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{{Short description|Australian alcopop beverage}}
{{other uses}}
{{Infobox Beverage
|name=Two Dogs Lemon Brew
|image=File:Two_Dogs_'Lemon_Brew'_Logo.jpg
|caption= Two Dogs logo
|type=[[Alcopop]]
|manufacturer=Two Dogs
|origin= Australia
|introduced=1993
}}

'''Two Dogs''' was a [[alcopop|ready-to-drink]] beverage that was first introduced in [[Australia]] in 1993 and went on to become available throughout the world. It was a [[lemon]] flavoured [[alcoholic beverage]] that is widely considered to have been the "world’s first brewed alcoholic lemonade"<ref name="monash">{{cite web |url=http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/mgt/agribis/valueaddedaward2002.html |title=Agribusiness Value Adding Award 2002 |accessdate=2008-03-12 |work=buseco.monash.edu.au |publisher=[[Monash Faculty of Business and Economics|Monash University, Faculty of Business and Economics]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805130014/http://www.buseco.monash.edu.au/mgt/agribis/valueaddedaward2002.html |archivedate=2008-08-05 }}</ref> (despite the pre-existence of traditional drinks like [[Sima (mead)|sima]]), paving the way for similar products such as [[Hooper's Hooch]] and [[Mike's Hard Lemonade]].

Two Dogs was created in 1993 by the South Australian brewer Duncan MacGillivray.<ref name="monash"/><ref name="chronicle">{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Lonsford |title=Longview wines are long on taste |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/food/wine/4776872.html |publisher=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=2007-05-07 |accessdate=2008-03-12 }}</ref> The tale behind the drink says that MacGillivray, an owner of a small brewery and pub in South Australia, was having a beer with some friends who owned a lemon farm. They mentioned that they didn't know what to do with all their lemons that they couldn't sell due to size. Duncan said "I'll try brewing them." He soon had a truck of lemons on his hands and went to work brewing them. The result was a drink that started selling pretty well.<ref name="chronicle"/> Now Duncan was faced with marketing and selling the beer and had to come up with a name. All he could think of was the punch line to a joke he had heard. Thus Two Dogs brewing company was born. There was a "Why Do You Ask?" on the bottle. This was also part of the joke.

The product was acquired by the [[France|French]] alcoholic beverage company [[Pernod Ricard]] in 1995,<ref name="chronicle"/> who owned the brand until 2006, when it was sold to the [[Kirin Brewery Company]] of [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Acquisition of Two Dogs brand |publisher=[[Kirin Brewery Company|Kirin Holdings Company, Limited]] |date=2006-03-03 |url=http://www.kirinholdings.co.jp/english/ir/news_release060303_1.html |accessdate=2008-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080427224627/http://www.kirinholdings.co.jp/english/ir/news_release060303_1.html |archivedate=2008-04-27 }}</ref>

Two Dogs was brought to the [[United Kingdom]] in 1995, where the rights to manufacture and distribute the product were originally owned by the [[cider maker]] [[Merrydown]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.merrydown.co.uk/about/heritage-more.shtml |title=Merrydown cider -- Heritage and history |accessdate=2008-03-12 |work=merrydown.co.uk |publisher=[[Merrydown|Merrydown plc]]}}</ref><ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |first=Rebecca |last=Barrow |title=Two Dogs blight at cider firm |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/05/15/ccid15.html |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=1997-05-15 |accessdate=2008-03-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041125022542/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=%2Farchive%2F1997%2F05%2F15%2Fccid15.html |archivedate=November 25, 2004 }}</ref> but the distribution rights were sold to [[Scottish Courage]] in 1997.<ref name="telegraph"/>

==See also==
* [[Alcopop]]
* [[Hooper's Hooch]]
* [[Mike's Hard Lemonade]]

==References==
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{{Australian cuisine}}

[[Category:Australian alcoholic drinks]]
[[Category:Alcopops]]
[[Category:Lemonade]]
[[Category:Malt-based drinks]]