Radler - the story unfolds

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Permalink Reply by Nolen Smith on April 6, 2009 at 12:50pm

Geez, you'd think that they'd at least get their facts straight!

I've started by boycott of DB products by banning them from Friday work drinks.

Good news is that I've just discovered that Mojo Coffee across the street from the office stocks a range of Green Man brews! So no need for that late afternoon coffee - beer instead!

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Permalink Reply by studio1 on April 6, 2009 at 12:27pm

Oh well, I will do my part in boycotting DB products...and convince beer swilling mates to do the same.

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Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on April 6, 2009 at 3:07pm

My co-worker just found this... I laughed. I note it's not available in NZ!

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Permalink Reply by Geoff Griggs on April 6, 2009 at 3:45pm

Apparently Lion did consider bringing Barefoot Radler into NZ but in the end decided against it. I wonder if that decision was based on DB's trademark of the name.

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Permalink Reply by beerdrinker on April 6, 2009 at 3:22pm

Well perhaps it should become available here, as it is brewed (it seems that way after a Google search) and distributed by Lion Nathan, then Lion and DB can fight it out in the high Court

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Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on April 6, 2009 at 5:59pm

I suspect Lion would lose. It's a simple trademark infringement. The issue is that DB shouldn't HAVE the trademark to begin with.

Anyway, for more on this, listen to Radio Live with Marcus Lush at 7:20am.

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Permalink Reply by Tony on April 6, 2009 at 8:14pm

BTW, I got a reply back from Gerry Brownlee's secretary today. Evidently, Ministry of Commerce oversee's IPONZ and my letter was forwrded on to MP Simon Power. So anyone wanting to do the same, forward your letters on to him.

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Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on April 7, 2009 at 7:53am

Radio Live interview done. James Coleman is a good sort. It should be available online here eventually.

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Permalink Reply by Martin townshend on April 7, 2009 at 8:16am

Hi Grieg,
Spoke with MP Nick Smiths office about this yesterday. As I'm completely illiterate (and only on dial up,) would you mind forwarding on the adobe attachment to nick4nelson@xtra.co.nz (or some such other more concise info to him) as his bunch seemed interested to hear more as Nick is an avid homebrewer and hopefully it may help?
Thanks for doing the donkey work.
M

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Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on April 7, 2009 at 9:53am

Hi Martin, I don't mind at all, but just to be clear, which attachment? The original NBR story at the top of this forum topic, or some other one?

How do we get Nick to join SOBA? ;)

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Permalink Reply by Martin townshend on April 7, 2009 at 12:25pm

Greig,
Send him whatever you think fit to further the cause. I met him at wee festival over summer where Hops and Glory had a stall selling local beer and he said he'd be up for prompting/supporting me as a brewer and HAG. So, I'm sure he'd love the SOBA ethos and opportunity.....
M

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Permalink Reply by Greig McGill on April 7, 2009 at 2:18pm

Martin, that email address bounces:

nick4nelson@xtra.co.nz
SMTP error from remote mail server after end of data:
host mx1.tnz.mail.yahoo.com [124.108.96.67]: 554 delivery error:
dd This user doesn't have a xtra.co.nz account (nick4nelson@xtra.co.nz) [0] - mta104.tnz.mail.aue.yahoo.com

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