Railway related beers

[Richard MarksParticipant @richardmarks80868]

Model engineering,beer and sea fishing, what more is there in life, this is a picture I have in my workshop to remind me of my lucky existence.

ps swmbo cannot use a lathe or cast a rod but she does drink real ale, one must be thankful for small mercies.

pps my home address just happens to be in Chudleigh.

Dick

[Martin WParticipant @martinw]

Richard

 

Had you noticed that the tank engine is emblazoned with Gibbs MEW. Rather appropriate for this site, well the MEW certainly is . Other than that I am envious of your hobbies .

 

All the best

 

 

 

Martin

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Whilst holidaying in East Sussex recently, I visited the Harveys Brewery shop in Lewes and spotted a bottle of ‘Bluebell Railway Anniversary Ale’. This celebrates the 50 years of progress at the Bluebell Railway which has operated a section of the former Lewes – East Grinstead line since 1960. Such a nice bottle it seems a shame to open it!

 

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 06/08/2010 15:43:07

[chris stephensParticipant @chrisstephens63393]

Hi Kelvin,

You clearly have not yet got the idea behind bottled beer. The bottle is STILL nice, even after the contents have been inspected and appreciated. 

I think you will have to practice with bottles more often. Cheers!

chriStephens 

 

Good point Chris; this is one bottle that recycling will have to forgo! Incidentally, the bottle states: “We will wash and refill this bottle – Please Return“. 

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 07/08/2010 09:54:55

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Hmm… you’ve made me thirsty!

 

Think I’ll stop playing here and crack iopen a bottle of Directors’…

 

Neil

[Richard MarksParticipant @richardmarks80868]

Gentlemen

Trains and Beer, try this,

West Somerset Railway and Somerset CAMRA Present the11th Real Ale Festival at Minehead Railway Station on Saturday 11/09/10 and Sunday 12/09/10.

For more info: http://www.wsr.org.uk/camra2010.htm

Steam and Diesel trains from Bishops Lydeard to Minehead and back with Railway Related Beers on the train, Cotleigh Old Steamer and GWR175 both brewed especially for the WSR. I have no connection with either organisation but having done it previously I can highly recommend this event.

Regards

Dick

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 20/08/2010 16:59:50

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

 

Another beer from the Hepworth Brewery was recently spotted (and bought!) in the Waitrose store in Lewes, East Sussex – their ‘Iron Horse’ ale featured in an earlier posting. ‘Pullman’ is described as a First Class Bitter which is long on flavour with a good hop nose.

 

Hepworth Brewery

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 20/08/2010 16:56:37

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Here’s one I sampled this Sunday lunchtime at our local and very nice it was too!

Sorry to show my ignorance, but can anyone tell me about the locomotive?

 

Cottage Brewing

 

 

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 06/09/2010 09:35:26

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Sorry you are leaving us Kelvin –  I particularly enjoyed the diverting thought of ale  -be it Railway related or otherwise. (These days it is mostly only the thought I’m afraid as the “cooling and lubricating fluid” is mostly incompatible with any diet! So once a week is the rule)

 

Good luck in your new role whatever that may be.

 

Regards

 

Norman

 

Thanks for your kind words Norman, though I shall be around for a few months yet!

 

Kelvin

 

 

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 06/09/2010 09:26:59

[TerrydParticipant @terryd72465]

Planet was built by R Stephenson and Co for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 and was the first steam loco to have internal cylinders, i.e. cylinders between the frames rather than outside the frame and wheels.

 

Terry

 

Edited By Terryd on 05/09/2010 22:35:52

 

Thanks for the info Terry, much appreciated.

 

Kelvin

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 06/09/2010 09:24:36

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Another week and another railway related brew at our local pub from Cottage Brewing! This time it’s an ABV 4.2% golden brown coloured best bitter with a distinctive hop aroma and named after one of the famous ‘Battle of Britain’ class locomotives. Built in December 1946 and numbered 34051, the locomotive currently resides in The National Rail Museum at York. See the first entry in this thread for another ‘Battle of Britain’ class locomotive beer.

 

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Okay, I know this isn’t a beer but one worth a mention here due to the fact that the cider takes its name from a steam traction engine owned by the company. It’s quite often found on tap in many pubs now and is well worth a try, though best not sampled if driving!

 

Westons Cider

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 15/09/2010 16:08:45

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Posted by NJH on 07/06/2010 13:18:57:

Although not directly railway related there is a strong connection between the Hook Norton Brewery and model engineering in that it STILL uses a steam engine in the beer production process. Still in use since it’s installation in 1899! – hows that for Victorian engineering. You can see details on their site at :- Hook Norton Brewery

 

I used to live that way and still have the memory of a pint of Old Hooky  with lunch in Hook Norton.

 

The brewery is well worth a visit for the Victorian building and engine –  even if you don’t like beer.

 

Further to this earlier posting above, we now have an interesting article in stock for Model Engineer all about the Hook Norton Brewery as part of our “An Engineer’s Day Out” series..
Will advise when it’s about to be published…

 

Kelvin

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Regarding the above posting, I can now inform readers that the Hook Norton Brewery visit article will appear in Model Engineer issue 4390 (published 5 November 2010). Be sure to get your copy as it’s most interesting!

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Look forward to it Kelvin.

 

Did you, by any chance, have the onerous task of on site research for the article?

 

 All the best

 

Norman

I’m afraid not Norman; have only visited the shop a few years back when returning from somewhere else and it was close to closing time! Will have to return one day and do the full brewery tour which, according to our forthcoming M.E. feature, sounds very good.

 

Kelvin

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 19/10/2010 16:32:01

[DMBParticipant @dmb]

Many beers have nice flavours but lack the strength. I do like them to be around 5% or they are like maids water.

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

From the Concrete Cow Brewery based in Milton Keynes (where else?) this beer is a fine ruby bitter of 4.7% Vol. The reason for its title is explained on the label:

 

“Not far from the brewery and opened in 1838, Wolverton Works was the home of the class 31 steam locomotive nicknamed the ‘Bloomer’. So named because much of the lower parts were exposed… a resemblance to a particular ladies fashion of the day… no originals survive and only a replica named ‘Wolverton’ is a reminder of this wonderful steam era”.

 

Below are two views of the 1:1 scale Wolveton as mentioned on the label when it was displayed at Milton Keynes Station a few years ago (vertical poles on bottom pic are actually lamp posts in the background and are not attached to the loco!) The 2-2-2 locomotive now resides on a special plinth outside the Wolverton Works.

 

 

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 05/11/2010 16:03:20

[TerrydParticipant @terryd72465]

Rouen also has concrete cows on a traffic island just short of the A13 (Paris Auto route) and they are very proud of them, unlike Milton Keynesians.

 

I despair for our attitudes,

 

Terry

[John OlsenParticipant @johnolsen79199]

Back around the turn of the millenium Luxembourg had fibreglass cows in a variety of colour schemes around the town. About the same time Aachen also had fibreglass horses…I think that was an annual thing for some sort of horsey event that they do there.

 

Meanwhile Tirau  in New Zealand has a giant corrugated iron sheep.

 

regards

John

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Doesn’t Liverpool have superlambananas?

 

I think Birmingham and the Black Country has better taste in modern statuary – the Brownhills Miner, Tim Tolkien’s Spitfires at Castle Vale, various works around the Black Contry’s new roads.

 

There’s also a striking steel Red Kite somewhere in Mid Wales…

 

Neil

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Whilst visiting Wetherspoon’s ‘The Lord Moon of The Mall’ pub in Central London I spied and sampled this interesting beer which forms part of their current Beer Festival. Coming from the RCH Brewery in Somerset, the beer is named after the famous Strawberry Line railway which used to pass close by the brewery’s location. Containing real Strawberries the beer is certainly unusual!

Another railway related beer in Wetherspoon’s current festival line-up is Tring Brewery’s ‘Signal Box’ brown ale. For more details on this see: Tring Specials and click on February.

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 05/11/2010 16:05:25

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Another fine beer with a railway theme from Cottage Brewing sampled at our local. Couldn’t see it listed on their website, can anyone tell me what the locomotive is?

Kelvin

[NJHParticipant @njh]

Kelvin

You are showing your age! ( Too young)

This particular engine was my dream as a young lad –  ” Dutchess of Hamilton” in the Hornby “00” series. ( Nearly 60 years ago!)

I never did get an electric train set then – but I did have two sons and I made sure they both did!

I’m sure someone has built a superb model in 5″   – if so maybe a few photos?

 

How’s the new job?

 

Regards

 

Norman

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Hi Norman,

Thanks for the info. Just been to the ME Exhibition at Sandown and it was being well received and looked pretty busy. It was also nice to meet my replacement Diane Carney who is now your new web editor. Thanks for asking, the new job is going fine – great to be back on Military Modelling magazine after a very long gap – I last left it in 1983!

Cheers

Kelvin

[Kelvin BarberParticipant @kelvinbarber70274]

Latest railway related beer from Cottage Brewing on tap at our local is ‘Polar Express’. Once again, not sure what the loco is on the label, but the beer was excellent.

Cottage Brewing Specials

Edited By Kelvin Barber on 22/01/2011 07:37:44

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