Tusker Lager

Tusker Lager: TUSKER: ANIMAL SUCH AS WILD BOAR HAVING TUSKS (803 words)
by Newfloridian - written on 25.10.06 (Very useful, 189 readings)
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If, like me, you keep in mind the possibility of scribbling a few well chosen words about a product or purchase, supermarket shopping becomes a voyage of discovery. When you keep your eyes open all sorts of oddities pop up that you might otherwise have ignored or not even noticed. Such was this label – a collection of half a dozen bottles looking somewhat forlorn and abandoned at the end of the beer shelf at one such emporium. The name and the label conjures up exotic locations, the Serengeti, the Masai Mara, wild frontiers, Kilimanjaro, big cats, elephants. Surely its contents will exude with similar properties. THE BREWERY Although ...

Pride of Kenya (364 words)
by thebigshowgt - written on 19.09.04 (Very useful, 1837 readings)
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When a good friend of mine came back from visiting her family in Kenya she brought me back a present. I was expecting a small traditional wooden carving of a local. I did get that, but also 8 tins of Tusker Lager. She had put them in her hand luggage and was now cursing me for asking for something as she had struggled both on and off the aeroplane! I have never seen it for sale in the UK although I know you can purchase it here in 500ml bottles and I think tins as well. My cans are a smaller 340mls each (Cola Can Size). The tin is black with a yellow and white label with a black elephant on it. Apparently the beer was named after the elephant that killed one ...