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Post by steald1977 on Apr 10, 2017 12:33:20 GMT
Just a quick one - if a brewer produced a decent tasting lager or ale under the Salford Red Devils banner and sold in pubs in Salford / Gtr Mcr, would you buy it?
Not a revolutionary idea I know but was amazed by the amount of independent beers on draught and behind the bar on the Height on Saturday night. If done right, would be ace to walk into a 'Spoons or a Holts' house and seeing the club badge illuminated on the taps. Would probably switch allegiance from Crystal myself if it tasted alright and got you bladdered.
Could even run promotions on it to win a pair of tickets for home matches etc. I've suggested it to young Master Blease on Twitter and Seven Brothers has been mentioned as a possible partner, Salford company and that.
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Post by bandgeekmafia78 on Apr 10, 2017 13:00:37 GMT
Seven Brothers already have a link of sorts with the Club given that one of the brothers, Nathan McEvoy, played for Salford from 1994-98, and also in the 2004-05 season.
Their ales are also very nice - much better than the beer currently being served at the AJ Bell, but then again that's not difficult!
I remember at the Willows you could buy Reds Lager (can anyone confirm?) and it was really, really bad.
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Post by hillbillyred on Apr 10, 2017 14:38:09 GMT
Phoenix tried one but it was a copper coloured , medium hopped, low gravity bitter: very like what was being drank some 35+ years ago and so it failed. One pub told me that they had to waste most of the "9" as it sold so badly... a famous cask pub that sells ales very quickly. The ale suprised and upset me as Phoenix later produced a straw and more hoppy ale "for Spotland" called Spotland Gold and this still sells well. Why issue a beer that costs more than other copper coloured traditional ales, had little to make it stand out, and at at the time of the gold ale revolution?
Look at this list:
www.ratebeer.com/breweries/greater-manchester/80/240/
80 breweries in the area. There's even a couple that maybe I've yet to sample (but I'm not admitting it). You can pick a brewery who specialises in every type of beer you can mention (including Belgium and German types). The only downside is price. Craft ales will cost more ... £4, £5 or even £6 / pint
Imagine if sold at Barton at a special bar. The seller will have to negotiate with the stadium for a bar and pay through the nose for it: before cost of beer, equipment and staff. Last season, the last game played by Sale had a real ale bar that was open for our game: I remember the reaction several Salfordians made when faced with the cost of a pint. Comparisons with Holts caused apolexy.
Then again: why not this company?
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/14448555.REVEALED__Bolton_s_pub_of_the_year_2016/?ref=mrb&lp=11
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 16:24:48 GMT
I spend quite a lot of my time in Belgium and there are so many beers and spirits based on Red Devils theme and trust me they are all top quality stuff. Think they would make good coin selling them round the stadium rather than the piss they sell currently.
I'll be honest I buy a few cans from the shop round the corner and get them inside as the beer is utter shite at the ground.
Didn't the Wetherspoons at Chill Factore sell a Red themed beer on match days?
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Post by hammerlessnail on Apr 10, 2017 16:35:30 GMT
Does the stadium still offer the delightful sounding "paddock chardonnay"? "...a subtle bitterness on the palate, but with heady afternotes of sewage works on the nose."
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