“I believe the Strangeways brewery was opposite Strangeways prison”.
That’s right. I often used to go to the Brewery Tap, which was the one place in Manchester where you were guaranteed to find the cask version of Boddingtons, which wasn’t that widely available in the city even at the height of the Cream of Manchester era. The place had a certain frisson.
Cruzcampo has made itself ubiquitous very quickly. I must admit I do like the glass, which looks quite stylish. I recall having a glass of it in Cordoba about 15 years ago, when it was something like 39°C and most of the locals were wisely having their siesta. It hit the mark nicely.