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Re: beer.....




James C wrote in message <392a046d$0$2610@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>...
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><<<<<<Victoria Bitter>>>>>  what's XXXX stands for anyway??


IIRC back in the seventies I used to unload kegs of Kent XXX from trains.
Kent XXX was sold as Tooths beer. It was called Kent XXX because it was
brewed at the Kent Brewery (Which I assume is now owned by CUB) and the XXX
was an old symbol for the strength of the beer. Hence XXXX.


Barry Campbell