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Brewery Trip to the White Horse Brewery

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Headline : Brewery Trip to the White Horse Brewery
2nd Headline :The boys at the Bear at Home Inn submerged

Distribution Source : Free Press Releases
Date : Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Author: Dean Beedell

Thursday 2nd March 2006 - Twelve of the boys arrived at the pub expectantly looking forward to the evening's entertainment. They all loaded up into the minibus in quick time. The minibus driver drove a tadge too fast with not quite enough thought for the passengers. In the back of the van it felt like a scene from DAS Boot with all the sweaty men contained in a small rolling capsule.  Perhaps we ought to have a van with less of a rolling suspension next time.

We arrived at the brewery having eaten one or two bags of greasy but desirable chips in Wantage. These were useful for lining the stomach later as we realised we were going to have to drink a lot of White Horse Beer.

Despite experiencing what felt like the gales of the Atlantic from within U-264, we arrived at the location without incident. The Head Brewer and MD of White Horse Brewery gave us a grand tour of the modern brewing facilities. We were impressed by the Belgian-made brewing machinery which was highly automated, allowing one man to make a brew all by himself. The enthusiasm of the owner was communicated to us all by his rich and colourful descriptions of his beer and the manufacturing process. The story about the man diving into the Barley Wine tank had us all splitting our sides whilst feeling quite jealous that it wasn't us in the tank. After the tour we were given a barrel of White Horse Best bitter to drink all for ourselves, 72 pints were gone in very short order with none wasted whatsoever.

Afterwards we had a short trip to the Royal Oak in Wantage to see a publican known as Dr. Hexter in person. Dr. Hexter is a legend in beer drinking circles, selling only the very best of beer, some of them have been brewed especially for him. He also sells a quality whisky brand-named after his own pub.

Unfortunately we could only drink a single pint with Dr. Hexter as it was then back to The Bear at Home Inn for a home made curry, a pint or two and then cards until dawn.  Thanks from all the attendees to Tim Haworth, the Landlord for organising the trip. A good time had by all.

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