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Another British classic ale
By Rocky | May 8, 2008
The taste for British beers continues- but I promise tomorrow we will try move away from England and try something else. Today’s treat is Abbot Ale also made by the Greene King group who also made yesterday’s beer the Speckled Hen, Abbot is The Green King group’s flagship brand. This one is one of England’s more popular drops and can be found just about anywhere around the world. The Abbot Ale is fairly strong tasting ale, in England and some other places you can get it from the cask but the bottle but outside Brittan you usually only see it in bottle form. Keep your eyes out for the Abbot Reserve, it has a 6.5 alcohol volume instead of the 5.0 found in the standard and both use the Challenger and Fuggles hops which give them a very bitter sting with some distinct floral and fruity tones- the Reserve like the standard its quiet tasty. The Abbot Ale dates back to 1799, but the heritage goes back even further with the brewery drawing water from a well which has been supplying which the Great Abbey of St Edmundsbury brewed beer from nearly 950 years.
For more information: http://www.abbotale.co.uk
Tags: ale
Categories: UK & Ireland
2 Comments Add your own
1. E.O'Hare | May 8th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Whereas your beer is probably excellent and I look forward to sampling it the next time I am in England, could I recommend that you engage someone who can write and understand the english language please? There are so many errors on the Abbot Ale blurb that the only excuse is that the aithor had sampled too many cans before going into print!
2. Rocky | May 10th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
Thanks Mr O’Hare, we did have a little too much of the Abbot Ale before writing this story- the stuff is just too good. We really should write some of our stories in the morning.. Cheers and enyoy your beer.
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