Author: Nick the Brick
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Conference report
Wow, what a conference, two reasons firstly to remember this one, it was our 30th and the 15th that our leader Howling ‘Laud’ Hope had officiated at. Some said that this was the best ever, but they had not been to them all to form an overall opinion, but I will agree that this was… Read More
Thirst anniversary for Co-ALE-ition
The celebrations began on the 18th Sept with a special lunch event to celebrate the 1st year anniversary of Co-ALE-ition i.e. celebrating Longdog’s Winning Co-ALE-ition being officially launched at the Prince Arthur in Fleet on 18th Sept 2013 at an event attended by over 300 people, including many local dignatories such as Sir Gerald Howarth… Read More
Mad Mike in the Isle of Sheppey By-election
Monster Raving Loony Party stalwart, Mad Mike Young, is tossing his top hat into the ring for the upcoming Sheppey Central by-election. He will battle it out against Conservative Tina Booth, Labour’s Alan Henley and UKIP’s David Lloyd Jones. The election, which was triggered by the death of popular former mayor John Morris, will be… Read More
Morecambe wises up to Co-ALE-ition!
Derrill has just got back from a 5 day tour of the NW and on his travels which included delivering cases of Monster Mash in a bottle to Loony Party members — Mark Beech in Walsall and Tony Davies in Blackpool together with 8 other people in the NW who had all ordered at least… Read More
Co-ALE-ition – a very successful thirst year
Virtually a year has now passed since we first launched a Co-ALE-ition real ale brewed by a local Hampshire brewery especially for the OMRLP. Since then a total of over 25,000 pints of Co-ALE-ition have been consumed in more than 140 different establishments across 9 different counties and also in Central London. In addition a Co-ALE-ition main… Read More
Co-ALE-ition 1st Year Anniversary Party -Thurs 18th Sept
Our Co-ALE-ition 1st Year Anniversary Party will take place on Thursday 18th Sept. This date was chosen as it is exactly a year to the day when our very first Co-ALE-ition ale ” Longdog brewery’s Winning Co-ALE-ition ” was officially launched in front of a gathered audience of over 300 people at the Prince Arthur in… Read More
The Prince Arthur in CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide
The Prince Arthur in Fleet features in CAMRA’s ‘Good Beer Guide’ which names Winning Co-ALE-ition as the house beer, and our Loony connection. The CAMRA GBG sells over 500 thousand copies each year, goes all round the world and is read by millions, even libraries stock it.
Six Of The Best is another record breaker
The latest Co-ALE-ition celebration event took place at the Nags Head pub in Reading (Berkshire) on Wed 27th August. Jody Oates, Landlord of the Nags Head, had promised to put on all 6 of Co-ALE-ition ales in the build up to our 1st anniversary on 18th Sept. The Nags Head is the current CAMRA Pub of… Read More
Howling steps up to the mark!!
Howling was the special VIP guest at the Old Bell at Grazeley Green (Berkshire) on Saturday where he opened the pub’s annual charity event for Prostrate Cancer which was held over the recent August bank holiday weekend. Wild Weather brewery were the featured guest ales including the Co-ALE-ition branded HowlinGale. Mike Tempest (Wild Weather brewery… Read More
Co-ALE-ition Gold confirmed sale – is this an “I was there magic moment?”
It has taken more than 8 months from the official launch at Langham brewery in early Dec 2013 for Co-ALE-ition Gold to appear in a free house in Howling’s local area. We have got close many times but each time we haves got our hops up we discovered that Co-ALE-ition Gold had been rebranded and sold… Read More