On Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th May from 10am-5pm Greene King are hosting a Real Food and Beer Festival in the Westgate Brewery Gardens. The Festival will take place in a large marquee on the lawn behind Westgate House, Bury St Edmunds (a few doors down from the Theatre Royal), across the gardens and into the Brewery Tap.
This food and drink extravaganza is part of the 25th Bury St Edmunds Festival, and is a celebration of local products from this fantastic region..
The marquee and brewery grounds will be adorned by the region’s best producers and their fine fayre, and Greene King will of course be showcasing their own fine ales. There will be a hog roast, a venison spit roast, butchery demonstrations, hand-made preserves, local cakes and ice-creams, as well as beer master classes with Greene King brewers. Producers sampling and selling include Aspall’s Cyder, Powter’s Newmarket Sausages, Elveden Estate, Rodwell Farm Dairy, The Cake Shop, Alder Carr Farm, Kelly’s Turkeys, The Chilli Company, Jimmy’s Farm, Paddy & Scotts, Yum Yum Tree Fudge, The English Whiskey Company, and many, many more.
Tickets are £1 and are available from the Theatre Royal Box Office (01284 769505), as well as on the door at the event.
Abbot tankards are proving popular, the limited edition promotional packs have just about sold through on single bottles of Abbot Ale and Abbot Reserve but if you’re lucky you might find promotional packs of Abbot Ale 4×500ml bottles (please contact your local store manager for stocking details).
If you would like to receive a free personalised tankard, simply collect 7 promotional bottle tops, and send together with your till receipts plus a £2 postage and packaging contribution or just send the full amount of £10 (no need to send bottle tops or till receipts). The closing date of this offer is 31st August 2010.
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If you’re a CAMRA member please scroll down to find an exclusive tankard deal open until the end of April 2010.
There is an exclusive offer to CAMRA members of an personalised Abbot Tankard for just £4.99. To receive a tankard members are asked to send a cheque for £4.99 made payable to Greene King to the address below with the name or message to appear on the tankard (maximum 25 characters including spaces) plus their address and CAMRA membership number.
Abbot CAMRA Tankard Offer, Greene King, Abbot House, Westgate Brewery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1QT.
Please allow 40 days for delivery from receipt of request. Offer is only available until 30th April or first 1000 requests received, limited to 5 per membership number.
Unfortunately we cannot accept responsibility for applications lost damaged or defaced. Registered in England & Wales number 3298903.
Members of the West Suffolk Branch of CAMRA knew they were in for a treat when head brewer John Bexon invited them to the brewery to taste the year’s first brew of Abbot Reserve – produced specially for Cask Ale Week.
“It lived up to expectations,” as Kevin Waterson, chairman of West Suffolk CAMRA said. “What a fantastic brew – every bit as good this time round as when it won the prestigious Beer of the Festival title in last year’s East Anglian Beer Festival.”
Said John Bexon, “There’s always an air of excitement in the brewery when Abbot Reserve comes up on the brewing schedule, and since all the brewers are so proud of it, we wanted to share the enjoyment with other people who appreciate great beer.”
Abbot Reserve is 6.5% abv distinctive, full bodied, smooth and mature, bursting with fruitcake and toffee flavours
Abbot Reserve is on sale now for Cask Ale Week, and when your local has finished its supply, you’ll have to wait until November until you can next taste the cask version again. Happily, for those who can’t wait, it is on sale in bottles all year round.
Don’t miss the chance to collect for your very own tankard in your local pub (selected pubs only) and with promotional bottles of Abbot Ale and Abbot Reserve. These hand blown tankards are the ultimate vessel to enjoy your pint of Abbot. Tankards collected for via bottles can also be personalized with your own name.
Take the ultimate test with the Abbot Beer Diploma, the nation’s first free online beer qualification at www.abbotale.co.uk. Its gets better still with the first 100 scholars earning their very own £10 student grant to help subsidize further ‘study’. Passing the diploma is certainly a challenge, with sections covering Beer History and Folklore, Brewing and Beer Ingredients, Beer Storage and Serving Techniques and of course Beer Tasting. Those who pass get their own personalized downloadable certificate and are inducted into the Abbot Alumni. Good luck to all those taking up the challenge.
If you take the test before Christmas you’ll be entered into a draw to win your very own £10 student grant to go towards your ‘study’.
