Pub drinkers threaten 'boycott' after 11 popular beers axed in UK

Beer drinkers have been left fuming after 11 popular beers were AXED before Christmas with a brewery accused of "wiping out heritage." Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company (CMBC) is ditching 11 classic British cask beers in a matter of weeks.

The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) branded the decision as "another example of a globally owned business wiping out UK brewing heritage". The organisation's cider and perry campaigns director and vice chair Gillian Hough said: "This loss of consumer choice is the inevitable outcome of a brewing conglomerate run by accountants and the bottom line.

"This is a sad and disappointing decision that puts both the history and the future of British brewing in jeopardy." In reply to the fury from CAMRA, a spokesperson added: "Understandably, where demand has sadly declined we do have to make the difficult choice to delist beers.

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"We continue to invest in and launch new cask ales as well as support popular traditional cask ales ranging from Banks’s Amber Bitter to Marston’s Pedigree." The beers being axed include Banks's Mild and Banks's Sunbeam as well as Bombardier and Eagle IPA.

Other beers being scrapped include Jennings Cumberland Ale and Mansfield Dark Smooth. The list is completed by Mansfield Original Bitter, Marston's Old Empire and Marston's 61 Deep, which is served at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham.

Ringwood Boondoggle and Ringwood Old Thumper complete the list. "I am boycotting all of these mega corporations like Marstons," fumed one fan, adding: "Support your locally-owned, locally-brewed beers. Most of us still have one"

Another wrote: "Sad for the brewers and staff plus the old buildings."

Full list of 11 beers being axed by Carlsberg Marston's

Banks's Mild

Banks's Sunbeam

Bombardier

Eagle IPA

Jennings Cumberland Ale

Mansfield Dark Smooth

Mansfield Original Bitter

Marston's Old Empire

Marston's 61 Deep

Ringwood Boondoggle

Ringwood Old Thumper