Originally Posted by
notinmybackyard
Watneys was just the name of a brewery here in the UK. It disapeared a while ago though. That takes me back!!
Before I was drinking age, I remember it being used a lot in British comedy sketches. It was the sort of beer English holiday makers travelling on charter flights on package tours to Spanish resorts would demand. Pubs that provided it proved very popular with these visitors. Otherwise they'd complain for the entire trip how they couldn't get hold of it.