JW Lees Brewery in Manchester have brewed up a very special Coronation Street ale for the soap's 50th anniversary. We're big fans of the beer here on the blog, indeed, there's a bottle or two in our kitchen! Anyway, JW Lees have started an advertising billboard campaign using an image of Suranne Jones as Corrie's Karen McDonald. JW Lees especially wanted to use an image of Karen as there’s a link to the brewery. Suranne Jones, who played Karen for four years in the show, has a long family history with JW Lees Brewery. Her dad Chris has worked as an engineer at the Brewery for over 25 years.
Suranne’s granddad also used to work at the Brewery for over 50 years as the bottling manager then in later years as the caretaker. Bobby Knox used to live in a house within the brewery site, but since he passed away in 1992, it was then that JW Lees decided to turn the building into an on-site bar to allow visitors to sample the range of beers the Brewery produces. This facility was refurbished in June 2008, and re-named as Knox’s Cottage in honour of Bobby. The guest of honour who officially opened Knox’s Cottage was none other than Coronation Street actress Suranne Jones, so it all fits in well.
JW Lees have been brewing Coronation Street premium ale since April 2009, and it’s now available in draught and in 500ml bottles. For more info, visit www.jwlees.co.uk/coronationstreet
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
You might also like...
-
Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less. Monday 12 June to Friday 1...
-
Here are the major storylines for the week ahead on Coronation Street, all wrapped up nicely in 50 words or less. Monday 5 June to Friday 9 ...
-
Julie Goodyear, one of Coronation Street’s all-time greats, has been diagnosed with dementia. The icon who played Bet Lynch for over three ...
-
How is he feeling about Jenny and Owen getting close? He really does have feelings for Jenny and he even tells her that he would prefer to b...
-
Friday 2nd June 2023 THE TRIAL BRINGS RYAN AND DAISY CLOSER Ryan enters the witness box and describes to the court how Justin threw the aci...
-
Everyone gets to have their day in court as Justin faces justice, Max is released and Daisy fails to fess up under oath to Daniel about the ...
-
Monday 5th June 2023 DAISY AND RYAN WAIT TO HEAR JUSTIN’S FATE As they leave for court, Daniel clocks an awkward look between Daisy and Rya...
-
Wednesday 7th June 2023 SARAH GIVES INTO TEMPTATION WITH DAMON Damon calls at the flat on the pretext of looking for Adam. When Sarah reveal...
-
Thursday 1st June 2023 JUSTIN’S TRIAL GETS UNDERWAY Daisy’s stressed at the thought of facing Justin in court without Ryan to back her up. ...
-
How has Max found his time in the STC? Do you think he has had time to reflect and feel remorseful about what happened and his part in Aly...
1 comment:
I sampled the Coronation Street ale (all evening) at our party at the Castlefield last May, and was very impressed with it - and I am not usually a beer drinker! What was even better than the taste though was the fact that I didn't have a trace of a hangover next day! ;-)
Post a Comment