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It is still widely available in bottles in the North-West. IMV it's an unpleasant, sickly drink, though.

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....and it's on a 4 for £5 deal nationwide in Threshers/Victoria Wine/Haddows/Drinks Cabin/Huttons at the moment, but in bottles, not cans. I must admit I've never seen it in cans.

DP

I did and I started drinking it - the immediate old Ruddles was quite poor and bland (almost as bad as Black Sheep), whereas the new stuff was/is far better.

I regarded it as a rescue rather than anything else.

Don't agree, I was into the taste and really enjoyed it. Some body to it, seemed 'thicker' somehow (not that this is a real measure of a drink- just how I perceived it at the time), changing the recipe made it 'thin' and slightly more gassy to my mind. Again it's all up to the individual.

On a related note.... Are there any real beers that transfer well to cans?

John

Are you talking about the 1970's Ruddles or the later dross?

The old County was definitely not bland.

Oh well, I just remember Ruddles being poor for ages and then I tried it after the "changes" and actually thought it was a vast improvements and others agreed.

Cains FA always used to be better in cans - not so sure now. FA has definately gone downhill since the Cains reorganisation.

I did mean to try it in my pub of reference (Fox and Goose, Hebden Bridge) the other week to see if they have attempted to correct it, but I missed it.

I found that Greene King Abbot Ale from a can tasted more like I remember the draught tasting (before, presumably, the recipe changed).

Dave Rogers