12-10, 22:44
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I like this ad best.

Famous quote from a guided tour around the Fokker factory: "This is the first Fokker ever built. We call it the Mother Fokker..."
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Old 24-12-10, 22:51
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And oh, and then there is this wine brand . . . of course for CMP aficionados FAT has a different ring to the ears!
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Old 26-12-10, 19:20
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PS- It was reported on the BBC that Steve Stone and Dirk Leegwater had more than
a couple of beer one evening and possibly missed a day of the action in Beltring.
I know Barry but after all, together with the Oxford guys (plus Emma), a lovely day.

Dirk
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Old 15-03-11, 16:18
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beer? for wimps, try uberproof vodka---kalashnikov---

http://www.tin-god.com/?attachment_id=1310

http://www.beerwinevodka.com/page/in...detail&id=1441
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