Fuller’s brewery, Chiswick tour

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I went on the public tour last Thursday, along with some chums.

If anyone is visiting London and / or already living here, and is at a loose end for something to do for two hours, I would recommend it.

PS They even cater for northern lager drinkers.

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Got a link, mate?

Natch, mate: https://www.fullersbrewery.co.uk/pages/brewery-tours
 
Interesting how the beer has been marketed as a different style of beer over the years
Pale Ale
Original Ale
Premium ale and now, like many other bitter ales, it's an Amber Ale.
 
I must be a shandy drinking poof then, even though I’m from the north.
tried Radler in bavaria, apparently that’s German for shandy. What a refreshing drink.
 
wessie said:
Interesting how the beer has been marketed as a different style of beer over the years
Pale Ale
Original Ale
Premium ale and now, like many other bitter ales, it's an Amber Ale.
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That was a point made by our excellent tour guide, as a part of our visit. That, and that, much of the beer bought by our grandfathers as young men in London, was probably not too similar to today’s bitter.

The visit was interesting on a number of levels. How good beer is made, on something like a human scale. How it’s developed, as a drink over the years and the social role that the brewery and pubs perform.
 
Apologies, but at the risk of hijacking your thread.... I would highly recommend a brewery trip to Shepherd Neame in Faversham (I organised a trip with a few beer drinking matey's to Faversham a few years ago)... absolutely superb time had by all... thought I died and gone to Heaven...
Brewery Linky...

Our Faversham Brewery | Shepherd Neame

Discover the rich history of Shepherd Neame's brewery in Faversham, Britain's Oldest Brewer. Explore its traditions, innovations, and the brewing process.
www.shepherdneame.co.uk

We stayed just over the road ... The Sun Inn.....linky ere...

The Sun Inn Pub In Faversham - Home

The Sun Inn is one of the most popular pubs in Faversham to drink, eat, and stay - with stunning bedrooms, a delicious menu & plenty of spots to enjoy a drink.
www.sunfaversham.co.uk

:beerjug:
 
Ex-Call Centre Chimp said:
Then I may well pay them a visit some time.
Slainté.
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Do.

All joking apart, the trip is a good one and the brewery want everyone, young and old, drinker or TT to have a good time. I don’t think they are at all judgemental as to what people think of alchohol or drink…. But it helps if it is a Fuller’s product, naturally. The pub arm is separate and wasn’t involved in the sale of the brewery to Asahi, but (by-and-large) the pubs are well run, something the brewery recognises and pretty much retain a typical pub-type atmosphere. I like them and their product.

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If BVB ( Bourne Valley Brewery.) is still operating in Andover it's well worth a visit, one of the most enthusiastic brewery tours we went on. :)
 
London Pride is up there as one of my favorite real ales... shudder to think how many barrels I've drunk over the years.... I wonder if I qualify for a badge 🎖️
 
PembsGSA said:
London Pride is up there as one of my favorite real ales... shudder to think how many barrels I've drunk over the years.... I wonder if I qualify for a badge 🎖️
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One of the questions posed to us by our guide, was how long did we think (following the government’s guidelines for ‘healthy’ daily beer intake) it would take a man to drink the holding tank of London Pride, undergoing maturation.

Another useless fact we heard was that ‘kegs’ which dispense beer / lager under CO2 gas pressure are made in metric volumes. Casks, for real ale, dispensed by hand pumps, have always maintained the Imperial measures, even when we were in the EU. A Firkin great, 72 pints.
 
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London Pride is my ale of choice. The strengths however differ between from the pump or in a can.
Any idea why Richard ?
 
Oldrat said:
London Pride is my ale of choice. The strengths however differ between from the pump or in a can.
Any idea why Richard ?
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All about the retail price. Tax is based on ABV due to relatively recent changes on the grounds of trying to persuade old soaks to reduce units per session. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...xt=On 1 August 2023, the,, wine and made-wine.

Canned Hobgoblin is now 4.5% so Aldi can sell 4 x 440ml cans for £4. Bottles remain at 5% and 4 will cost you £7 in Tesco. Draught is 4.5% presumably to try to increase pub margins.

Banks Bitter is back to 99p a bottle in Aldi as it falls into the sub 3.5% bracket. It's actually okay to drink as a refresher, straight from the fridge, before moving onto something a bit more serious like McEwans No1 at 7.3%

Similar with wine, with a resurgence of bottles at 10% to keep the 3 for £12 "deal" on as duty is lower.
 
Nippy Normans supply Touratech, Wunderlich, Desert Fox and many other makes of accessories.
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