C&C denies misleading customers by selling its Clonmel 1650 beer under a different name

The listed drinks group C&C has admitted selling its Clonmel 1650 lager under a different name in Co Cork, but has denied misleading customers.

The company confirmed it was behind Pana Cork lager, which was launched recently in a number of premises in Cork. Pana is slang for St Patrick’s Street in the city, and at least one publican had claimed the lager was brewed in Cork.

A spokesman for C&C said, however, that the lager was brewed at the company’s manufacturing site in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, and was “based on the very successful Clonmel 1650 recipe”. It is understood the lagers are identical.

C&C, which is best known for its Bulmers cider, launched Clonmel 1650 lager two years ago. In a statement to The