- Title: Santé! Paris pub serves Brexit pints
- Date: 11th March 2019
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 8, 2019) (REUTERS) NAME ON BEER TAP THAT READS "BREXIT BLONDE" VARIOUS OF BARTENDER POURING PINT OF BREXIT BLONDE PINTS OF BREXIT BLONDE ON BAR (SOUNDBITE) (English) 30-YEAR-OLD BRITISH-AUSTRALIAN WHO LIVES IN PARIS, ROSIE, TASTING BREXIT BLONDE AND SAYING: "Yeah it's not bad. I mean, Brexit is terrible but at least the beer is good." VARIOUS OF PEOPLE IN BAR BARTENDER LOMIG FRONTY SERVING BREXIT BLONDE TO BRITISH ENGINEER STEVE CRANE (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH ENGINEER LIVING IN FRANCE, STEVE CRANE, SAYING: "I must admit when I saw the name 'Brexit' -- I do try and avoid anything to do with Brexit because for me it's a disaster." MAN DRINKING BEER SCREEN SHOWING CRICKET MATCH BREXIT BLONDE BEING POURED FROM TAP (SOUNDBITE) (English) FRENCH BARMAN WORKING AT "THE CRICKETER", LOMIG FRONTY, SAYING: "Most of the people here are definitely against Brexit. It's mostly people who actually find it convenient to maybe, having these open borders, in terms of economic border as well as movement of people." PEOPLE OUTSIDE "THE CRICKETER" BAR WOMEN HOLDING BEER MEN DRINKING BREXIT BLONDE BARTENDER POURING BREXIT BLONDE PINT OF BREXIT BLONDE
- Embargoed: 25th March 2019 11:14
- Keywords: Brexit beer Brexit lager Brexit drinks British pub
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Society/Social Issues,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA001A5KSFA1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: If Prime Minister Theresa May or any other Briton needs some Dutch courage to see them through the fraught final countdown to Britain's departure from the European Union they need look no further than a Paris pub and its popular "Brexit" beer.
Brewed by a pro-remain beer maker in Suffolk in eastern England, a region that voted to leave the EU, the beer's hoppy notes give it a deliberate bitterness, said Lomig Fronty, a French barman at The Cricketer pub.
Owners of the English pub near Saint Lazare station in the centre of Paris say the name has raised eyebrows amongst the clientele, as some 30 percent of the customers are British and most opposed the country's exit from the EU.
Enjoying an after-work pint on Friday (March 8), engineer Steve Crane who moved to France from Britain 20 years ago said the name put him off -- though he also prefers IPAs anyway.
"I do try and avoid anything to do with Brexit because for me it's a disaster," he said.
May faces possible further humiliation in parliament over her Brexit divorce deal this week after failing to win any major concessions from the EU. British lawmakers will decide on Tuesday (March 12) whether to approve the deal.
With less than three weeks until the March 29 deadline, possible outcomes include a delay, a last-minute deal, a no-deal Brexit, a snap election or another referendum.
The uncertainty is enough to give most drinkers at the British-themed pub near the Gare Saint Lazare a headache.
"Brexit is terrible," said Rosie, a British-Australian patron of The Cricketer. "But at least the beer is good."
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