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My parents drank Stingo probably the Watney’s version as it was the 70s. They also partook in barley wine which came in small tins, sweet, strong and sickly you wouldn’t want too many.
My mother still has a Watney’s red barrel key ring on a set of keys, she referred to the keys as the red barrel keys.The more I know the less I understand.
I think Sam Smith’s Stingo has been around for a while but is only in bottled form now. The cask version was brewed for Christmas 2019. I had a glass of it in the Princess Alexandra on High Holborn but I don’t believe it has been brewed in cask form since.
There is a bottled beer shop in York (on Stonegate, I think) which sells a lot of Smith’s bottles. I bought a Stingo there on my way back from the Knavesmire in October. It was good but not as good as Robinsons Old Tom.
Spot on Drone The Royal Standard E17 was taken over by Watney’s Taverns and was my happy hunting ground in the 70’s before I met my one and only..no problem with age Drone I don’t feel a day over 30 and those days were Golden.
Thanks for the link, I remember that orange & black label… but it really wasn’t a drink for women just the fact it lasted the whole evening until someone kindly took pity and offered us a vodka and lime…. sometimes that was the barman..
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Things turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...I’ve edited my previous post having made an error, for on reading the article again I see the ‘Yorkshire Stingo Brewery’ taken over in 1907 was actually in London
The drink for ladies back then – or perhaps just the ‘ladies’ I associated with – was Brandy & Babycham: happy days
Corker, yes that bottle shop is on Stonegate so when next in town I’ll pop in and get a Stingo, then report back when I’ve sobered up
What’s the correct pronunciation do you think, sting-go or sting-o? The former for me with its tykeish glottal stop
I remember in the 70s my parents going crazy and buying a bottle of Pomagne if there was a family birthday. Snowballs at Christmas.
The more I know the less I understand.
“What’s the correct pronunciation do you think, sting-go or sting-o? The former for me with its tykeish glottal stop.”
I have always pronounced it as the latter but thinking about it I expect your pronunciation is the correct one. A Lancastrian like me has probably got a Yorkshire pronunciation wrong!
Stingo is quite popular. I looked in at the shop before racing and there were about half a dozen bottles. Figuring I would never be allowed to take one into the Knavesmire, I decided to go back after racing. I managed to buy the last bottle.
I also bought a bottle of Smith’s India Pale Ale, which I thought was excellent.
I bought a bottle of Stingo today, chosen from a shelf-full as the shop was busy restocking. £4.95 for 550ml or just shy of a pint, so reasonable considering it’s 8% loopy juice
Just opened it and initial sips seem pleasantly malty if overly heady as I’m not much of a drinker these days and prefer regulation ~3.5% bitters anyway, so I intend to make it last all evening…
Yes, it is one to sip slowly for sure.
I am not especially fond of very strong beers myself – I prefer the 3.5% to 5.5% range. However, I did have a very nice strong beer on New Year’s Day: Skullsplitter by the Orkney Brewery at a mighty 8.5%. It is named after a Viking but it would live up to its name if you drank a few! Fortunately it is served in a 330ml bottle, unlike Stingo.
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