Radler - the story unfolds

[Geoff Griggs]

This is quite amazing. See attached file (you may need to download it and open it with Adobe Reader)

The sooner this lunacy is challenged and defeated the better!

[Geoff Griggs]

An appeal for Statutory Declarations is posted at the top of the home page of the SOBA website and here...

http://www.soba.org.nz/node/168

Please mention it to as many people as possible.

You may be encouraged to learn that New Zealand's highly active networks of label and bottle collectors have been well aware of the Radler style for many years. Attached are some scanned images of Radler labels which were supplied by a label collector...

[Pilgrim]

Geoff,

Not sure if this has been mentioned before, and you probably already know this, but Monteith's freely admit that Radler is a beer style on their website http://www.monteiths.com/nz/siteFiles/showroom/radler.html :

"MONTEITH'S LEMON AND LIME FLAVOURED RADLER® is a refreshing fruity lager, based on the style brewed in Bavaria in the 1920's. In search of an invigorating brew, locals developed an easy drinking lager bier with a citrus twist - flavoured with lemon and lime. Monteith's Radler® faithfully recreates the experience, brewed to full strength with distinctive hoppy notes, a hint of natural lemon juice and a zesty citrus finish."

[Greig McGill]

Saved that for posterity in case it mysteriously changes... ;)

[Geoff Griggs]

Thanks Pilgrim. Yes, I used another quote from their website on my first column on the subject...

"Even Monteith's own website acknowledges Radler's stylistic heritage: `The style originates from Bavaria and was first created in the early 1920s by the owner of an Austrian gasthaus, Franz Xaver Kugler. In search of an invigorating brew, he developed an easy-drinking lager bier with a citrus twist flavoured with lemon and lime. The perfect treat for the many cyclists (`radler' in German) and mountain hikers who visited his alpine guesthouse."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/lifestyle/beer/2326836/H...

[nzbrewer]

Screen shot in case they change the page

[Greig McGill]

Not a bit. It's as limp as he is.

[Stu McKinlay]

That's not what Tau Henare thinks...

[Greig McGill]

Laugh? I nearly went to Otorohanga!

[Greig McGill]

More coolness from Matt Kirkegaard. http://beermatt.com/2009/08/10/give-us-back-our-haka/

I was on Aussie radio with him last night on 4BC talking briefly about the Radler issue - no online archive I'm afraid but it was a nice laid back chat with our beer loving Aussie cousins.

[D Jauslin]

Hi all.

You may have heard I'm making a short student documentary about the Radler case. I was wondering if anyone could give me the contact details for the media/legal people for DB so that I can try and get hold of them without spending hours on the phone/sending 50 emails.

Cheers.

[James P]

D Jauslin, if you are studying journalism, then you need to do the leg work.... the contact details for the media / legal people should be on the DB website, or you can read some of this thread to get the information.

Teaching you to fish.....

[Greig McGill]

Whereas I'd happily give you the fish in this case, in the interests of expediency... but I don't have it.

Simpson Grierson are the legal firm representing DB.