The Gooner Forum

brazilianGOONER wrote:

QuartzGooner wrote:

brazilianGOONER wrote:

olgitgooner wrote:

brazilianGOONER wrote: i do, just not sure if i thank you for sharing that fact or if i hate you because of making me envy you

where is it, olgit? i'm coming back to the UK next march, and this time i'll spend a month traveling on your beautiful isles so i'll make sure to stop there for a few pints as well

Sad news mate. The brewery in Abingdon, Oxfordshire closed eleven years ago.

Speckled Hen is now brewed at Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk.

They probably still do brewery tours. But it's a long way from London.

Here's a link for you....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morland_Brewery

Update. Here's a link to the new brewery's tours.....

http://www.greeneking.co.uk/gk_guided_tours.htm

And another update. This is for Harveys brewery in Lewes....

http://www.harveys.org.uk/brewerytours.php

cheers, olgit!!!

no problem with it being far from london. i intend to go from ben nevis to cornwall this time around, so no problems in stoping along the way to drink my favourite ale and meet the brewery.

edit: (just looked for suffolk on the map, and it really is a bit too far east. is there something else worth visiting in the area?)

Why not do a tour of Fuller's Brewery?

Chiswick Bitter and Discovery are good beers.

http://www.fullers.co.uk/rte.asp?id=9

i am a HUGE fan of fullers, quartz. their IPA is one of my favourite ales. i intend to stay one night on one of those "fullers inn" if i'm not mistaken there are quite a few in england, anyone ever been to one of those?

Been to plenty!

But never stayed at one because I have a flat in London.

If you are going to meet Olgit, try Harveys Sussex Ale.

http://www.harveys.org.uk/findourbeer2.php

QuartzGooner wrote: Been to plenty!

But never stayed at one because I have a flat in London.

If you are going to meet Olgit, try Harveys Sussex Ale.

http://www.harveys.org.uk/findourbeer2.php

are those inns nice? they surely do look great on the pictures i saw on the web.

will surely do!

brazilianGOONER wrote:

QuartzGooner wrote: Been to plenty!

But never stayed at one because I have a flat in London.

If you are going to meet Olgit, try Harveys Sussex Ale.

http://www.harveys.org.uk/findourbeer2.php

are those inns nice? they surely do look great on the pictures i saw on the web.

will surely do!

B.G. I have a friend who is a brewer,and co-runs Catthorpe Brewery near Rugby,a small independent concern.He is going to sort you out with a free "presentation pack" of their wares when you come over,and a tour and tasting at the brewey if your tour passes nearby.Let me know nearer the time of your visit.

olgitgooner wrote:

brazilianGOONER wrote:

olgitgooner wrote: You remember my visit to the brewery of your favourite beer? when I drank Speckled Hen for free? It was bloody lovely.

i do, just not sure if i thank you for sharing that fact or if i hate you because of making me envy you

where is it, olgit? i'm coming back to the UK next march, and this time i'll spend a month traveling on your beautiful isles so i'll make sure to stop there for a few pints as well

Sad news mate. The brewery in Abingdon, Oxfordshire closed eleven years ago.

Speckled Hen is now brewed at Bury St Edmonds in Suffolk.

They probably still do brewery tours. But it's a long way from London.

Here's a link for you....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morland_Brewery

Update. Here's a link to the new brewery's tours.....

http://www.greeneking.co.uk/gk_guided_tours.htm

And another update. This is for Harveys brewery in Lewes....

http://www.harveys.org.uk/brewerytours.php

If you are going to visit Bury St Edmunds then you must visit the pub called the old cannon. http://www.oldcannonbrewery.co.uk/ not positive that it is Gooner owned but the logo looks more than a little familiar !

bG when you are in Putney we will
Hit the Bricklayers Arms, has won CAMRA pub of the year a few times most recently Ldn pub of the year '10.

Got loads deals and leaflets on breweries all around England, real ale pub crawls and all.

Go to Mortlake/Chiswick as well to the Fuller's Breweries and have a tasting tour.

You can also get Old Speckled Hen at the Bailey, one of the best pubs round the Grove.

Rugby Gooner wrote: B.G. I have a friend who is a brewer,and co-runs Catthorpe Brewery near Rugby,a small independent concern.He is going to sort you out with a free "presentation pack" of their wares when you come over,and a tour and tasting at the brewey if your tour passes nearby.Let me know nearer the time of your visit.

wow mate that's fantastic, i'd love to!! i will surely let you know closer to the dates, but the trip will happen march next year (maybe april, but less likely). i'll start threads to ask you guys lots of stuff until then, so you'll certainly hear from me.
thanks really mate

StuartL wrote: If you are going to visit Bury St Edmunds then you must visit the pub called the old cannon. http://www.oldcannonbrewery.co.uk/ not positive that it is Gooner owned but the logo looks more than a little familiar !

looks stunning mate!

SWLGooner wrote:bG when you are in Putney we will
Hit the Bricklayers Arms, has won CAMRA pub of the year a few times most recently Ldn pub of the year '10.

Got loads deals and leaflets on breweries all around England, real ale pub crawls and all.

Go to Mortlake/Chiswick as well to the Fuller's Breweries and have a tasting tour.

You can also get Old Speckled Hen at the Bailey, one of the best pubs round the Grove.

yeah mate, i'll stay in putney at my ex's again during the time i'll be in london, so this time we have to share a few pints (in a non-kingjayson way ) around in putney!

i just need to make sure i'm taking three extra livers and five extra tooth in my backpack, and then i'll be ready for the trip

Haha! Yes try not to lose any teeth this time! How did you manage to do that and did you feel a right *word censored* getting up with everyone staring at you?

olgitgooner wrote:I'd like to buy everyone on here one of these........



But filled with non-cloudy beer.

That's actually a picture of brazilianGOONER when he was in London! El Dwarfo! Aye! Aye!

I would share with every forum memeber my gift of wisdom.

goonersid wrote:I would share with every forum memeber my gift of wisdom.

But hopefully not your Boomer-like "talent" for spelling!

DB10GOONER wrote:

goonersid wrote:I would share with every forum memeber my gift of wisdom.

But hopefully not your Boomer-like "talent" for spelling!

I'm usually so particular

SWLGooner wrote:Haha! Yes try not to lose any teeth this time! How did you manage to do that and did you feel a right c**t getting up with everyone staring at you?

it was the jagermeister's fault i had around 10-12 pints of ale (which is a lot for me, i usually have 6-7 on a normal evening) and some 4 or 5 shots of jagermeister. it was around christmas, there was ice on the sidewalk and i tried to run... people tell me it was a beautiful fall

the good thing is that i can't remember a thing, due to my alcoholic state

I would like to give USMarty the gift of humility.

I'd buy SWL, Mikey & Duffman one of these;

kingjayson1 wrote:I'd buy SWL, Mikey & Duffman one of these;

That's only happening if you put garlic sauce on it instead of heaps of fucking chilli sauce.