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Sneaky Frenchies!

  • 12-07-2007 3:08pm
    #1
    Frankiestylee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭


    I was in France the other week and the only beer that seemed to be served was Dutch : Amstel or Heineken.

    The thing that started to bug me was that no where on the bottle did it mention the Netherlands, and I'm pretty sure the Amstel bottle said beer of France on it.

    So.. anybody know what the deal is with this?


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  • #2
    guildofevil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 552 ✭✭✭guildofevil


    Probably brewed under licence, in France. They do that a lot. I think the Heineken sold in Ireland is brewed in Cork.


  • #3
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    guildofevil wrote:
    Probably brewed under licence, in France. They do that a lot. I think the Heineken sold in Ireland is brewed in Cork.
    Yep. And the Murphy's (and Heineken and Amstel) sold in France is brewed in France. Marseille, I think.

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  • #4
    Frankiestylee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭Frankiestylee


    Yes, I assumed it was brewed under license, but the beers normally have at least some mark of their homeland on them, they certainly don't boast about being French when they're Dutch


  • #5
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,975 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    The standard get-out clause these days is "Brewed in the EU". I'd have thought by law they would have to have some mark of origin on them though.

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  • #6
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Man,you were in France....hint hint....

    The French assume everything French is best,and everything else is somewhat inferior,so unlike Ireland,where anything foreign is assumed to be better especially beer,the French think the opposite.!!!

    Marketing and national pride ...Thats my theory and i'm sticking to it;)


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  • #7
    Frankiestylee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭Frankiestylee


    What was the hint hint in being in France bit? That I should take the experience as a whole and realise that they're um, quite into themselves above all?

    I dunno... there should be laws against it, I was there with a bunch of Dutch people so it was extra funny.


  • #8
    FlutterinBantam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,575 ✭✭✭✭FlutterinBantam


    Frankiestylee wrote:
    What was the hint hint in being in France bit? That I should take the experience as a whole and realise that they're um, quite into themselves above all?

    .

    one unded an eeeeeity!!!! Spot on Francie,thats the ticket.

    You are a sharp one sho' nuff.


  • #9
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    Frankiestylee wrote:
    What was the hint hint in being in France bit? That I should take the experience as a whole and realise that they're um, quite into themselves above all?
    that, and the fact that Heineken is the world's generic, default beer.


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