I have some sad news to relate to you all, Grolsch will no longer be sold in the UK
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I have some sad news to relate to you all, Grolsch will no longer be sold in the UK
That bastion of beers, the mainstay of RAFG is gone...… the news could drive a grown man to alcohol 
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Ah yes, giggling beer. Down to the Trevvy in Venlo for several crates (the deposit on the crate was more than the beer) for the Friday beer call.
A Dujardin and coke man me - Grolsch was the only beer that DIDNT make me ill...
A Dujardin and coke man me - Grolsch was the only beer that DIDNT make me ill...
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I think this is the UK brewed version, which I was led to believe was brewed to "British tastes". Not the same stuff as you can get in Holland. Don't think it will be missed.
In fact most mass produced beer and lager is not as good as the smaller batched, which is probably why craft beers are so successful (even though they can cost a great deal more).
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Good old Grolsch. When the NAAFI started selling it in Gutersloh, we could buy a crate, drink the beer, then export the empties back to UK and make a profit by claiming the deposit. 
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Ah yes, recall filling the boot of the (tax free) car up with crates of this to give to folks back home as Xmas presents (wasn't easily available in UK then) and leave them to get the deposit back. As I recall they were 40p a bottle in the NAAFI and most off licences in the UK gave you 50p deposit for an empty! Mind you I do recall drinking with a Dutch guy once who said that Grolsch to them was "...the same as your Watney's Red Barrel", i.e. throwing beer!
never mind, there is always Wobbly Warsteiner ,,,,,,,,,,,,, I hope
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Ah yes, recall filling the boot of the (tax free) car up with crates of this to give to folks back home as Xmas presents (wasn't easily available in UK then) and leave them to get the deposit back. As I recall they were 40p a bottle in the NAAFI and most off licences in the UK gave you 50p deposit for an empty! Mind you I do recall drinking with a Dutch guy once who said that Grolsch to them was "...the same as your Watney's Red Barrel", i.e. throwing beer!
or so I'm told
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Ah yes, recall filling the boot of the (tax free) car up with crates of this to give to folks back home as Xmas presents (wasn't easily available in UK then) and leave them to get the deposit back. As I recall they were 40p a bottle in the NAAFI and most off licences in the UK gave you 50p deposit for an empty! Mind you I do recall drinking with a Dutch guy once who said that Grolsch to them was "...the same as your Watney's Red Barrel", i.e. throwing beer!
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*But hopefully not "Wobbly" ...it earned the nickname for a reason!
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Ah yes, recall filling the boot of the (tax free) car up with crates
Think some Basingstoke offies must have gone bankrupt.
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Or Jever Pils, that used to turn your poo black..