<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"></div><div dir="ltr">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....</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">JM</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 22 Dec 2025, at 18:10, DAVID MASSEY <<a href="mailto:dave1massey@cs.com">dave1massey@cs.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpebafaeceyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">BTW Woodstock Brewery started brewing in 1995. I wonder if this is the same beer that found its way across the pond.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">On another note, Green's Dictionary of Slang defines Pig's Ear as slang for beer (possibly Cockney rhyming slang). As in </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">"<span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Libertine, serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal;">I bunged down a tosheroon</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: Libertine, serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: normal;"> for two pigs’ ears."</span></span></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpebafaecesignature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><font size="4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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