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Stones Bitter became the highest selling beer for Bass Breweries from 1981, when it overtook Worthington E in sales. [citation needed] Stones was the ninth most popular beer in the United Kingdom in 1989, with two per cent of all beer sales. [8] Demand was such that the Cannon Brewery was paying up to £1.5 million per month in duty by 1991. [9]
By 1992 Stones was the UK's highest selling bitter, with a million barrels sold annually. [3] That same year the ABV of Stones was reduced from 4.1 per cent to 3.9 per cent ABV, and then to 3.7 per cent in 1999. The cask conditioned Stones was restored to 4.1 per cent ABV in 2006, before being discontinued in 2012.
After the end of World War II, the brewery was transferred to public ownership in 1948. With the entry of the trademark Braugold the brewery in 1956 received its current name. In 1967, the production of today's best-selling beer brewing Pilsner special gold began. 1969 was formed by the merger of nine breweries in the district of Erfurt VEB ...
In recent years the hierarchy of international beer brands has been massively shaken up by the increasing popularity of the alcoholic drink in China.
Beer As Beer Should Be – Introduced during World War II, [8] it was Schmidt's main slogan from the 1940s to the 1960s; it continued to be used in the 1970s. For The 1 Man In 4 (Who Wants The Beer With Full-Strength Taste) – Used in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Full Taste Beer – Used in the early 1960s. For That Friendlier Feeling!
Storz went back to business making beer in 1934, and was making up to 150,000 barrels a year by 1935. After avoiding an industry-wide strike that year, Storz's business took off. Gottlieb Storz died in 1939 of a heart attack and his son Adolph became brewery president. Just before World War II Storz became Nebraska's highest seller. [7]
By 2011, production of John Smith's Cask had moved to Cameron's. As of 2012, John Smith's is the sixth highest selling beer brand in the United Kingdom and the highest selling bitter in the world. [3] From February 2013, John Smith's Extra Smooth and Original were reduced from 3.8 to 3.6% ABV. [57]
It also owned a controlling interest in Blatz beer and made a Canadian whisky called Schenley Reserve, also called Schenley Black Label. It was the only liquor available to submarine officers at Midway in World War II, where it was held in low regard and known as "Schenley's Black Death". [3] It also imported Dewar's White Label Scotch.