Heineken
Style- Lager
ABV- 5%
Price- About £2.80 a pint
Originated- Amsterdam
Red Stripe
Style- Lager
ABV- 5%
Price- Approx £2.80 a pint
Originated- Kingston, Jamaica
Overview
Old versus new. Red Stripe may have been around for a while now, but Heineken is one of the worlds best known brands, and has been available forever. But, up until about seven years ago, it was brewed at a lower percentage for the UK market, apparently the Dutch think we aree a bunch of weak livered hooligans, an image that we did the best, as a nation, to give credence too through the 1970's and 1980's. But it needed to keep up with a new breed of lagers, the wife beaters, so was ramped up to it's European strength. Red Stripe gained it's foothold in Great Britain via the incoming wave of West Indians, and the clubs and bars that they ran, most notably in Bradford, Bibby's old night club. Neither has the profile of a Carlsberg or Carling, but are still readily available, particularly in bottle/can.
Odds
I would be very surprised if Europe did not garner it's first representative in the final eight, as Heineken has always been highly regarded by the Squad, especially as most of us have had the pleasure of doing the hair of the dog at the old brewery in Amsterdam, The Heineken Experience. Red Stripe did have it's followers, but that was back in the day, when compared to the kind of garbage on offer in most pubs , ie Skol and Fosters, it was a tasty and exotic choice. Let battle commence....
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