Landlord,brewed in Keighley by Timothy Taylor is one of the most iconic (and in conditon and on form) one of the most enjoyable of cask ales.
It is quite widely available, certainly in England.
I hadnt noticed however, until I perused a beer list for The Grove pub in Huddersfield that in January Taylor’s changed the name of their classic dark beer Ram Tam to Landlord Dark,
Of course Ram Tam has always been Landlord with the addition of caramel so what is being changed here is the name and positioning of the beer on the bar.
According to Taylor’s PR they are reacting to an increasing demand for dark beers and the on the bar recognition of Landlord Dark is better than Ram Tam.
Agreed only Yorkshire beer drinkers and aged CAMRA members like myself actually knew what Ram Tam was.
But if Taylor’s are in the market for change can we have an imperial Landlord Dark next?
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