We're still with Courage. And today's trio includes a brewery with a very special place in my heart: the former Holes brewery in Newark. The one responsible for the funny smell at my school's playing fields. As they used to boil about the same time as our morning break. It must have been far worse at the girls' grammar school as that was virtually next door to the brewery.
Courage (Alton)
Reading,
Berkshire.
Founded: 1841
Closed: 1979
Tied houses: 77
Bought by Courage in 1903 to brew their Pale Ale. Closed when Worton Grange came on line.
| beer | style | format | OG | description |
| Alton Bitter | Pale Ale | draught | 1040.7 |
Courage (Bristol)
Bristol,
Avon.
Founded: 1702
Closed: 1999
Tied houses: 1,459
Bought by Courage in 1961. The former George’s brewery.
| beer | style | format | OG | description |
| Directors Bitter | Pale Ale | draught | 1047 | malty, distinctive |
| Best Bitter | Pale Ale | draught | 1039 | well hopped |
| Bitter | Pale Ale | draught | 1030 | bland |
Courage (Newark)
Newark,
Nottinghamshire.
Founded: 1870
Closed: 1983
Tied houses: 220
Bought by Courage in 1967. The only brewery at which I have worked.
| beer | style | format | OG | description |
| AK | Pale Ale | keg | 1037 | |
| IPA | Pale Ale | keg | a former Warwick & Richardson beer | |
| Owd Bill | Old Ale | keg | seasonal | |
| Harp | Lager | keg | 1032.4 |
I'm still plugging of my latest book, "Keg!". From which the above is an extract.
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The Newark Brewery and the aroma drifting over the school sites.
Here in OZ, my partner grew up in Sydney in the inner suburb of Ultimo in the 1930s and 40s. (she turned 90 last year).
It was a poor suburb of terraced houses and every day she and her sister walked to school and back past the new Tooth's Kent brewery on Broadway - the brewery gate is still preserved as you might see on your visit - and they got a good whiff, it was just how the area smelled.
Note the Kentish White Horse on the gateway.
https://sydney-city.blogspot.com/2018/11/chippendale-pun-and-gate.html
When I started brewing in 2008, in went the wort and hops and I boiled up... she ran into the garage and promptly burst into tears, seven years old again.
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