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More Abingdon Beer Festivals

Despite recent pub closures (Fitzharris, Ox, Nags Head and Plough), Abingdon is still a good place for pubs and real ale with many of the still open pubs offering a good range of real ales in good condition and frequent beer festivals. Following on from the recent beer festival at the Cross Keys, there are [...]

September 25, 2011 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Cross Keys Beer & Music Festival

The Cross Keys is holding its first Beer & Music festival next weekend. This is going to be a busy weekend for Abingdon as it is also Abingdon Heritage Weekend on Saturday and Sunday and Fun In the Park on Sunday afternoon. The list of beers will include: White Horse – Black Horse Porter West [...]

September 4, 2011 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Kings Head & Bell’s 2nd Summer Beer Festival

The King’s Head and Bell on East St. Helen’s Street is holding its 2nd Summer Beer Festival this weekend. On Saturday, the Hook Norton draymen (Taffy and Roger Hughes) brought their shire horses to the pub. On Sunday afternoon, Abingdon Traditional Morris Dancers will be doing some dancing and playing music from 2pm. Hook Norton [...]

August 28, 2011 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Loose Cannon Pale Ale Trials

The Loose Cannon Brewery in Abingdon in Suffolk Way has just finished brewing a new beer. As with the Abingdon Bridge when it was launched last year, Will Laithwaite the owner and head brewer has made two different recipies, currently known as Trial Brew 1 and Trial Brew 2. They are made from the same [...]

February 18, 2011 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Abingdon Beer Update: February 2011

I am sorry not to have posted anything here for several months. It has been quite an eventful time for Abingdon pubs. The Fitzharris Arms has closed down, currently boarded up and sold to Tesco. This was a community pub serving an area of Abingdon without any other pubs close by. The nearest pub is [...]

February 7, 2011 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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October Issue of Oxford Drinker Available

The October Issue of The Oxford Drinker, the newsletter of the Oxford branch of CAMRA (Campaign For Real Ale) is now available. You can pick up a free copy from most good pubs in the area. There are currently copies in the Brewery Tap, The White Horse and The Loose Cannon Brewery shop. They should [...]

October 1, 2010 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Brewery Tap’s 3rd Beer Festival this year!

Abingdon is having a good share of beer festivals this year. We have recently enjoyed the King’s Head & Bell‘s 1st beer festival in August, and The Old Anchor’s beer festival in July. Starting today, the Brewery Tap in Abingdon is holding its 3rd festival this year (previously ones were in June and March. Incidently, [...]

September 24, 2010 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Kings Head & Bell – 1st Annual Abingdon Beer Festival

The Kings Head and Bell in Abingdon, which reopened last autumn is holding its first annual beer festival this weekend from saturday 29th August until monday. The festival features aproximately 20 real ales, which are all from local breweries including Appleford, Vale, Hook Norton and others that did not have pump clips on yet when [...]

August 28, 2010 · The Abingdon Drinker · One Comment
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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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Brewery Tap Cider Festival

The Brewery Tap in Ock Street, Abingdon is holding a Cider festival this weekend (Friday 25th June – Sunday 27th June). It will feature 21 different ciders, including a rare breed of ciders from local sources and CAMRA award winners. The full list of ciders and perrys along with tasting notes can be downloaded here [...]

June 24, 2010 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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