The new pump clip from Abbot is now a distinctive mitre shape, in homage to the beer and brewing heritage of our home town, Bury St Edmunds. “Cerevisiarii”, or ale brewers to the Abbey were chronicled in the Domesday Book almost a thousand years ago, and we brewers still employ many of the methods as their brewing predecessors and draw water from the same chalk wells. Abbot possesses a reputation for quality that ale drinkers have come to expect, and the new look on the bar will enhance this even further.
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.
