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Holsten Pils is a 5% abv pale lager first produced in 1953. [6] The Hamburg brewery exports beer to the whole world. Holsten Premium is sold in five continents and Holsten Pils goes to the United Kingdom where it is sold through the group's subsidiary, Carlsberg UK.
[77] [78] It had become the fifth best selling bitter nationally by 1989, helped by a competitive pricing policy, and was the highest selling bitter in London. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] The beer was not without its critics, with the 1990 Good Beer Guide describing it as "weak flavour[ed], reminiscent of a poor quality home brew – worty, bland, cloying ...
In 2016 a study showed around 1,700 breweries now operate in the UK, an increase of 8% on the previous year. [14] An increase in the popularity of low-alcohol beers has resulted in the emergence of new brands including Lucky Saint, a pale lager with 0.5% ABV introduced in 2018 which is now one of the most popular low-alcohol beers in the UK. [15]
When Hawkstone Lager was released, it became the top-selling beer on Amazon. [12] In January 2022, Clarkson announced that the beer would be sold on draught in pubs in Oxfordshire. In 2024, Waitrose became the first supermarket chain to sell Hawkstone.
Lager is the term generally used in the UK for bottom-fermented beer. Despite the traditional English beer being ale, more than half of the current English market is now lager in the Pilsener and Export styles. These lighter coloured, bottom fermented beers first started gaining real popularity in England in the later part of the 20th century.
Kirin Ichiban, a 5% abv pale lager, brewed under licence for the Japanese brewing company Kirin. It is brewed using the unique Ichiban Shibori brewing process, the most expensive in the world. Estrella Damm – a 4.6% bottle and draught beer, now available in the UK. Wells and Young's import, market and distribute.
As of September 2014, eBay has acquired over 40 companies, the most expensive of which was the purchase of Skype, a Voice over Internet Protocol company, for US$2.6 billion in cash plus up to an additional US$1.5 billion if certain performance goals were met. [2] The majority of companies acquired by eBay are based in the United States.
Its demise came in 2000, when the site of Wrexham Lager was sold and subsequently demolished. Investment by the Welsh Development Agency has helped establish a large number of breweries in Wales in recent years. [9] [10] In the 1930s, Felinfoel Brewery was the first brewery in the UK to produce and sell beer in cans. [11]