"Watneys Red" was the worst. I have seen it in some pubs around Oxford. There was a tendency for brewers to reduce the strength and original gravity Petrol was 32p per GALLON. Jeannie White 24/11/2020, "Remembering a beer I drank in the 1960s. jackie hookham 30/04/2014, "That was one of my favourite ads from the 70s!" at a time when you first had to go through a blind tasting session to prove the sensitivity of your palette! We were the first in the country to run a beer festival. My particular favourite is Jet Black Heart. A few Youngers pubs (Scottish and Newcastle), and the rest were Young's and Fuller's. Illinois offers the cheapest prices, with an … I'm 53!!! :-) David." I could by two pints of Beer, 1 packet of Crisps and one GALLON of 4* petrol and have change from £1. Peter Morgan 03/01/2019, "Remember drinking Golden around Wolverhampton in the 70's & 80's - also known as a Mickey Mouse for some reason." What was it?" Marston's Brewery continued to fly the cask flag throughout the 60s and 70s, they are still going strong, still producing Pedigree Bitter." Beer had long been At all times, a fixed-price dinner costs less than ordering a… 20th Century History ★ Antiques & Collectables, ★ 20th Century History ★ Antiques & Collectables ★, strength of beers in the Lycksele is about 150.miles south of the Attic Circle in Swedish Lapland. Watney: Red Barrel, replaced by Red (which was a failure). In my experience, however, most ales tend not to translate well from one form to another. As a 25 year old ""colonial"" from Australia I learned quite a lot about beer at these places of employment. Beer prices are the highest in Alaska, where a 24-pack costs an average of $31.21. In 1974 I paid 14pence for a pint of Tartan in Shanklin. Click here to see how much a six-pack cost the year you were born. enjoying it when I left in '57. I remember a lot of the beers mentioned in these pages. When I started drinking and then homebrewing, decent ale was in short supply. I think my first sip of real ale may have been a pint of Wethereds in the Crown and Treaty, Uxbridge. Verdict: Beer was cheaper in the 1970s. with the young. popular luxury. Whitbread signed an agreement to import Heineken in 1961; My favourite was Ind Coopes Mild Ale, and Tolly Cobbolds CobNut brown ale." Irish Lager in 1960. Keg bitter provided In earlier times I drank Elgoods at 1/6d a pint which went up to 1/11. supposed to help you excel, how, was not made clear. Bass took over two London breweries in the early Sixties, Charrington and Wenlock. the first. One showing four fishermen ?" All are approximates / averages and many varied by brand, etc. must have liked the taste or bought the advertising. lecroc 13/06/2013, "What ever happened to our Beers & Pubs, Dam Super Markets, Put the Booze back where it belongs in the off Licence,& Pubs of Course,That would stop some of the drunks, Garth R 17/07/2018, "One thing not mentioned especially in the north was mixing draught ale and bottled beer. When it comes to brews, not all states are created equal. Never quite got used to that smell." The first brewer to use the term keg and to promote sales of My take on it as a man of 30 with no memory of keg is that I find cask to be almost always crap, I can count the good pints of it I have had on one hand, one of my locals has a cask marque plaque outside and yet the ale is so badly kept there that I just drink Heineken. Paul D 01/03/2016, "I can confirm Youngers Tartan Special is still alive and kicking, both on draught and in cans. Brewed in Luton (in the City until 1967) So I drew 2 pints from a wooden barrel and enjoyed one of THE great English pub experiences of my life. Restaurant prices in the 19th century (followed by 20th, below) Note: Until the mid-19th century prices were often quoted in shillings and pence, or in Spanish dollars. seventies. I used to drink brown ale over bitter while a brown mix was also popular and was a bottle of brown ale over a half pint of mild." the seventies there was a resurgence of some traditional brews; real ale, Rightly or wrongly, then, I reckon that entitles me to pontificate a bit! No. Mild was losing favour, though it was the cheapest beer. Also on offer were bottles of Shepherd Neame Bishop's Finger, Riddles County and, strangely,Newcastle Brown in half pint bottles. I think things were better value back then! As a result, Red had a nasty cremated flavour." Sadly, I am writing this two days after a friend of mine, a regular in the Rosedene, informed me that the Trophy has been taken out and replaced by... you've guessed it... John Smith's! Marco 08/06/2014, "Hi Marco, The pumps seemed to dispense beer at quite a rate." in their pubs and first marketed 'Flowers Keg Bitter' in 1957.[1]. It brings back fond memories." Later it was brewed as Whitbread Gold Brewed in Wandworth. "I am 62, my first regular Pint was called "Drum Mild", but cannot recall the brewer. less than half the price". I would have been about 15 (But I must have looked older in my fashionable platform soles)" Ian Bucket-Belly 23/03/2012, "In the late 70s I drank a lot of 'Manns Draught', which was an even more quaffable version of the bottled brown stuff. The DD was as awful as I remembeted it being. "Real Ale".......A touch of the "Kings clothes" methinks." We use cookies to support this. Anyone know if/where they would sell?" Traditional English (and Belgian) Ales have about the shortest shelf life. sorry to intrude chaps but i seem to remember lagers being originaly marketed towards the female drinker when they started to appear, Orrible gassy stuff it is too, I seem to remember finding Double Diamond on sale in a bar at Margate circa late 1990's i seem to remember making a pig of myself quaffing said beer like a starving man and it was at £1.50 a pint too!, I must say it was a taste of an inglorious past YUM!, I've not seen it anywhere since any ideas chaps? Happy days !!" Mike Fleet. Thats when he taught me to drink in most the Walsall pubs thats when i knew he was the greatest DaD and dam good he is to I'm now 64 and still a Banks bitter man.Of all the things i love my father for its the Banks bitter training, the good old days eh.Beer is still a good talking point between sips of course." Answer #15 | 09/01 2016 11:34 By 1976 it is reported that an average pint of beer cost 32p per pint. Bob 07/10/2013, "I am trying to find out when the first pint of Draught Guinness was sold in the uk, was it in the late 60s or early 70s. Continental dishes - French and Italian - were popular in the 70s, as were When I ran a Shepherd Means pud they did a great handpump double stout. "Okay, I'll have a Luger and lime instead"" Eddie (Leeds) 27/02/2014, "Ahem! In 1972 the Daily Mirror's Square Deal Team examined beer. The only choice was between mild and stout; bitter was a luxury. :-(" Marge, Wolverhampton. It was a dark beer with a nutty, very slightly bitter taste and an easy drink. It is a testament to the Cheers!" Allied breweries were the worse culprits for keg as their three arms Ind Coope for the South, Ansells for the Midlands and Tetley Walkers for the North, spread keg nationwide." Indeed, it's almost certainly thanks to that 'success' that the same can be said for many classic CASK ales, too! The stuff they're selling bears NO RESEMBLANCE to the original. Graham Falconer 15/02/2012, "Heineken Export and Guinness XXX in my youth. ... [1974] Daily Record, Pepsi Cola, .88/6 12oz cans [1982] Daily Record, Coke, .99/1 litre bottle ... $1.00 also bought you ten 12 oz glass draft beers. Though such a price surge would be unprecedented for any American alive today, beer prices have fluctuated considerably over the last 60 years. Stephen London 06/01/2014, "I was involved in buying for a wholesalers in the 1970's and remember many of the brews mentioned. 1960s and 1970s. It is killing me!" Anyone else remember this effort?" The price was 12.5p per pint, and in 1971, good value. Think I first had it in the late 70's in the Kingsman,Aigburth, Yes, I remember drinking 'Gauntlet' in Sheffield in the 70's. PCHfrontpage Win $100,000.00 Vip Prize On October 31, 2020 Gwy. I remember a punk rock compellation album from 70's wiv a punk holding a can on the cover." 70s advertisements told drinkers that it was "Strong as a double Scotch, Starting from small beginnings, brewed under licence by the Marker turns it down and says 'from the wood' please. Youngs Ram Keg Bitter (Yes! Although I'm Welsh with a liking for Welsh beer, my favourite 'foreign' beer was Ansell's made in the midlands. 1970 was my Time, A Great Pint of Ind Coope Mild followed by a few More,They then brought out Drum Mild, Cost More of Course, Coolers, Hate the Dam things, If I want an Ice berg I know where to go, but not in my Pint, Ind Coope was my favourite, Mild or Brown & Mild, Double D Came out a few years later, Ok ish, Get the Booze Back in Pubs not Corner Shops ect,, As for Courage back then,Well you needed Courage to drink it, The impact of light beer, and Miller, can't be understated. the death of traditional beer. At the start of the sixties, mild was the dominant beer. :-)" Kevin Snowdon 13/11/2016, "Just a few further thoughts following on from my previous missive yes, unbelievable as it may seem, there IS more! I haven't tried it though. its called HUNTER BITTER made by william younger & co it has a black horses head in the middle. If Greene King can achieve this, then surely anyone can, so I live in (probably forlorn) hope that Theakston's will one day pull off the same trick with Old Peculier, the over-gassed, bottled version of which bears no resemblance to what, for me, is THE 'cask ale from the gods'." Rivals made equally bold claims. I was earning £17 per week which was good money :)) Perhaps it's all relative?" 95% of pubs were owned by a brewer, and the rest were Irish bars. David Edney 03/08/2019, "Re David Edney's question posted 3.8.19 - that type of glass cylinder was used in Boddington's pubs in the 1970's. Anyone who prefers the latter must have had their taste-buds surgically removed :)" Jim (aged in the cask for 61 years) 02/12/2013, "Was Stella artois available for sale in England in 1970? There was a strong Merseyside influence, and it is the only pub I have been in that had waiter service in the lounge bar! Like everything else, the size of your bar tab is subject to the laws of supply and demand. For over 40 years I have lived in New York City where in the last twenty years the effects of CAMRA, the export of trained brewers, has improved things. Click here to see how much a six-pack cost the year you were born. The price ranges cover the difference between saloon and public bars and regional variations. Mickey 08/01/2013, "hi have just been to burton brewer Writing a cheque Imagine only relying on Watney's for their daily treat..." Real Ale Connoisseur 19/05/2017, "I live in Ellon, Aberdeenshire and we have the Brewdog brewery which brews a variety of craft beers. Best regards" steven 28/10/2013, "Can anyone advise if you can buy cask conditioned mild anywhere please." The slightly smaller Schaefer Beer was promoted as “the one beer to have when you're having more than one” and so popular was the brewery it was put up as a $108 million public offering in 1968. Whitbread brewed Heineken under licence in the UK in 1968. Paul Shtogryn 26/11/2014, "No mention of Newcastle Brown Ale among the brown ales. Terry Quinton 12/09/2015, "Enjoyed a pint of Double Diamond in a bar in Margate in about 2003, not seen it since, is it still available?" Label. I have recently returned to homebrewing and now make all grain ales and stout to my own recipes. Decreasing prices, no doubt, helped the resurgence in niche beers as beer prices fell (when adjusted for inflation) from the increase in 1978. draught Guinness in Watneys' houses instead. However not as heavy as Toby brown, another favourite of mine. and had wothington e Youngs. wondered if this bitter was still about? No nasty citric tasting beers here, just great brews. Tony Ratton 23/02/2017, "Drank Watneys mild in the "Balloon" lots road Chelsea in1967. "Dog" was its nickname in Newcastle" Dave Lazzari 03/02/2015, "My memory of growing up was my dad saying, that's not proper ale, I'm 61 now. 1974 Vintage Whisky Muhammad Ali and George Foreman contest The Rumble in the Jungle, Lord Lucan made a permanent disappearance and David Bowie released Diamond Dogs. My dad and I used to tour county Durham with a camra real ale guide in search of good cask ales. Kenhoward 18/05/2017, "I didn't realise how popular lager was back in the 1970s. I can't for the lif Awful tasteless stuff from brewery's pandering to fizzy lager drinkers. The pub in the picture is The Woolpack, half-timbered over patterned brick. Around 40% of the A Chinese is lager over bitter in Birkenhead/Wirral and is known as a Golden over the water in Liverpool" Alfie 17/07/2012, "I'm too young to remember the taste of most of the keg beers, but remember a lot of the early 80s adverts - Whitbread best "The Best Best needs no etiquette" and Courage best with Chas n Dave playing the music. Pubs in England since the 1990s only sell ''real ale'' and it tastes TERRIBLE so i don't bother going into them anymore, i wish i could still buy a nice pint of Double Diamond or Watney's RED barrel!." While far from the most catastrophic consequence of climate change, a warming planet could mean higher beer prices. I would welcome the return of Long Life/D-Diamond/ etc & with right marketing - they could make a comeback" KC 14/07/2014, "Gary, Pale ale was sold as a premium beer; it was a They were more expensive than cask bitters, so people See http://www.greeneking.co.uk/index.asp?pageid=75 for more details. The brewery magnate E P Taylor brought Carling Black Label to Britain, from When I came home from Germany in 1972 (RAF) a pint of Ansells cost me 13p just over 2s 6d in Wales. In the latter part of "It'll never catch on"" Chris B 10/12/2018, "Thank the gods for CAMRA,!,,," Pete 23/12/2018, "I remember that we served Vaux "Samson" bitter on draught in Hull in the seventies. The most 22/02/2013, "There are plenty of Trophy knockers here but I have the fondest memories of it in the West Country in the early 70s. I'm fortunate not to mind how it is brewed, cellared, or dispensed, and regardless of whether it is cask, keg, bottled, or canned, I could name you excellent ales, terrible ones, and all points in between. strongest beer on regular sale in the UK. Unfortunately Vaux's brewery was demolished a few years ago, but I have seen their Double Maxim in a local supermarket a couple of years ago. David E Mash 15/07/2011, "My first time in a pub for several years - I asked for a light and bitter (my favorite from the 70's) but they had no idea what I was talking about. Peruse the figures below for a sampling of typical 1970s prices. It was also more expensive. Suggested list price of a new vinyl LP album in 1975 $6.98 $3.98 A firm fan all that time. For example, Vaux Double Maxim (a far superior bottled brown ale to a certain higher-profile rival I COULD mention, and still brewed today by a company that ex-Vaux employees, some of whom are known to me, founded) is fine in bottles and cans, but the cask version is comparatively poor. popular when I joined the R.N. These were beautiful ales that went well mixed with Bitter or Mild; beer pump. With the average wage then £72 per week the hourly rate of a 40 hour week. The brewer picked up on concerns about the quality of cask ales and By 1976 it is reported that an average pint of beer cost 32p per pint With the average wage then £72 per week the hourly rate of a 40 hour week would purchase 5.5 pints (5.625). John M 06/10/2018, "I was involved in running a social club in the 70's. sales. Mike Povall 04/07/2015, "Beer marketing is mostly about the appearance of the can rather than the quality of the contents. Mickey 24/11/2012, "Mickey (24/11/12) You are very much off your head, the very reason the keg beer of the 1970's have all disapeared is because it was tasteless fizzy bilge. Jules 14/03/2011, "I will never forgive Whitbread for closing down Flowers Brewery and serving up their insidious bilge passing as Flowers," john hawes 25/03/2011, "My father rants on about how good M&B Albright ale was. The quality, the strenghts, the diversity, and now Real Ale is here to stay because it is simply the best. ( the Reading Brewery) who used to send beer to a Wandsworth Rd stores & I used to accompany the delivery trucks to do the unloading. Wood in 1963. This is now a world wide selling beer. In the sixties other national names emerged, namely Double Diamond *heavy sigh*." I don't drink larger type beers having grown up with, Fremlins best bitter and Tuska along with Bob lucks cider,[all from Kent] and Alton best bitter together with Alton Directors special reserve [which became Courage best bitter and Courage directors both now brewed under licence by Wells and co of Bedford not quite up to the original but acceptable] I still enjoy going round the country looking for the born again local brews." I remember Youngers no 3 being a favourite and Marstons Merrie Monk sold in a great pub in Tantobie near Stanley being great. beer sales. alternative shandy. pale ale challenged draught mild as the Nation's favourite drink. Answer for question: Your name: Answers. Mike 19/06/2014, "Any one recall Castlemaine 4 X. Chinese and Indian food and there is no better accompaniment to a curry than a Would love to know. Beer consumption in the United States tends to fluctuate with beer prices. Brewed in Putney. What was the price of a pint of milk or a cinema ticket in 1974? Favourites: Watney Stingo Dark Barley Wine, Whitbread Poacher Brown (strong), Worthington White Shield (Bass), Courage Imperial Russian Stout. Gun sales have soared in the past year. danella 15/11/2015, "I am 62, my first regular Pint was called "Drum Mild", but cannot recall the brewer. My dads face was a picture! "Go the whole way with Triple A" was the slogan on the beermats. To prevent automated Bots from spamming, please enter the text you see in the image below in the appropriate input box. Roj 03/01/2012, "beers sorely missed from the seventies include Double Diamond on draught, Whitbread Tankard and not forgetting Chesters 'fighting' mild!!!" George Dodd. Traditionalists founded the Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood to lose ground, both to lager and cheaper in-house bitters. I vaguely recall it being a Courage draught but could be wrong. Quite probably Kent or Sussex, but could be Cotswolds. Ian Johnson 20/06/2011, "I was one of the first 3 Ansell's Bittermen (stage name David Hilton)in 1968 (I think). The two latter local breweries brewed beer that was cheaper than the Big Six mentioned. ), but they certainly did a barley wine called Triple A. Follow the bear - We boycotted the local disco when they put Tankard up to 25p a pint." The Keg version of Directors was John Courage, or J.C. as it was known. Love the site. There was there was a backlash against the spread of keg bitter. Gazbo 24/12/2020. I now only drink my own fully attenuated apple cider." How I miss my keg beer which is to me the real ale. andy skelton 28/01/2012, "I am 62 and I was brought up on mild and then keg beers. What the hell happened? of the total beer market, by 1965 7% and by 1971 18%. Its brewed by the Maxim Brewery in Houghton -Le-_Spring city of Sunderland and they also brew DM's big brother Maximus which is also a lovely pint but be warned its 6%!" Strong ales were often sold in nip bottles (one third of a pint). However, the word "crat" (now "krat") also originated at one of these modern ale festivals." In 1971 CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, was formed. In 1974, every single aspect of American beer changed, from composition to advertising to frat parties. However, the one that made me laugh was a "mother in law" - old and bitter!" The more discerning opted for keg. I was in Sainsbury's on Tottenham Court Road the other day and the lady at self scan asked me for ID.. Courage Tavern was "What your right arm's for". It was a dark beer with a nutty, very slightly bitter taste and an easy drink. Brewery no1 was Youngs Wandsworth & the second was ??????? Give me a traditional English bitter, stout or strong ale anytime." s. adams 03/09/2015, "I am visiting the UK in a couple of weeks and intend trying to get a pint of Brown and Mild, although I don't fancy my chances. advertised as a drink to improve heath. (remember that one guy's?) The stuff hangovers are made of. Sadly, with the exception of Stones, all of the keg ales I have mentioned are no more, and have largely been replaced by John Smith's and/or Boddington's bitter, both of which I detest (I used to enjoy SAMUEL Smith's 'Old Brewery' bitter and bottled brown ale, but there was only one Samuel Smith's pub that I knew of in this area, and I'm pretty sure it no longer exists bloody typical). was a new take on canned beer. Pub prices, too, seem foreign. Thanks." Cheers. pulls him a half with an old fashioned beer pump. Lets Wind the Clock Back, I will even drink a Pint of Courage bitters. When the Aston cross Brewery closed it vanished. Sorry for the intrusion. I only learned last night that a "dog's nose" is gin and bitter! ), By the end of the decade, lager took 29% of beer Keg beer was most popular Sorry this has taken me some time to track down, but yes Stella Artois was on sale in some Whitbread outlets in the 70s. "Guinness for Strength" campaigns are famous. were also gaining ground because of the swing back to real ales. 19/06/2011, "Hyde's black dark mild on draught and Mann's brown are available at a pub in Bolton." Bryan Powell 10/10/2015, "yup bought a can off Stella 1970 from an " offie " i Surbiton Sry, always saw " Artic Lite " ads on the box,..the huge iceberg breaking...saw the pumps, never tasted..as many landlords said the lager never came up cold, true?..Breaker by charringtons..not bad..Lamot another canned brew,...what about Couage,s " imperial/russian stout "/ loads more I could remember,..." Stan 02/11/2015, "My dad malcome davies made a advert for carling black label in 1971 it was to be aired on candien TV we have never seen this and if anyone has, could u please get in touch as my dad has recently passed away and we would love to try and get a copy off it . By 2013/14, this figure had fallen to 92.37 litres, a 60-year low. Along with Colt 45 was an American brew called Hemeling whose advertising was surfing based. We provide this website free of charge relying on support from advertisers. Good old days though" Tony 03/09/2013, "Good old days of Watney's. Now up here in the ( not so industrial ) north , you ask if they have light ale and they look at you at you as if you are speaking klingon..even a recent holiday to devon ..not a bottle of light in sight :( ....i have now resorted to buying bottles of bitter and mild and mixing it, not the same , but the best i can do in these lean ale drinking times :)" steve 28/01/2012, "Hi i was just watching an old episode of the london private dick Hazell and clocked a bunch of Ind coope pubs that really took me back on a nostalga trip, does anyone remember Colt 45 and can you still get it." Alan 05/10/2016, "Does anyone remember there being keg Bass in the late 60s/early 70s? I have no vested interest in this company, but the last three years since I discovered Steel Rail have been much improved. IMHO, their "Ben Truman" was the best keg beer in London. Watneys Stag Bitter became popular, much stronger, awful stuff, smelt strange, bit like Wards bitter. I don't think I'd call it a 'success' of CAMRA at all that most classic keg ales are now extinct! Canned beer was in its infancy in the late 50s. Then Red Barrel came in at 2/6. With different microbreweries, real ale options, real cider and craft beer, it seems as if the U.K. really was living in the dark ages. Is there anywhere still sells it? Most pubs seem to be going for a 'scatter-gun' approach regarding the choice on offer, too, resulting in a bewildering selection of Mickey Mouse ales you've never heard of and on the rare occasion that you DO find one you like, chances are that it will have been replaced by something else the next time you visit that particular pub! The book Decades of change includes detailed figures on wages, groceries and real estate as well as many other areas, organized by the decades of the twentieth century (1900-1988). of the 60s. Average 1970s home price – approximately $27,000 (prices … is this still available anywhere?" If the youngsters today could drink keg beer rather than explosive shots of spirits then we would live in a happier world." In 1962, a case of beer cost my father $4.00. developed in the 30s. It goes better with more exotic food. Just thought I'd mention that Mackesons Milk Stout is still available, possibly only in cans at Morrisons. Keg bitter is pasteurised to stop any fermentation. I even remember drinking it on the Keighley and Worth Valley Steam Railway. I asked the bar staff who brewed it and they did not Know or not say. This was not meant to be, but the 6 were running an oligopoly and their management were looting the revenue in enormous salaries." In Hastings you can still get a light and bitter, although the young bar staff aren't very clued up on it. (bottled), Mackeson Stout (bottled) and draught and bottled Watneys Red Barrel. Cpt.Beaky 30/03/2014, "I was in the Hyde Park Microbrewery( was the Hyde Park Hotel ) in Plymouth, Devon on Wednesday 16/04/14, and they had Watneys Red Barrel and Ind Coope Double Diamond, keg on sell at £2.50 pt. alun jones 15/07/2012, ""Hi, has anyone any info on a drink called a chinese, its a mixed drink and it is alocal drink from around merseyside area ? it was a basic bland Mitchell's & Butler keg brew almost as bad as Greenalls (I wish I was in Greenall Whitley land). I am so pleased I found Real Ale in later life." I also have a special publication, The Story Of Whitbread' to celebrate 250 years. tiny Hope and Anchor Brewery, a series of mergers left Carling Black Label part Having said this, I'm not a great fan of hop head ales spiced with massive amounts of American hops and flavoured with his knows what! (In Mile End until late Sixties) early as the 1890s, but was a very small part of the beer market. Sweetheart Stout also still exists, in cans and (pubs only) "nip" bottles x" Lynz 28/03/2016, "What a fascinating read this thread makes, for years we have been told that CAMRA saved the nation from bad beer, and yet many a chap here seems to fondly remember keg ales. It had a Ray degs 24/09/2018, "I remember the mixed drinks when I started drinking in the early 1980s. Yes,at that time my drink of choice was light and Balham, but I also learned to drink Guinness Draught which is still my favourite tipple." Thank you" MR Idris Williams 28/10/2013, "Guinness was available draught in the 60s. In 'Ward of Court', a 1971 episode of Public Eye, unglamorous It was brewed here as Ind Coope also ran a TV ad campaign: "Sometimes you really feel like a pint; sometimes you really feel like a short", which went on to promote Triple A as the drink that filled the gap in the middle when you felt like neither a pint or a short." Many of the others It had a sheep in a perspex cube as a bar fitting.) 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