Comments on: Bierfest by numbers in Don Quijote country http://boakandbailey.com/2007/09/bierfest-by-numbers-in-don-quijote-country/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bierfest-by-numbers-in-don-quijote-country Going on about beer and pubs since 2007 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:03:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog http://boakandbailey.com/2007/09/bierfest-by-numbers-in-don-quijote-country/#comment-317 Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:22:35 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=224#comment-317 [...] should not be a cynical marketing trick, like Heineken’s Identikit Oktoberfests in Spain. Ideally, it should promote real ale to new punters, although foreign beer festivals like the [...]

]]> By: Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog http://boakandbailey.com/2007/09/bierfest-by-numbers-in-don-quijote-country/#comment-316 Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog Wed, 21 May 2008 21:20:54 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=224#comment-316 [...] wrote this article after visiting an “Oktoberfest” in Cuenca, Spain, last [...]

]]> By: Boak http://boakandbailey.com/2007/09/bierfest-by-numbers-in-don-quijote-country/#comment-315 Boak Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:01:14 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=224#comment-315 It´s definitely being marketed as an “Oktoberfest” though. They even have identikit posters you can roll out for each Spanish town. Insert local landmark here, put address there, and Dietmar´s your uncle.

]]> By: The Beer Nut http://boakandbailey.com/2007/09/bierfest-by-numbers-in-don-quijote-country/#comment-314 The Beer Nut Sun, 09 Sep 2007 11:52:25 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=224#comment-314 Yes, I noticed Heineken being rather more aggressive with the promotion of Paulaner here too in recent months.

Anyway, if it helps, this isn’t really a beer festival so much as a drinks promotion.

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