Archive for the ‘Abingdon Pubs’ Category

Abingdon Brewery Tap improves beer range

The Brewery Tap on Ock Street in Abingdon, is now offering a wider choice of real ales with two hand punps being free of tie. Initially these include White Horse Brewery’s Wayland Smithy, and Slater’s Top Totty. The Brewery Tap has always been known for its quality of ale, and was the only pub in [...]

September 7, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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West Berkshire Brewery Wins Bronze Medal at Great British Beer Festival

I have just heard that local brewery The West Berkshire Brewery has won bronze medal today at the Great British Beer Festival for its Dr. Hexters’s Healer The other winners include: Champion Beer of Britain: Rudgate Ruby Mild Silver: Oakham Attila In Abingdon, you can often find West Berkshire Beers including Doctor Hexters Healer at [...]

August 4, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Stocks Bar, Abingdon, offers discount to Camra members

Going one step further to encourage real ale drinkers to the pub, the Stocks Bar at the Crown and Thistle Hotel on Bridge Street in Abingdon [map], is now offering a discount of 20p per pint of real ale and a 25% discount on bar food to anyone showing their Camra card when ordering. More [...]

May 11, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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King’s Head and Bell, Abingdon could reopen this autumn.

The King’s Head and Bell on East Saint Helen’s Street in Abingdon has been closed since Autumn 2007.   It is a historical coaching inn in one of the oldest streets in Abingdon.  I believe the reason for its closure was structural damage making it too dangerous to continue using. Last year it was purchased by [...]

May 6, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Stocks Bar – Beer, Blues and Jazz Festival

As mentioned in the previous post, the Stocks bar in Abingdon has seen a huge improvement to its beer range and cellar quality over the last year to become one of the best real ale pubs in the Oxford area. It is holding its 3rd beer festival this weekend (Friday 3rd April – Monday 6th [...]

March 31, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Update on Abingdon Pubs over the last year

I haven’t made many blog entries recently, but now the summer is on its way, it is time to be more active. Pubs in Abingdon have seen some major improvements over the last year. After the take over and closure of the Morlands Brewery and Morrels Brewery by Greene King around the end of millenium, [...]

March 31, 2009 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Hop Harvesting, European Beer Festival

I have just made a blog post on the Oxford Brewer’s Group blog about hop harvesting Also, at the weekend I was in Copenhagen visiting the European Beer Festival. This was an amazing event with lots of interesting things. Expect some blog entries from me about this over the next few days. And thirdly… last [...]

September 15, 2008 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Pubs closing down… do they want customers???

The Oxford mail had a report the other day about how pubs are losing business because of the smoking ban. In particular the landlord of the Plough in Abingdon says he is closing down because he has lost over 50% of his trade since the ban. However some other pubs are reporting an increase in [...]

January 4, 2008 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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Good Customer Service : Punch Bowl and Brewery Tap, Abingdon

As a contrast to a previous posting which has since been removed about the poor service we received in an Abingdon pub, I thought I’d balance it with praise for some good customer service we received in various Abingdon pubs on the same day. The Punch Bowl staff and landlady were friendly and welcoming as [...]

December 24, 2007 · The Abingdon Drinker · No Comments
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