Just finished a "Cliff Hardy" crime novel by Peter Corris.
In this particular tale the protagonist is reminiscing about his first case in the very early 70's.
As is the case with all Hardy stories he makes reference to alcohol a fair bit.
One of the beers he mentioned was "Flag Ale",which I'd never heard of.
Some googling has shown it to be a tooheys product that dates back to sometime in the 50's.
More googling and I found this picture of a very jingoistic can.But thats about it along with a few old ads etc.....
I'm more curious as to whether any one on this forum is old enough to remember it and what it was like.
Was it a true ale in an english sense with hops and flava or was it just another pale fizzy lager.
Given that Tooheys made and still do the Old it may have been something half decent that went by the by cos it was and old timers beer.
If it was a true ale with character it may be worth trying to source a recipe and do it as an historical replication.
I intend contacting LN and asking about it from an historical curiosity point of view.
Cheers Dave
In this particular tale the protagonist is reminiscing about his first case in the very early 70's.
As is the case with all Hardy stories he makes reference to alcohol a fair bit.
One of the beers he mentioned was "Flag Ale",which I'd never heard of.
Some googling has shown it to be a tooheys product that dates back to sometime in the 50's.
More googling and I found this picture of a very jingoistic can.But thats about it along with a few old ads etc.....
I'm more curious as to whether any one on this forum is old enough to remember it and what it was like.
Was it a true ale in an english sense with hops and flava or was it just another pale fizzy lager.
Given that Tooheys made and still do the Old it may have been something half decent that went by the by cos it was and old timers beer.
If it was a true ale with character it may be worth trying to source a recipe and do it as an historical replication.
I intend contacting LN and asking about it from an historical curiosity point of view.
Cheers Dave