Monday, 15 September 2008

Local Beer - Bonkers Conkers

Monday was apparently a holiday here, despite most stores appearing open. The University was closed, making it a holiday for us, and during our trip to the letting agent to fill out some papers we stopped again at the St. Vincent. This time I sampled the real ale Bonkers Conkers from Greene King Brewery (that also brews other ales such as Old Speckled Hen, of particular interest to some of our readers). Understanding that I now believe real ales are far superior to other beers, this beer was good (so, better than most other beer), but nothing terribly special as far as real ales go.

1 comment:

Dave said...

Yes, Old Speckled Hen was brewed by Alette's Original Local Brewery, Morland's of Abingdon, before Greene King bought them and moved. I didn't particularly like their beers, but they were local. Alette's mum drank Morland's Stout while breastfeeding the Little Darling