In connection with Pegasus Bridge, the Burton Bridge Brewery made Pegasus Piper A.B.V. 4.5%.
The hops in this beer are English Minstrel & French Bouclier.
Bill Millin. born July 1922. As personal piper to 15th Lord Lovatt he piped his fellow commandos onto Sword Beach at the D-Day Landings, as many of them fell around him.
Later that same day he piped the remainder across the heavily defended Pegasus Bridge, where more of them were to fall.
Afterwards, some captured German snipers told him that he had only been spared the same fate as his comrades because they thought he had gone mad.
Appropriately, after the war, Bill worked as a Psychiatric Nurse in Glasgow.
Also from the Fullstow Brewery comes Vivian Hewitt's Export Ale.
Vivian Hewitt (1888-1965) was a pioneering aviator born in Grimsby. The aircraft pictured is a Bleriot monoplane, which he rebuilt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Hewitt
Black Buck ale. Operation Black Buck was the codename for the long range bombing missions from Ascension Island to Port Stanley airfield during the Falklands War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Black_Buck
Da Vinci wine made by techniques laid down by Leonardo da Vinci.
This year marks the 500th Anniversary of his death on 2nd May 1519. He merits a place in aviation history for his sketches of proposed flying machines and a parachute.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci//
In honor of July 4th I am drinking a new (to me) American IPA from a brewer here in Dayton - we have quite a few small craft brew pubs and facilities here, and I am definitely not complaining! This one is called 'Space Food' and seems a likely fit for the whole BSG phenom...
Pretty tasty, and the IPA helps with my aging, aching knees and elbows... Off to open a new can!
All the best,
Matt
I might need to find that one; we get CS beers in NE Ohio.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
Well that's a bit unexpected.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
That will have a kick to it!
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
That's right; the Aussies did buy into the F-111. Even more of a kick.
Karl
It is impossible for a man to begin to learn what he thinks he knows. -- Epictetus
They have produced a Buffalo beer, Karl. I posted it way back in this thread with many of their other drinks.
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