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The Old Anchor Inn Beer Festival

The Old Anchor on St. Helen’s Wharf in Abingdon has a beer festival this weekend from Friday 16th July until Sunday 18th July. All of the beers are from local breweries, most of which are rarely or never seen in any Abingdon pubs. A provisional list is: Beer abv Brewery Quarry w-RECK-ed 5.5% Old Bog [...]

July 12, 2010 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Various Updates on Abingdon Pubs

The Railway Inn in Culham has The Festival That Dare Not Speak It’s Name this weekend (Friday 28th May – Monday 31st). This is a charity event featuring lots of live music with proceeds going to Churchill Partners Cancer Research UK and Young Women’s Music Project. The Flowing Well in Sunningwell has its beer festival [...]

May 26, 2010 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Flowing Well in Sunningwell

The Flowing Well in Sunningwell near Abingdon has recently reopened with new management. They are currently serving Morlands Original, Olde Trip and GK IPA and awaiting new guest beer. They will be holding a Beer Festival from May 27th to June 6th. I haven’t visited yet since the new management took over, but previously it [...]

May 2, 2010 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Stocks Bar May Day Weekend Beer Festival

The Stocks Bar has a beer festival this weekend, starting on Friday 30th April and running until Monday 3rd May. They expect to be offering a range of approximately 30 ales and ciders. You can get more info from their facebook page or main website at www.crownandthistle.com The Stocks Bar is at the Crown & [...]

April 26, 2010 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Feb 2010 Issue Oxford Drinker Available

The Oxford CAMRA branch’s newsletter for Feb/March 2010 has now been published. It includes news, articles and information about pubs and breweries in the Oxford and White Horse branch areas. Free copies can be found in most real ale pubs. In Abingdon this includes Brewery Tap, Stocks Bar, Punchbowl, King’s Head & Bell, Spread Eagle, [...]

February 6, 2010 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Brewery tap beer cider & sausage festival this weekend, 4th – 6th december

The Brewery Tap Beer, Cider & Sausage Festival started this afternoon (Friday 4th December) and will run until close on Sunday evening. The pub is located on Ock Street in Abingdon. There are 30 different real ales, 8 ciders and 20 different types of sausage, including Steak & Marmite and other interesting flavours. There will [...]

December 4, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Roundup of Abingdon Pub news November 2009

I’ve been a bit busy recently and not kept things up to date, so here’s a quick round up of pub related things that have happened around town over the last few weeks The Kings Head and Bell reopened on 30th October. This is everything I expected it to be, good beer, reasonably priced food. [...]

November 20, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Kings Head & Bell reopening soon

After nearly two years after closing due to structural problems with the historic building, the Kings Head & Bell on East St. Helens Street is due to reopen soon. A large banner is hanging across the front of the pub proudly proclaiming that it will reopen on October 30th. It looks like there is still [...]

October 13, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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New Brewery for Oxford

A new craft micro brewery called the Shotover Brewing Company is due to open soon in converted stables in Horspath just outside Oxford. The owner and head brewer Ed Murray has been craft brewing for over twenty years and has made the decision to turn his interest into a commercial venture. It is anticipated that [...]

October 9, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Abingdon Pubs who are members of The Head Brewer’s Club

Greene King announced yesterday that The Brewery Tap in Abingdon has been chosen as an exclusive member of the new Head Brewer’s Club, a collection of Greene King’s hero cask ale pubs. It was picked due to its dedication to great cask beer. You can read more details on Greene King’s Run a Pub blog [...]

October 9, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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