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Lukeus101
19-09-12, 03:42 PM
Did you know???

Old Speckled Hen took its name from an MG car which was used as a runaround for workers in the MG factory. Over years of service, the car became covered in flecks of paint, gaining it acclaim in the town and earned it the nickname "Owld Speckled 'Un", translated into Old Speckled Hen for the brown ale first brewed by Morland in 1979 when the brewery was asked by MG to create a commemorative beer for the factory's 50th anniversary.

Daniel O'Leary, a cooper and former brewer, developed the recipe for the beer. Ian Williams was a personnel officer at the MG factory in Abingdon in 1979 and it was he who thought of using the name for the new ale.

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Dav
19-09-12, 03:46 PM
Wow, how many marques can say they have their own beer? :)
grimmy
19-09-12, 03:51 PM
That is a damn fine ale as well.
stamford
19-09-12, 07:44 PM
Yea knew that and been drinking it for years :D
daytona365
19-09-12, 08:15 PM
Have yet to try it. At the last pub I went to that sold it, they had run out!!!
The pub we using for the MG-Rover meet on sunday sells it, so may try some.
RalphG
20-09-12, 01:42 PM
...and a copy of the original vehicle was made using items from the brewery, including bottle caps, 4 barrel ends (for the wheels), a pump handle (gear stick) and packaging.

http://www.abingdonblog.co.uk/imag12/12080803.jpg


BTW very nice beer
MG mad
20-09-12, 01:44 PM
I even have one of the original bottles (empty) at home in NZ. It's older than I am...

The new Old Golden Hen and Old Crafty Hen are both excellent as well.
RalphG
20-09-12, 01:48 PM
The original car...

http://pasadenaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Owld-Speckled-Un-619x391.jpg
stamford
20-09-12, 02:48 PM
Have yet to try it. At the last pub I went to that sold it, they had run out!!!
The pub we using for the MG-Rover meet on sunday sells it, so may try some.

ASDAs sell it ;)
daytona365
20-09-12, 07:49 PM
ASDAs sell it ;)

Asda a bit posh for me lol..
mattie007
20-09-12, 08:21 PM
Drinking it in the local tonight, but at £3.45 a pint....
Still it's better than that lager crap :D
Lukeus101
20-09-12, 08:53 PM
Pint of it at our local is £2.50 lol
andy-81
21-09-12, 12:30 AM
Well it seems that I learn summation new every day lol I'm gonna go and get a bottle to try tomorow
Sonic_160zr
22-09-12, 07:51 AM
I get 11 bottles for £6. The perks of working in the trade :-).






Cheers,
Matt
andy-81
24-09-12, 01:51 AM
Been and got some but unfortunately not to my taste but it's good to learn that it was derived from the mg factory
Lukeus101
24-09-12, 01:52 AM
what you normally drink andy?