Comments on: Weasely Carling Ads http://boakandbailey.com/2009/01/weasely-carling-ads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weasely-carling-ads 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: Knut Albert http://boakandbailey.com/2009/01/weasely-carling-ads/#comment-2498 Knut Albert Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:40:56 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1719#comment-2498 Sounds like a comfortable job, doesn’t it?
-What do you do?
-I check the barley for Carlings..

]]> By: Pivní Filosof http://boakandbailey.com/2009/01/weasely-carling-ads/#comment-2497 Pivní Filosof Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:13:00 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1719#comment-2497 It’s sounds just like the old marketing gimmick “the most carefully selected ingredients” or similar ones…Usually meaning, we are very careful to select the cheapest stuff we can get our hans on.

]]> By: Paul Garrard http://boakandbailey.com/2009/01/weasely-carling-ads/#comment-2496 Paul Garrard Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:53:00 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1719#comment-2496 Silk purse and sow’s ear spring to mind!

]]> By: The Woolpack Inn http://boakandbailey.com/2009/01/weasely-carling-ads/#comment-2495 The Woolpack Inn Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:23:23 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1719#comment-2495 Perhaps they check to make sure it’s barley, as opposed to say, rice.

Look on the bright side. They can’t any longer suggest that drinking it makes you more sexy, so they now pinch the craft beer idea of provenance. Do we really think that the average Carling drinker cares whether or not it’s made from barley, let alone if it’s checked?

]]> By: Ricolas http://boakandbailey.com/2009/01/weasely-carling-ads/#comment-2494 Ricolas Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:25:30 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=1719#comment-2494 Do they check the rice themselves as well?

]]>