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    MB_Avro_UK's Avatar Senior Member
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    hi all,

    Yesterday I met up with a few friends and we sampled the delights of real Enlish ale (again lol).

    What struck me was the names of the various beers e.g. Nelson's Revenge,Bombardier,Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber.

    Does anyone know of more?

    Other countries name their beer such as 'Stella' or 'Becks'.





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    Interesting question. The irony is four pints of Spitfire/Bombardier/Lancaster Bomber and I feel fat and happy, four pints of Stella and I need locking up.

    Of course most beers are called things like Old Peculiar, Dribbler's Limp, or Badger's Arse. Only occassionally do you come across a militant sounding ale and by and large all they do is make you grin alot and go to the loo frequently. But, I wonder. Do our American friends and their very nice micro-brewery's tend toward militancy in their beery nomenclature. Is there a bottle of 'Minuteman' 'Kentucky Windage' or a 'Constitution' waiting for me on the other side?
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    The English are imbued with the spirit of aggression, God love 'em.
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    Ours are called things like "Yak's Butt"---natural sounding. Militancy declined, ho hum boring. I'd like to drink a beer called "Smoothbore" or "Sixteen Inch" or "Thunderbolt."
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    Originally posted by MB_Avro_UK:
    hi all,

    Yesterday I met up with a few friends and we sampled the delights of real Enlish ale (again lol).

    What struck me was the names of the various beers e.g. Nelson's Revenge,Bombardier,Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber.

    Does anyone know of more?

    Other countries name their beer such as 'Stella' or 'Becks'.





    Best Regards and Cheers!,
    MB_Avro.
    We used to have a footballer who we called Becks, do I get a cookie for pointing that out? .
    It's funny that you should mention Stella because even though some British ales have warlike names, Stella goes one better and gives some a warlike attitude.
    Seriously, Stella has the same effect as marching powder on some people.
    I think that ales like Spitfire and Bombardier have been around before the Wright brothers so their names are nothing to do with WW2.
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    Originally posted by Ploughman:
    Interesting question. The irony is four pints of Spitfire/Bombardier/Lancaster Bomber and I feel fat and happy, four pints of Stella and I need locking up.

    Of course most beers are called things like Old Peculiar, Dribbler's Limp, or Badger's Arse. Only occassionally do you come across a militant sounding ale and by and large all they do is make you grin alot and go to the loo frequently. But, I wonder. Do our American friends and their very nice micro-brewery's tend toward militancy in their beery nomenclature. Is there a bottle of 'Minuteman' 'Kentucky Windage' or a 'Constitution' waiting for me on the other side?
    Not quite what you asked for but Harvest Moon Brewery makes something called Pigs A s s Porter!
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    Quebec beer

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    Barman, four pints of Scruttock's Olde Dirigible if you please!
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    Originally posted by MB_Avro_UK:

    I think that ales like Spitfire and Bombardier have been around before the Wright brothers so their names are nothing to do with WW2.
    Spitfire was created in 1990, 50 years after BoB.
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