Double Diamond Burton Pale Ale

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Double Diamond Burton Pale Ale is an English pale ale, first brewed in 1876 by Samuel Allsopp & Sons. It was one of the highest selling beers in the United Kingdom in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

History

Samuel Allsopp & Sons of Burton upon Trent first brewed Double Diamond in 1876 as an India Pale Ale. [1] [2] [3] Allsopp merged with Ind Coope in 1935. Bottled Double Diamond began to be advertised heavily from 1946, becoming one of four nationally distributed beers by the 1950s. [4] Under reciprocal trading agreements Ind Coope would agree to stock a rival brewer's beer if they replaced their supply of Bass or Worthington with Double Diamond. [5] The keg version was launched in the 1960s, and in the 1960s and the 1970s it was advertised heavily by Ind Coope, especially on TV, with the tagline: "A Double Diamond works wonders". [6]

Carlsberg UK discontinued off-trade sales in 2003, although it continues as a keg beer. [7] [6] Paul Burrell claimed that small scale production continued as Prince Philip drank a small bottle nightly. [8] The keg version is currently known as Double Diamond Pale and is 3.8% ABV. [9] Ind Coope Burton Ale (4.5% ABV), a cask conditioned version of bottled Double Diamond first brewed in 1976, is currently produced by Carlsberg UK. [10]

In 2025, the beer was relaunched, brewed by Kirkstall Brewery [11] . It is 3.8% and available in 440ml cans.

References

  1. ↑ "Argh no! Otley and Protz in Burton Ale fail!". Zythophile. 2 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Cunliffe, Barry W. (2001). The Penguin atlas of British & Irish history. Penguin. p. 72. ISBN   978-0-14-100915-5 . Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  3. ↑ The New Encyclopædia Britannica: Micropædia. Encyclopædia Britannica. 1995. p. 180. ISBN   978-0-85229-605-9 . Retrieved 30 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Shut up about Barclay Perkins". barclayperkins.blogspot.co.uk. 28 March 2010.
  5. ↑ Strategic And Organizational Change: From Production to Retailing in Uk ... By Alistair Mutch 57.
  6. 1 2 "Carlsberg to drop bottled D Diamond". Marketing Week.
  7. ↑ "Double Diamond delisted". TheGrocer.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  8. ↑ A Royal Duty By Paul Burrell
  9. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-12. Retrieved 2013-05-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "Burton Ale: back from the dead". beer-pages.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  11. ↑ "Double Diamond brewer back from the dead". camra.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
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