[TR] Following on from yesterday...

[John Macartney]

Dave, you are partly correct about Old Pigs Ear beer. It’s now called just Pigs Ear and is brewed by the Uley Brewery in Gloucestershire (pronounced Glostershuh). It’s therefore a very local brew to where I live and has won several prizes in competitions run by our Campaign for Real Ales (CAMRA). It’s a pale ale, very hoppy and is a tad over 5% alcohol. After a few pints, you’ll be ready to drive fast through speed limits and not get caught. The ‘old’ part of its original name was removed when a group supporting ageism in general felt it was unkind to elderly people. They didn’t seem to think about what the pigs felt about it....

JM

> On 22 Dec 2025, at 18:10, DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:
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> Yet another engaging treatise on the history of our cars.  As a diversion I googled "Old Pig's Ear" and And did not find any reference to a British brewery serving "Old Pig's Ear" but there is a brewery in New Hampshire offering up "Pig's Ear Brown" which is an English style beer.  Sounds yummy.  I must check it out.  
> 
> BTW Woodstock Brewery started brewing in 1995.  I wonder if this is the same beer that found its way across the pond.
> 
> On another note, Green's Dictionary of Slang defines Pig's Ear as slang for beer (possibly Cockney rhyming slang).  As in 
> "I bunged down a tosheroon for two pigs’ ears."
> 
> Dave 
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> On Monday, December 22, 2025 at 10:32:02 AM CST, AOL <johnbmacartney at gmx.com> wrote:
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> 
> I've been clearing up my SSD today of junk and came across this attached article I wrote about 12 years ago for a UK club. Coincidence really, because it deals with the aftermath of an expired letter of credit which was hopefully explained to you yesterday.
> This one has pictures in it but you'll find them at the end with their captions
>  
> Jonmac
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