There was a song back in the seventies - but I can't remember who wrote it - it almost became the CAMRA theme song. The chorus went:-

Where is the beer of yesteryear,
The beer that our fathers enjoyed?
Where are the hops that would float on the top
and the insects that swam round inside?
I miss the joy I knew well as a boy
That the brewers today have destroyed
Where is the beer of yesteryear,
The beer that our fathers enjoyed?

AS I recall, the man who wrote it was not a real ale fan and was amazed by how sucessful his song was, and how sucessful CAMRA was, so he wrote a sequel with the chorus:-

Give me back mje bubbles,
I miss me CO2,
I want me indigestion back
And the stomach pains I knew.
I haven't had a headache
Since 1982
And if I'm not sicl three times a week
Well I don't know what to do!

Bill Delderfield used to sing the first, and Colin Cater the second (no, he didn't write either). Can anyone remember more?

TomB