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GALLERY: British Lager

Label for the Austro-Bavarian Lager Brewery. — Label for the Austro-Bavarian Lager Brewery, from between 1882 and 1886.

Flyer for the tactically renamed Austro-Bavarian Lager Brewery. — Flyer for the tactically renamed Austro-Bavarian Lager Brewery, c.1895. (It is now DEFINITELY not German.)

Advertisement for Barclay (Perkins) Lager, 1920s.

1937 advertisement for Barclay Perkins lager.

Introducing Skol, 1960. — Introducing Skol, 1960 — a premium beer for the young set.

Tennent's lager advertisement, 1978. — Tennent’s lager advertisement, 1978.

Lager has been part of British beer culture since the 1880s but took a long time to really take off.

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2 replies on “GALLERY: British Lager”

I’ve read that British ale wasn’t called “beer” for a while because the former didn’t contain hops. Beer was from the continent, and to drink lagers was unpatriotic. The British used to be quite proud of their bitters.

Yes, the beer (hopped) and ale (unhopped) traditions are distinct, but eventually converged. We’re still quite proud of our bitter!

We’ve got a lager-related project in the early planning stages, hence this gallery….

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