Comments for Oldershaw Brewery http://www.oldershawbrewery.com Lincolnshire's Best Brewed Secret Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on ‘Top Totty’ a good name for a beer; really? by Freima http://www.oldershawbrewery.com/blog/news/top-totty-a-good-name-for-a-beer-really-a-point-of-view-from-kathy/#comment-189 Freima Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:46:41 +0000 http://www.oldershawbrewery.com/?p=1314#comment-189 I'm a middle-aged woman who likes a decent ale. I can be something of an 'anorak' when it comes to reading labels, and pay far more attention to the %age ABV or OG than I ever do to the name. That's not to say I don't look at the names; quite often the clue to whether a beer is blonde or honey is in the name, and I've learned through experience to avoid these. I like my ale dark. Top Totty... it's just a name. Consider what might be the reaction if the beer label had a picture on it of a scantily-clad man. Would there have been the outcry among female MPs? Would the men have objected? I have no idea. All I know is that because of this debacle I've heard of a 'new' beer, and if I ever see it for sale I shall read the label and possibly try it for myself. Do ministers of the church get cross about names like Bishop's Finger? Again, I've no idea... but I suspect they don't. Maybe the picture on the Top Totty label is inappropriate, but I really can't find it in me to be offended by the name alone. Besides, can't 'totty' also be a good-looking male? Just a thought. I’m a middle-aged woman who likes a decent ale. I can be something of an ‘anorak’ when it comes to reading labels, and pay far more attention to the %age ABV or OG than I ever do to the name. That’s not to say I don’t look at the names; quite often the clue to whether a beer is blonde or honey is in the name, and I’ve learned through experience to avoid these. I like my ale dark.
Top Totty… it’s just a name. Consider what might be the reaction if the beer label had a picture on it of a scantily-clad man. Would there have been the outcry among female MPs? Would the men have objected? I have no idea. All I know is that because of this debacle I’ve heard of a ‘new’ beer, and if I ever see it for sale I shall read the label and possibly try it for myself.

Do ministers of the church get cross about names like Bishop’s Finger? Again, I’ve no idea… but I suspect they don’t. Maybe the picture on the Top Totty label is inappropriate, but I really can’t find it in me to be offended by the name alone. Besides, can’t ‘totty’ also be a good-looking male? Just a thought.

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