[TR] Following on from yesterday...

[DAVID MASSEY]

It's interesting that Uley Brewery has a strong presence on the internet (ie, they have a website) but Google USA seemed not to look beyond our borders when searching the WORLD wide web.
Dave 


 

    On Monday, December 22, 2025 at 12:55:39 PM CST, John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com> wrote:   

 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:


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 


 

    On Monday, December 22, 2025 at 10:32:02 AM CST, AOL <johnbmacartney at gmx.com> wrote:   

 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** triumphs at autox.team.net **

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