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News from
December 2006
 24
December 2006
In addition to our
regular
brands, we also offer Greene King's seasonal ales, as well as
guest ales from other brewers. Our current guest ale is Greene King
Abbot Ale.
At 5.0% ABV, Abbot is brewed with pale crystal and amber malts
to give an attractive colour and rich malty taste. Challenger hops give it
bitterness with a spicy overtone, and to really boost the taste and
aroma to the maximum it is late-hopped with Fuggles to provide the
floral tones and fruity esters.
Full flavoured, smooth
and mature, Abbot Ale is an exceptional, quality drink. No wonder this
beer is the first choice for so many discerning real ale lovers.
Greene King's flagship
brand, Abbot
Ale is a favourite with the nation's discerning beer drinker.
An iconic beer, it is brewed for longer in a
traditional
way in order to achieve its distinctive taste.
23
December 2006
On
Friday 17 November,
Nic
Gibbs, our Head Chef, donated himself as a slave to cook dinner at
one lucky person's home as part of our Children in Need fundraising
activities.
 Nic's
services were bought by Karen Boyle of Timsbury Close, Steventon,
and yesterday was the big day, so Nic travelled across the High
Street to prepare a buffet in Karen's home for her James Bond-themed
Christmas party for forty friends.
However Karen had made one
condition on her purchase: that Nic cooked her
dinner
in only a thong.
Well, Nic is nothing if not game,
and sure enough, dressed only in a thong beneath his chef's whites,
last night he was to be found bent over a stove in Karen's kitchen.
Not a pretty thought, and for those who can't picture the scene,
here is Nic taking a restorative beer after
his ... errum ... performance.
Thanks, Nic, for being such a good sport, and to Karen, too, for her
generous bid of £90 for her slave, and not forgetting John Morris
who paid £50 to Children in Need for an invitation to the party.
In fact, thanks to everyone who
played their part in our Children in Need fundraising this year.
You raised a total of
£1,246.85
for the charity, and we look forward to next year's event with a
certain degree of trepidation!
 10
December 2006
In addition to our
regular
brands, we also offer Greene King's seasonal ales, as well as
guest ales from other brewers. Our current guest ale is Greene King
Fireside.
Ruby in colour,
with a robust and refreshing taste, Fireside's citrus hops leave a mellow,
fruity linger on the palate. It is a full-bodied mature English
ale brewed to 4.5% by volume, and late-hopped for a malty, fruity
flavour. A great winter warmer.
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