EASTER HOBBIT - TOLKIEN READING DAY ALE

Why Easter Hobbit? 

Well, Good Friday (Fri 25th Mar) was Tolkien Reading Day! With the popularity of the Lord of The Rings film trilogy firmly influencing the popularity of the books, Tolkien Reading Day was set up with hopes of getting even more people reading and discovering that there is much more to Tolkien than just The Lord Of the Rings. 

Easter Hobbit went out to the following fine ale houses:

The Old Well, Barnard Castle

The Ship, Middlestone Village

The Quakerhouse, Darlington

Glaxo Sports and Social Club

Lartington Hall, Lartington

Darlington Snooker Club

The White Swan, Gilling West

Travellers Rest, Cockerton

The Stanwick, Aldbrough St John

The Four Alls, Ovington 

The Croft Hotel, Croft on Tees

The Milbank Arms, Barningham

Enjoy! (my precious)

DRINK, FECK, GURLS

IF YOU WATCHED 'FATHER TED. YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, AND WHICH GREAT CHARACTER ACTOR IT IS CELEBRATING. IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED 'FATHER TED', I SUGGEST YOU GO AND DO SO.

  

DRINK, FECK, GURLS WENT OUT TO THE FOLLOWING FINE ALE HOUSES:

THE SHIP, MIDDLESTONE VILLAGE

THE QUAKERHOUSE, DARLINGTON

STUMBLE INN, SCARBOROUGH

VOODOO CAFE, DARLINGTON

THE STANWICK, ALDBROUGH ST JOHN

THE GEORGE, PIERCEBRIDGE

THE FOUR ALLS, OVINGTON

ENJOY!

DREAM 16 BOTTOMS UP

I WAS DELIGHTED FOR PETER COCKERILL (FORMER PROPRIETOR OF THE OLD WELL, BARNARD CASTLE)  TO BE SELECTED AS A 'BOTTOM'. 

THIS IS PART OF A CO PRODUCTION BETWEEN THE RSC AND AMATEUR PRODUCTION COMPANIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM'.

PETER AND THE REST OF THE EXCELLENT CASTLE PLAYERS, ARE ON THE NORTHERN STAGE UNTIL THE 25TH MARCH - TRANSFERRING TO THE RSC THEATRE IN JUNE THIS YEAR.

MITHRIL ALES (ME) HAVE BEEN REALLY LUCKY TO KNOW PETER OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS AS THE PROPRIETOR OF THE OLD WELL  -  I WISH HIM ALL THE BEST AS HE NOW PURSUES AN ACTING CAREER!  

THERE ARE SOME EXCELLENT REVIEWS OF THE PLAY ON THE CASTLE PLAYERS FACEBOOK PAGE.

https://www.facebook.com/castleplayers/?fref=ts

THIS SPECIAL ALE, WENT OUT TO THE OLD WELL INN AND ALSO GLAXO SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB IN BARNARD CASTLE.  

WE CAN BE HEROES - FINAL SIX NATIONS ALE

THIS ALE WENT OUT TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT I ALWAYS HAD FAITH THAT ENGLAND WAS GOING TO COME OUT WITH BOTH THE TRIPLE CROWN AND GRAND SLAM! 

WE CAN BE HEROES WENT OUT TO THE FOLLOWING FINE ALE HOUSES:

THE OLD WELL, BARNARD CASTLE 

THE SHIP, MIDDLESTONE VILLAGE

THE QUAKERHOUSE, DARLINGTON

GLAXO SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB, BARNARD CASTLE

CAFE 1618, MIDDLETON IN TEESDALE

GEORGE AND DRAGON, HUDSWELL

THE WHITE SWAN, GILLING WEST

TAPAS BAR, DARLINGTON

THE FOUR ALLS, OVINGTON

THE STANWICK INN, ALDBROUGH ST JOHN

GEORGE AND DRAGON, BOLDRON

WELL DONE ENGLAND!!!

  

   

JONAH LOMU - DARLINGTON RFC COMPETITION ALE

THIS WAS NAMED AS PART OF A COMPETITION RUN BY DARLINGTON RFC FOR THEIR RECENT BEER FESTIVAL.

WELL DONE TO MARTIN DIGNAM WHO CAME UP WITH THE WINNING NAME!  COULDN'T HAVE CHOSEN A BETTER PERSON TO NAME A BEER AFTER.

JONAH LOMU WENT OUT TO THE FOLLOWING FINE ALES HOUSES AND CLUBS!

DARLINGTON RFC

THE OLD WELL, BARNARD CASTLE

THE SHIP, MIDDLESTONE VILLAGE

THE QUAKERHOUSE, DARLINGTON

GLAXO SPORTS AND SOCIAL CLUB, BARNARD CASTLE

THE STANWICK, ALDBROUGH ST JOHN

DARLINGTON SNOOKER CLUB

THE FOUR ALLS, OVINGTON

ENJOYED!