Tag: Wrexham Lager

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Celebrity Day – Welcome to Welsh Lager

Wrexham Lager has some new co-owners in Red Dragon Ventures.  News like that might strike craft beer fans as an “oh no” moment but RDV is actually Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney + the Allyn family — which very recently became a minority investor in Wrexham’s soccer teams. 

Wrexham Lager was founded in 1882 and now is on the verge ( as I previously posted about ) being sold in America as well as in countries across the world.

The Roberts family, which revived Wrexham Lager in 2011, eleven years after production had halted, will remain a co-owner of the brewery alongside Reynolds and McElhenney.  Both of whom have past experience in the drinks sector in spirits with gin and Irish whiskey.

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Wrexham

I am a big fan of behind the scenes, especially in the world of football, the round ball one – not the oblong one.  So when Welcome to Wrexham started I hoped it would be as good but not a re-run of Sunderland ’till I Die.

And as I was watching Rob McIlhenny and Ryan Reynolds take steps in Welsh football, I noticed that one of the stands at the Racecourse Stadium was the Wrexham Lager Stand.  Of course, that is where I would want to sit.  

But I thought I would give a little background on a beer that it would be great to drink while watching the show but probably won’t be available to most Angelenos.

Head Brewer Ian Dale as “A subtly hopped lager with a clean aroma.Light and refreshing and a good session beer” They also have an Export Lager and the Bootleggers 1972 Pilsner. The new brewery is in the center of the city but has seen many ups and downs since founding in 1882. Including brewing operations stopping in 2000 and the building torn down two years later.

By the way, the show has started well and is fun to watch.