Neil Walker started a genius thread last month on Twitter by kicking off with a pic of North Brew’s Springwell Pills alongside France’s 1998 away shirt. He issued a challenge – ‘Craft Beers as 90s football shirts’. This caught the imagination of many and it is clear that modern craft beer can designers still have their Panini sticker books.
— Lloyd (@lloyd_nail) February 27, 2021
Lloyd followed up with a great match for France’s home shirt. These shirts are true classics, as France famously won the World Cup in 1998 as hosts. Game on!
From the same World Cup, here is the Croatia away kit from 1998 and a hazy IPA called ‘Balkan Affair’. I guess that is cheating, as it’s just the Croatian flag.
Balkan Affair @CCHercules and Croatia 1998 Jersey pic.twitter.com/rJQdJENGpa
— Luis Chi (@LuisChi) February 27, 2021
Staying with the international theme, the Dutch kit matches well with this one.
Tangerine Suncrush and Netherlands pic.twitter.com/Tfve8YdlSL
— Luis Chi (@LuisChi) February 27, 2021
I remember Manchester United’s Mark Hughes terrorising defenders in this one. I’m not sure if two cans of beer means this loses points or gains points. We’ll have to go to VAR on that one.
I’ve suspected @pilotbeeruk and the United 92 to 94 away strip. pic.twitter.com/dZDUmmiI3d
— Theo Barnes (@Brew_Theo) February 26, 2021
I just knew a Norwich kit would turn up in this thread.
— RC Winstanley (@RobWinstanley) February 26, 2021
So, the 90’s contained some truly horrific football shirt designs. But goalkeepers shirts were by far the worst culprit, causing many a fan to adjust their aerial during Match of the Day.
Big up the villa. Maybe 90s keepers jerseys are cheating a bit… pic.twitter.com/yWJnoUQCNz
— antony lord (@antony_lord) February 26, 2021
— TheTinkerMen (@TheTinkerMen) February 26, 2021
— petecoates (@petecoates) February 26, 2021
Hopnaut x Liverpool pic.twitter.com/zAI8bB9PZ4
— MauricioGómezMontoya😷 (@MauroGM3) February 27, 2021
Some kits are almost an exact match, like this QPR kit and Elvis Juice from Brewdog.
— Matt Mckinney (@mattmckinney068) February 27, 2021
Fallen Acorn deliver with both the beer and the shirt in the same photo.
— Fallen Acorn Brewing (@FallenAcornBrew) February 26, 2021
Outside of the 90, things get a little easier. Other decades do have their fair share of dodgy kits, but perhaps not as famous as those 90s eyesores.
I quite like this paisley design from Man City, as modelled by Raheem Stirling.
— Evan Martin 🌐🌯 (@Go_EvanMartin) February 27, 2021
Having said that, this one hurts my eyes.
Totally cheating against the 90’s theme of this thread but this beer #Nanogram IPA from @atombeers that I mean to order at some point just because it’s a dead ringer for @Only1Argyle 2017 away kit!
>#Disco pic.twitter.com/RW1QhroZG8— Rasko & Disco Beer Review #StaySafe (@RaskoandDisco) February 26, 2021
By the Horns here actually have a can inspired by the team and the shirt. The Crazy Gang is what the Wimbledon team were known as in their heyday.
No 90s but…. pic.twitter.com/PqZXhDhHkW
— Chris Thorpe (@ChrisThorpe_) February 27, 2021
The best I can come up with was a kit from the current season I like and Guinness, which isn’t even a craft beer. Own goal.
How about #Guinness X West Ham United (3rd Kit) @WestHam #COYI pic.twitter.com/1I7iYB25xt
— Bacchanalian (@BacchanalianUK) March 24, 2021
Check out the full thread for more great matches. What’s your favourite?
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