Double Dragon

Double Dragon is a full drinking premium Welsh Ale, which is malty and subtly hopped. https://wallysdeli.co.uk/felinfoel-double-dragon-500.html

This deep copper red ale has a tangy red fruit flavour with nutty, toffee overtones. Having won a gold medal at the international brewers exhibition. Double Dragon is truly a champion ale. Country Of Origin Wales https://groceries.morrisons.com/products/felinfoel-double-dragon/103304980

Wales (verouderd Nederlands: Wallis of Kymrië, Welsh: Cymru, Latijn: Cambria) maakt als constituerend land met Engeland, Noord-Ierland en Schotland deel uit van het Verenigd Koninkrijk.[2] Wales ligt in het westen van het eiland Groot-Brittannië en grenst in het oosten aan Engeland. Wales kent een eigen taal, een eigen vlag en beperkt binnenlands bestuur, maar in de internationale betrekkingen geldt alleen het Verenigd Koninkrijk als soevereine staat. Wales is dus geen land in de strikte betekenis van 'onafhankelijke staat', maar wel in een wat ruimere betekenis van 'begrensd gebied met een politieke identiteit'. Historisch gezien is Wales als geheel nooit een zelfstandige staat geweest. Wales telt iets meer dan drie miljoen inwoners waarvan nog een zesde Welsh spreekt. De naam Wales komt van het Germaanse woord Walha (vreemdeling) dat mogelijk is afgeleid van de naam van de Keltische stam de Volcae. Ook Wallonië, Walachije en Wallis zijn van dit woord afgeleid.  https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales 

Rond het begin van de jaartelling werd het gebied van het huidige Wales bewoond door een aantal Keltische stammen, met name de Deceangli, Ordovices, Cornovii, Demetae en Silures. De Romeinen veroverden Groot-Brittannië vanaf het jaar 48. Ze bouwden een groot aantal forten in het zuiden van het land tot Carmarthen in het westen. Zij bouwden ook het amfitheater in Caerleon, het best bewaarde in Groot-Brittannië. De romanisering bleef kennelijk beperkt en het Brits was in de Romeinse periode de normale omgangstaal. In 410 werden de Romeinse legioenen teruggetrokken. Kort daarop kreeg Groot-Brittannië te maken met invasies van Germaanse stammen, zoals Angelen, Saksen en Juten. In die tijd ontwikkelde zich een gemeenschappelijke Keltische identiteit waarvoor men het begrip combrogi begon te gebruiken, "landgenoten". De woorden Cymry, "Welshmen", en Cymru, "Wales", zijn hiervan afgeleid. Dit werd gelatiniseerd tot Cambria. Ze duidden toen een veel groter gebied aan dan tegenwoordig, ongeveer de westelijke helft van Groot-Brittannië met uitzondering van Cornwall waar andere dialecten werden gesproken. Door het wegvallen van het Romeinse gezag kwamen in het gebied van het huidige Wales zelfstandige koninkrijkjes op, met name Gwynedd, Powys, Dyfed, Seisyllwg, Morgannwg en Gwent. Op het eind van de zesde eeuw werden die van hun "landgenoten" in het "Oude Noorden" (Hen Ogledd) gescheiden door de opkomst van de Angelsaksische koninkrijken Mercia en Northumbria. Daarna stokte de Germaanse opmars. Traditioneel wordt het geweten aan het bergachtige terrein met grote hoeveelheden regen dat Wales nooit door de Angelsaksen werd ingenomen. Moderne verklaringen leggen de klemtoon op het feit dat de Germaanse immigratie rond 550 ophield en dat de Welsh een krachtige eigen christelijke identiteit hadden ontwikkeld waarin ze zich afzetten tegen de Germaanse heidenen. Dat laatste had ook tot gevolg dat ze weinig activiteiten ontplooiden om die te kerstenen, zodat door een missie uit Rome zelf een Engelse kerkorganisatie tot stand kwam naast een "Britse". Een van de Saksische koningen, Offa van Mercia, wordt traditioneel gezien als degene die een grote aarden wal (of dijk) liet bouwen langs de grens met zijn koninkrijk om de Welsh buiten te houden. Delen van Offa's Dyke zijn tot op de dag van vandaag zichtbaar. Het verdedigingssysteem markeert de culturele grens tussen Wales en Engeland.... Wales heeft slechts enkele grote steden. Deze liggen alle in het zuiden van het land: Cardiff (Caerdydd), de hoofdstad (2005: 302.000 inwoners); Swansea (Abertawe) (2005: 171.000 inwoners); Newport (Casnewydd) (2005: 117.000 inwoners). Het binnenland is dunbevolkt en heeft een ruig karakter; de landstreek Powys beslaat ongeveer dertig procent van de totale oppervlakte van Wales, maar herbergt slechts vier procent van de bevolking. In Wales ligt het dorp met de langste naam van Europa: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.  https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales

Felinfoel Brewery, Double Dragon Ale, 500ml SKU: 76100401 A premium Welsh ale, copper red and fruity. https://www.blasarfwyd.com/blas-ar-fwydwines-beers-spirits/blas-ar-fwyd-welsh-beer-lager-and-cider/blas-ar-fwydbitters/felinfoel-brewery-double-dragon-ale-500ml

Double Dragon Felinfoel Brewery Co. ... From:Felinfoel Brewery Co. Wales, United Kingdom Style: English Pale Ale... ABV:4.2% https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1310/7403/?ba=ETF5000

Manufacturer Felinfoel Brewery Company Ltd., Farmers Row, Felinfoel, Llanelli, SA14 8LB. https://groceries.morrisons.com/products/felinfoel-double-dragon/103304980

Double Dragon has an ABV of 4.2%. It is a full drinking, premium Welsh Ale, which is malty and subtly hopped. Double Dragon has a rich colour and smooth balanced character. This deep copper red ale has a tangy red fruit flavour with nutty, toffee overtones. https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1310/7403/?ba=ETF5000

Double Dragon has an ABV of 4.2%. It is a full drinking, premium Welsh Ale, which is malty and subtly hopped. Double Dragon has a rich colour and smooth balanced character. This deep copper red ale has a tangy red fruit flavour with nutty, toffee overtones https://untappd.com/b/felinfoel-brewery-co-ltd-double-dragon/13412

The brewery was built in 1878 in the village of Felinfoel, just outside Llanelli, South Wales and in 1935 they became the first brewery in the UK to produce beer in cans. Double Dragon is a 4.2%, deep copper red ale. The aroma is very subtle with hops and sweet toffee being the most obvious. It presents really well, in fact quite eye catching, with a luscious deep copper which is crystal clear and very inviting. As you pour you become aware that there is not much carbonation and this shows with a very short lasting white head which, although does not take anything away from the taste, effects the appearance slightly. Taste wise, well it’s fruity but not too overpowering, there’s a lovely delicate toffee in the background and a tingle of hops too and hardly any after taste to linger either. This is a beer that is quaffable and a good entry beer for new comers to ale and well deserving of a gold medal at the International Brewers Exhibition. It claims to be the “National ale of Wales” and that is a big brag but for me it can certainly hold its own with the best of them. https://brewedawakeningbeerblog.wordpress.com/2020/07/04/double-dragon-felinfoel-brewery/

Felinfoel - Double Dragon Export This beer has sweet floral and citrus hop aromas which give way to resinous, citrus and pine hop flavours balanced by rich biscuit and caramel malts. https://camra.org.uk/beers/felinfoel-double-dragon-export-premium-bitter-7987697-25108

Double Dragon Ale ABV: 4.2% Double Dragon is a full drinking premium Welsh Ale, which is malty and subtly hopped. Double Dragon has a rich colour and smooth balanced character. This deep copper red ale has a tangy red fruit flavour with nutty, toffee overtones. HOPS: WGV & Challenger NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: Gluten (Barley), Vegan Friendly https://www.felinfoel.com/beer/double-dragon/

FELINFOEL BREWERY, HOME OF THE DRAGON As the name implies, Felinfoel brewery is situated in ‘Felinfoel’, a small village adjoining Llanelli in Wales. Historians tell us that in the old days the inn brewed its own beer, but only during the winter months. The keeping qualities and the strength of the beers, therefore, were of prime importance and the popularity of ‘Felinfoel Beer’ led to the local inn brewing for other inns in the locality. This, in turn, led to the present brewery being built in 1878 to accommodate demand. ... SIX GENERATIONS AT FELINFOEL It’s serious business brewing beer and practice makes perfect. Our master brewer, the 6th generation here at Felinfoel Brewery. His apprentice works along side him everyday ensuring that recipes, skills and techniques are passed from generation to generation. https://www.felinfoel.com/felinfoel-brewery-home-of-the-dragon/

Our founder, David John, owned iron and tinplate works around Llanelli when, in the mid-1830’s, he bought the King’s Head opposite his home in the village of Felinfoel. This was no ordinary pub but an important coaching inn. It also had a more worrying feature. Alongside the building, which stuck out into the road, was a toll gate, which became a red rag to an angry bull. The Rebecca riots (1839 – 1843) involving the hard pressed tenant farmers, who bitterly resented the road charges on their wagons and animals, rampaged through Carmarthenshire, destroying toll gates. Feeling was running high against the authorities, which led David to abandon the King and renamed his tavern the Union Inn. Like most pubs of the time, The Union Inn brewed its own beer. This proved popular and soon our Felinfoel ales were being sold to other houses. As demand increased, he realised the need for a purpose built brewery. In 1878, opposite the pub, in the grounds of his house, Pantglas, he built the imposing stone brewery astride the river Lliedi, where we still brew our beer today. The premises became a focal point of the community, employing about fifty people. A villager later recalled: “Nearly every family kept a pig in their garden. When the butcher was booked to kill a pig in the back yard, large cans of hot water were carried from the brewery to scrape and clean the pig. Some people living in the vicinity even carried hot water for their weekly washing. Ladders were borrowed, tools sharpened, any excuse to go into the brewery for a drink.” On brewing day, farmers from the surrounding area came for the ‘sog’, the spent grains from the mash tun, to feed their animals. ‘The yards and road outside were crowded with the farmers’ carts, waiting their turn to be served.’ and our brewery still stands on Farmers Row today. The 1900’s Gradually the brewery built up trade throughout the old counties of Carmarthen, Cardigan and Pembroke, buying pubs as they became available. When David retired from his business interests, his sons David and Martin took over the running of the brewery. In addition to their successful beers they produced mineral waters under the Trebuan Spring label, which came from a source above the village. It was they who registered the brewery as a private company in1906. The family also had mining interests, and in 1908 these almost undermined the brewery. Sinking a well at the brewery to find an additional supply of water, workmen struck a two-foot thick seam of coal, some 12 yards below the surface. But, after due consideration, the John family decided not to work the seam, as it would interfere with the brewery buildings. Another family joined in the running of the brewery when David John’s daughter, Mary Anne, married John Lewis, the manager of the Wern Ironworks. John Lewis was a compulsive gambler, prepared to risk everything on the turn of a card or a throw of the die. He is reputed to have lost a tinworks on a bet, and would probably have gambled away the brewery except that his wife controlled the shares. ...Many brewers were sceptical that drinkers would ever accept beer in a can. Customers expected beer to be on draught from a cask, or in a glass bottle. Advocates of the can pointed out that ale had been enjoyed in pewter mugs for centuries, but few were convinced. Much more of a concern were the serious technical problems. Beer required a container that could withstand a pressure in excess of 80lb per square inch. Food cans, which had been established as early as 1812, only needed to withstand 25-35lb. Then there was the question of flavour contamination. Beer reacted with the bare tinplate, leaving a tinny taste. But coating with the traditional brewers’ pitch, as used in casks, was no use in the smaller container. A magazine of the time said that samples of linings for the can were found to absorb all the hop flavour out of the beer and left it tasting like the proverbial ‘ditchwater’. Finally there was the all-important bottom line. Cans cost more than glass bottles. Breweries, which had invested heavily in bottling plants and large stocks of returnable bottles, were unlikely to be enthusiastic. In fact, like most drinkers, they were deeply suspicious... Buckley’s Brewery was reported by the Welsh morning newspaper, the Western Mail, to be investigating canned beer in October 1935. Felinfoel, with our family interests in the tinplate industry, were just as keen – if not keener.  The weekly “Llanelli and County Guardian” recorded the historic moment on 3 December 1935, under the triple heading: ‘Canned Beer Arrives’, ‘Epoch-Making Process at Felinfoel Brewery’, ‘New Hope for Tinplate Industry’. The paper’s report said that the first can of beer was turned out ‘without a hitch’ in the presence of chairman Martin John, brewer Sidney John and representatives of other brewing and trade interests.  The conical cans were filled on adapted bottling machinery and sealed with a standard bottle top (known as a crown cork). The 10oz cans of pale ale were the equivalent of half-pint bottles. They were then packed in cardboard containers, holding two-dozen cans, ready for dispatch. The newspaper reported: ‘One of the most impressive features of the process was its simplicity and speed. Girls, who in the past have handled many thousands of bottles, adapted themselves to new conditions with apparent ease and, once started, the cans were filled and corked with unbroken regularity.’ Brewery manager Willie Rees explained that Felinfoel had been experimenting with canned beer for a couple of months. “We were particularly struck with the success  which followed its inception in America at the beginning of the year, and realising its potential and the stimulus which its universal adoption in this country would give to the tinplate trade, and especially local industry, we decided to put the novel idea into practical use ourselves.”... Felinfoel was so proud of its achievements that every employee of the brewery and the tinplate works was given a can to mark the occasion. These cans today are valuable collectors’ items. Buckley’s was not amused at being beaten to the punch by its smaller neighbours. In the same issues of the paper, it paid for a large advert to proclaim: “The canning of beer was accomplished at Buckley’s Brewery bottling stores on the 3rd December, and samples may be seen at the brewery and at displays in the town. However, until the directors are satisfied that canned beer has the same estimable qualities as their bottled product, the process will be in the nature of an experiment, and for the time being the canning process will be conducted experimentally with persistence and caution.” It was not until many years later that Buckley’s actually produced a canned beer for public sale. After trial batches we began to produce canned beer for public sale from 19 March 1936. 1936 also marked the start of H.T. Lewis’ chairmanship of the company. The success of our canned ale, brewed to celebrate the coronation of King George VI in May 1937, led to us becoming the only South Wales brewery with a regular interest outside Britain. Later many beers, St David’s Porter, Prince’s Porter, Cream Stout, Heritage Ale and Hercules Strong Ale were brewed expressly for export.... In 1965 a bitter disagreement between the John and Lewis families came to a head when larger neighbours Buckley’s bid for the brewery. The Lewis family had been in charge for a number of years, with most of the members on the board, but it was a distant control given they had other interests and the brewery’s head office had been moved to Knightsbridge. ... Upgrading of the brewery continued into the 1980s and the company was returned to private ownership in 1982. That same year saw Fred Cheesewright retire from his position as Head Brewer having completed 30 years’ service with the brewery. Finally, one of our directors, Major A.L.Davies, was made Master of the Vintners in 1985. Buckley’s once again bid for the company in 1987 and, once again, the directors of the company resisted their advances.... In 1990 the future of the company was secured with the birth of the 6th generation of our family. To mark the occasion we brewed a special 8% beer, called Jeremy’s ale, which you can still see in the brewery today. By 1991 the remaining shares in the company had been bought back from United Distillers to place the entire company back in the hands of the Lewis family. https://www.felinfoel.com/little-bit-history/

Bij double dragon denk ik niet zo zeer aan Wales, maar aan het computerspel.

Double Dragon[a][b] is a 1987 beat 'em up video game developed by Technōs Japan and distributed by Taito for arcades across Asia, North America and Europe. It is the first title in the Double Dragon franchise. The game's development was led by Yoshihisa Kishimoto, and it is a spiritual and technological successor to Technos' earlier beat 'em up, Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (1986), released outside of Japan by Taito as Renegade; Kishimoto originally envisioned it as a direct sequel and part of the Kunio-kun series, before making it a new game with a different cast and setting. Double Dragon introduced several additions to the Kunio-kun belt scroll beat 'em up formula, such as a continuous side-scrolling world adding a sense of progression, two-player cooperative gameplay, the ability to arm oneself with an enemy's weapon after disarming them, and the use of cut scenes to give it a cinematic look and feel. The game's title is a reference to the two-player gameplay and Bruce Lee's martial arts film Enter the Dragon (1973), which was a major inspiration behind Kunio-kun and Double Dragon, while the game's art style and setting were influenced by the Mad Max films and Fist of the North Star manga and anime series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dragon_(video_game)

Enter the Dragon (Chinese: 龍爭虎鬥) is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and written by Michael Allin. The film stars Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall, Shih Kien and Jim Kelly. Enter the Dragon was Bruce Lee's final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32. An American-Hong Kong co-production, the film was premiered in Los Angeles on 19 August 1973, one month after Lee's death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_the_Dragon

Double Dragon (双截龍ダブルドラゴン, Daburu Doragon - Sō Setsu Ryū) is a beat 'em up video game series originally developed and published by Technōs Japan. It began with the release of the arcade game Double Dragon in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals. The original Double Dragon was a hit arcade video game,[1] ushering in a "Golden Age" for the beat 'em up genre,[2][3] resulting in a flood of beat 'em ups during the late 1980s[3] to 1990s that followed the conventions set by Double Dragon.[4] A 1993 animated series and 1994 live-action film adaptation were produced; these adaptations were widely-panned by critics and audiences.[5] In June 2015, Arc System Works acquired the rights to all former Technōs IPs, including the Double Dragon series.[6] Arc System Works had previously ported the original Double Dragon to the Master System console in 1988. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dragon

Als ik  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dragon mag gelovenzijn er heel veel versies van. Net zoals er heel veel soorten bier zijn...