Crossword clues for skol
skol
Wiktionary
interj. (context originally and chiefly in Scotland English) A drinking-toast; cheers. vb. (context AU slang transitive English) To down (a drink).
Wikipedia
Skol was initially created to be a global beer brand. Allied Breweries (UK), Labatt (Canada), Pripps-Bryggerierna (Sweden) and Unibra (Belgium) formed a new company called Skol International in 1964. Its aim was the creation of a worldwide beer brand, Skol, which could be licensed, manufactured and marketed across the world. In the late 1960s, it was heavily advertised on Radio Veronica as Skol International, with an advertising jingle sung by Patrica Paay, later a very successful Dutch pop singer and TV presenter. Since then participation in the company has changed significantly.
From 1973 to 1982, beer under the Skol brand was brewed by the Dutch Oranjeboom Brewery, but it was not a success in the Dutch market.
In 1992, the merger between Allied Breweries and Carlsberg created Carlsberg- Tetley's, who used to brew the beer at their brewery in Leeds until the brewery was closed in 2011. It continues to be distributed in the UK, with an ABV reduced to 2.8%.
Currently, Skol is the most popular beer in Brazil. It was originally produced by Caracu, which was bought by Brahma in 1980. In 1999, Brahma merged with Antarctica and became AmBev, then InBev and later AB InBev. AB Inbev is the biggest beverage company in the world, larger than Coca-Cola in revenue. Skol beer became internationally recognized as a Brazilian beer, though not initially conceived in Brazil.
Carlsberg holds the license to brew and market the beer worldwide, apart from in Africa and South America. Unibra holds the license for Africa. In Europe, the beer is also marketed in Turkey, and in Romania. In Asia, it is distributed in Malaysia, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. In Africa, it is present in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Madagascar and Rwanda. The name is related to the Scandinavian toast "skål". For a period, the Hägar the Horrible cartoon character was used for promotion.
Skol is a 1979 live album by Oscar Peterson, accompanied by Stéphane Grappelli.
Skol is a global beer brand.
Skol or SKOL may also refer to:
- Skol (album), a 1979 live album by Oscar Peterson
- " Skol, Vikings", the fight song of the Minnesota Vikings
- Skol Airlines, a Russian charter airline
- Skol Company, a 20th-century American manufacturer of sun protection products
- South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad's reporting mark
Usage examples of "skol".
All eyes turned toward him, for it was evident he had brought word from his master--not often did Skol Abdhur, wary as a hunted wolf, join his pack at their feasts.
Erect, Skol would have towered half a head taller than Cormac, and though a huge belly marred the symmetry of his figure, he was still an image of physical prowess.
The apparent savagery of the giant, together with his fantastic finery which heightened rather than lessened the terror of his appearance, lent Skol Abdhur an aspect which set him outside the pale of ordinary humanity.
Jacob salaamed to the floor in a very frenzy of obeisance, he was not sure that Skol looked any more formidable than the mail-clad Frank with his aspect of dynamic and terrible strength directed by a tigerish nature.
And the wretch stood shivering in agony, yet not daring to move from his tracks, though with the pain-misted half-sight remaining him, he could scarcely see to fill the gem-crusted goblet Skol lifted.
Little use to try to explain to Skol that it was pity for the slave and not desire for secrecy that prompted him to have the man dismissed.
Twisting the arm viciously down and aside with a force that nearly tore it from its socket, Cormac flung Skol back on the divan.
On the floor, in the blood-soaked ruins of the torn divan lay the gashed and naked body of Skol Abdhur the Butcher.
The corpse was slashed and hacked horribly, but it was evident to Cormac that Skol had died in drunken sleep with no chance to fight for his life.
Cormac noted that now Skol lay dead, the different factions made no attempt to conceal their differences.
None but Skol ever passed through that door--he and the Nubian and the captives who came not forth.
No wonder mad dreams were here bred in the frenzied brain of Skol Abdhur.
That di Strozza, Kai Shah and Musa killed Skol is evident, also that they sent Kadra Muhammad to slay me--why, I know not.
The other three killed Skol and in the fight Kai Shah was wounded--Musa took the gem doubtless because neither Kai Shah nor the Venetian would trust it to the other.
One of them was none other than Skol Fyxx, a ten-star general emitrus for the Space Forces.