Howling gets the Lions’s roar of approval at Fleet Ale Festival
Alan “Howling Laud” Hope was the special VIP guest at the annual Fleet Lions Ale Festival on Saturday (9th August) which was held at the Harlington Centre in Fleet. Alan affectionately refers to the Harlington Centre as his personal gym and office as he visits this building regularly in his capacity as a Fleet Town Councillor. There were… Read More
Baron Von Thunderclap downs Monster Mash
A delighted Baron and his father Norman, who is one of the newest members of the OMRLP, taking delivery of their cases of Monster Mash bottles in West Sussex. 71 cases (852 bottles) of Monster Mash have now been sold in just three weeks since the official launch. There are now only 12 cases (144 bottles) left and we are confident we… Read More
Boris standing for election
It has been confirmed by Boris Johnson that he is going to stand at the next general election, and is looking for a constituency. Although David Cameroon is said to be pleased that Boris is standing, it is well known that Boris and he don’t always see eye to eye, and indeed Boris may be… Read More
Fleet Lions are Sailing to another Roaring Success
One of the highlights of the Fleet calendar returns once again on Sat 9th August and for the second year running it will take place at the Harlington Centre In Fleet which is very handily placed in the Town Centre. Fleet Station is a 15 minute walk away and local buses stop very near to the… Read More
Monster Mash in a bottle has now been officially launched – 25th July 2014.
The official launch event and final tasting took place at the Mash brewery in East Stratton, Hampshire on Friday 25th July. The first batch of 15 cases (180 bottles) of Monster Mash were put on sale at the special promotion price of £2 each or £19.95 for a case of 12 bottles. Deliveries started on… Read More
Tour de ospital’
I was sitting at the traffic lights, listening to a radio program about the increase in Cyclists getting knocked down, whilst watching a cyclist ignore the red light and cycle straight through it. It reminded me of a policy from the 2001 manicfesto. “Quote” Councils and Government spend hundreds of thousands of pounds building Cycle routes… Read More
Co-ALE-ition 1st Year Anniversary Party, Wed 27th August 2014
I often think back to 17th & 18th September 2013 when we launched our very first Co-ALE-ition ale “Winning Co-ALE-ition” at the Longdog brewery in Basingstoke followed by the event at the Prince Arthur in Fleet when over 300 people attended. I could never have envisaged that we would be here now with 6 different… Read More
Co-ALE-ition highlights and achievements (Top 20 only)
In less than a year since the first Co-ALE-ition ale was launched back on 17/18 August 2013, all of the following milestones have been achieved. 1. Over 20,000 pints of Co-ALE-ition have now been sold. 2. Co-ALE-ition ales together with the pumpclips have already appeared in 100 different pubs across 8 counties and in Central… Read More
Howling to open Ale Festival at Hartley Wintney nest Friday (18th July)
The 5th Annual Ale Festival, and the best so far, takes place at Hartley Wintney Football Club on Green Lane, Hartley Wintney RG27 8DL, from Friday 18th July to Sunday 20th July. A donation from the proceeds of this Ale Festival will be made to the Testicular Cancer Charity. There are 20 real ales available… Read More
Presentation to The Waggon and Horses pub in Hartley Wintney
The first ever Co-ALE-ition signed and framed certificate (designed by Chinners) was presented to Niall Scott (Landlord of the Waggon and Horses pub in Hartley Wintney) on Saturday 5th July 2014. This presentation was originally scheduled to take place on Thursday 3rd July when we went to the Waggon and Horses as part of the… Read More