Watneys Red Barrel

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Watneys Red Barrel was a bitter popular in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s and is often referenced as a cultural phenomenon of that era.cite web|url=http://www.retrowow.co.uk/retro_britain/keg_bitter/watneys_red_barrel.html|title=Watneys Red Barrel|publisher=RetroWow|accessdate=2008-06-25] [cite news|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nfh&AN=7EH1564609480&site=ehost-live|title=Critics' choice|date=2002-09-01|work=The Sunday Times|accessdate=2008-06-25]

It was brewed by Watney, Mann and Truman, which was a subsidiary of Grand Metropolitan plc.cite news|title=Biederman Is Named For Watney Red Barrel|last=Dougherty|first=Philip|date=1986-10-23|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2008-06-25]

History

Watneys Red Barrel was first sold in 1931.

In 1986, Biederman & Company was chosen as the advertising and public relations firm for Watneys.

Party Seven and Party Four

Watneys could be purchased in smaller "tins", intended to be more convenient for individual consumers than buying a full keg. These were called the Party Seven and Party Four (at seven and four pints, respectively). The Party Seven was introduced in 1968.cite news|title=Roll out the barrel|last=Turnbull|first=Tony|date=2007-07-07|work=The Times|accessdate=2008-06-25]

In popular culture

In the Monty Python "Travel Agent" sketch, there are repeated references to Watneys in Mr Smoketoomuch's extended rant about problems when traveling abroad.As regards other references in television, a Watney's Red Barrel dispensing tap can be seen in the bar in Fawlty Towers, such as in episode ten "The Kipper and the Corpse" (during the early barroom scene).

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