tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post8388815473709276385..comments2024-03-29T07:54:08.898-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: OranjeboomRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-15517285036873550422021-08-22T19:04:18.237-07:002021-08-22T19:04:18.237-07:00When I visited Amsterdam in November 2000 (this is...When I visited Amsterdam in November 2000 (<i>this is the most recent time I visited Europe</i>), I was informed that if I visited a small bar which was not necessarily a craft beer venue, that its "<i>house</i>" beer was likely Oranjeboom.<br />Oranjeboom is being imported to the U.S.A. I bought a 6-pack of 500 mL cans at <b>Trader Joe's</b> in November 2020. <br /><br />As a tribute to the House of Orange, the Orange Tree crest, symbolizing the family tree of the Dutch Royal family '<b>Oranje-Nassau</b>', was introduced and the Oranjeboom brand was born. <br />Oranjeboom is one of Holland's oldest brands. Since we started shipping beer in 1899 to almost every corner of the world, Oranjeboom has been appreciated for its refreshing, outstanding quality.<br /><br />Beer imported by Mutual Wholesale Liquor; Commerce, California.<br />Brewed and canned in <b>Germany</b> by <b>Hofbrauhaus Wolters GmbH; Braunschweig, Germany</b>.Steve D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12337124618723219550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-86870773940468192062021-08-05T15:47:23.464-07:002021-08-05T15:47:23.464-07:00I have fond memories of Oranjeboom in the UK back ...I have fond memories of Oranjeboom in the UK back in the 1970s. It made a welcome change from the fake Heineken brewed in the UK, not to mention the fake Harp and pretty awful local brews like Alpine Lager (Camerons)and the equally vile McEwan's lager etc. I used to get it from Marks and Spencer Mike in NSWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939148240936230971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-60462924887528388992021-08-05T02:22:47.451-07:002021-08-05T02:22:47.451-07:00I remember Allied punting Oranjeboom as a brand in...I remember Allied punting Oranjeboom as a brand in the UK in the early 80s(?). They obviously reckoned the name was the big hurdle, and had TV adverts where it was pronounced clearly and distinctly: "o-RAN-ji-boom". My OH remembers an ad with a jingle to drive the point home:<br />"Oranjeboom, Oranjeboom,<br />It's a lager, not a tune".<br />(No, me neither.)<br /><br />Maybe it would have failed even sooner than it did if they'd gone with "o-RAHN-yeh-bohm". I suspect that if the beer had taken off, none of that would have mattered - ISTR when Skol first came in there were adverts insisting that it <b>wasn't</b> pronounced... well, 'skol'... but something more like "shkoahl".Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07009879034507926661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-16493995393392299472021-08-05T00:42:06.236-07:002021-08-05T00:42:06.236-07:00Ah, that explains why there was skol in the pub wh...Ah, that explains why there was skol in the pub when I visited the Netherlands in 1987 as an impressionable teenager.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00455347318374259204noreply@blogger.com