Comments on: How to convert a lagerboy http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/ zee-tho-fyle, a beer, history, pubs, beerstyles, beer-with-food blog Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:24:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: david http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-1025 david Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:15:37 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-1025 It is a pity that the lager style is generally only associated with the cheap, massed produced, watery lager 'drinks' rather than the real lagers. I know of many cracking lagers in Czech Republic that provide very good reason for re-establishing the good name of the style. In that respect it is lucky for me that I am living here at the moment. I would specifically draw the reader's attention to Chodovar Zamecky lezak special, Zlatopramen, or even Budweiser Budvar as good examples of the style. It is a pity that the lager style is generally only associated with the cheap, massed produced, watery lager ‘drinks’ rather than the real lagers. I know of many cracking lagers in Czech Republic that provide very good reason for re-establishing the good name of the style. In that respect it is lucky for me that I am living here at the moment. I would specifically draw the reader’s attention to Chodovar Zamecky lezak special, Zlatopramen, or even Budweiser Budvar as good examples of the style.

]]> By: Stonch http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-1014 Stonch Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:07:27 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-1014 They're probably a lot better company than the bloke in the Hobgoblin t-shirt though. They’re probably a lot better company than the bloke in the Hobgoblin t-shirt though.

]]> By: zythophile http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-1009 zythophile Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:27:24 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-1009 Bill, you're very lucky to get Weltenberger, Ayinger dunkels and dopplebocks, Oktoberfest marzens and helles bocks: we rarely see those beers on bars in the UK. And I doubt "lagerboy" drinkers would drink them if they were available. Lagerboys drink Stella, Fosters and Carling, and wouldn't have a clue what the word "artisan" meant. Bill, you’re very lucky to get Weltenberger, Ayinger dunkels and dopplebocks, Oktoberfest marzens and helles bocks: we rarely see those beers on bars in the UK. And I doubt “lagerboy” drinkers would drink them if they were available. Lagerboys drink Stella, Fosters and Carling, and wouldn’t have a clue what the word “artisan” meant.

]]> By: Bill from Kanadar http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-996 Bill from Kanadar Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:52:27 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-996 Sorry guys at Wychwood (yeah I have to stare at your jeering "lagerboy" advert in my local Canuck pub) but it will take a lot more than Wychwood to ween me off my Weltenberger, Ayinger dunkels and dopplebocks and my farvorite locally crafted Oktoberfest marzens and helles bocks. Lagerboy for life and fully unrepentant ;-) ....your promo gear gets giggles from me because of its philistine presumption. I always end up thinking, anyone who would mindlessly accept that sloganeering has never tasted artisan lagers. Sorry guys at Wychwood (yeah I have to stare at your jeering “lagerboy” advert in my local Canuck pub) but it will take a lot more than Wychwood to ween me off my Weltenberger, Ayinger dunkels and dopplebocks and my farvorite locally crafted Oktoberfest marzens and helles bocks.

Lagerboy for life and fully unrepentant ;-) ….your promo gear gets giggles from me because of its philistine presumption. I always end up thinking, anyone who would mindlessly accept that sloganeering has never tasted artisan lagers.

]]> By: zythophile http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-958 zythophile Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:41:47 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-958 Sneery about the working class - moi? My 19th century ancestors were agricultural labourers, you don't get more working class than that ... Sneery about the working class - moi? My 19th century ancestors were agricultural labourers, you don’t get more working class than that …

]]> By: Stonch http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-949 Stonch Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:12:23 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-949 PS. Zythophile be careful with using the word "chavvy"! I'm sure you don't mean it that way, but it seems to have become a sneery synomyn for "working class" in the right-wing media these days. PS. Zythophile be careful with using the word “chavvy”! I’m sure you don’t mean it that way, but it seems to have become a sneery synomyn for “working class” in the right-wing media these days.

]]> By: Stonch http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-948 Stonch Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:10:31 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-948 I agree entirely with Boak - no-one, least of all me, thinks that ads like Wychwood's are actually *offensive* - that's a red herring and a half. They're just the height of sad geekiness, and make real ale look like a drink fit only for a social misfit. I agree entirely with Boak - no-one, least of all me, thinks that ads like Wychwood’s are actually *offensive* - that’s a red herring and a half. They’re just the height of sad geekiness, and make real ale look like a drink fit only for a social misfit.

]]> By: Boak http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-925 Boak Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:34:24 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-925 I don't see how it's marketed at young people. If you take it at face value, it's a wizened old creature calling someone else a "boy". The only people I have seen with these t-shirts are well into their forties. I don’t see how it’s marketed at young people. If you take it at face value, it’s a wizened old creature calling someone else a “boy”.

The only people I have seen with these t-shirts are well into their forties.

]]> By: Kieran Haslett-Moore http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-914 Kieran Haslett-Moore Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:18:30 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-914 I actually really enjoy the campaign. It puzzles me that people who often complain that real ale isn't marketed at young people enough then often also complain about the Hobgoblin adverts which are clearly aimed at a younger drinker. When someone says lagerboy the lager being referred to is Fosters or Carling, not some Continental Bock. Its got attitude and I don't have a problem with that. Perhaps I'm biased as I don't have a soft spot for even good lagers. I actually really enjoy the campaign. It puzzles me that people who often complain that real ale isn’t marketed at young people enough then often also complain about the Hobgoblin adverts which are clearly aimed at a younger drinker. When someone says lagerboy the lager being referred to is Fosters or Carling, not some Continental Bock. Its got attitude and I don’t have a problem with that. Perhaps I’m biased as I don’t have a soft spot for even good lagers.

]]> By: knutalbert http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-909 knutalbert Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:35:25 +0000 http://zythophile.wordpress.com/2008/02/29/how-to-convert-a-lagerboy/#comment-909 I don't really mind the adverts - it has a focus on taste instead of all the other rubbish used in beer ads. But they are in a danger of falling into their own trap when they are watering down their beer. They should have a stronger, premium ale as well, for those who really want a punch! I don’t really mind the adverts - it has a focus on taste instead of all the other rubbish used in beer ads.

But they are in a danger of falling into their own trap when they are watering down their beer. They should have a stronger, premium ale as well, for those who really want a punch!

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