Word: pints
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...were open, students could head over to the Queen’s Head after class, catch up on reading, meet up with some friends, grab some dinner and a pint of 1636, and chat the night away...
Walk into a British pub and order a pint bottle of Magners Original - a premium cider brewed by Ireland's C&C Group - and be ready to cough up the princely sum of $7 to $8. That's as much or more than you'd pay for any other cider or beer on offer. But price be damned, say British drinkers, who are acquiring a growing thirst for ciders in general, and premium ones in particular. Cider consumption in Britain jumped 35% last year - an increase analysts have dubbed the Magners effect. That's a tribute to a brand that...
...alcohol content to 4.5% (about the same as most beers) and intensified the apple flavor. More distinctively, the reformulated drink has been designed and marketed to be poured over ice, whereas traditional ciders are served at room temperature. C&C also junked the plastic jugs for fancy pint bottles, jacked the price up and advertised like...
What are the qualities demanded of a leader? Wisdom? Integrity? Experience? Perhaps. But what really counts may be pubbability - an elusive X factor that makes voters want to share a pint with a politician. And on that front, Gordon Brown - the 56-year-old Scot who is expected to replace Tony Blair as Britain's Prime Minister this summer - has a problem...
...last weekend an unqualified success, as one hopes it will continue to do for years to come. But this discussion must reach for loftier climes and address the Pub’s lifeblood: its beer. The bar serves Harpoon IPA, Guinness, and Bud Light, among others, in two-dollar pints. Also on tap is house beer Harpoon 1636, which project manager Zachary A Corker ’04 rightly referred to as a “truly ambrosial brew.” It’s a heavier ale, not unlike Newcastle Brown, and an excellent opportunity to gloat...