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Elgood's 
Industry Alcoholic beverage Founded 1795 Headquarters Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, UK Products Beer Owner(s) Elgood family Website http://www.elgoods-brewery.co.uk Elgood's is a family regional brewery in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, UK. The North Brink Brewery was established in 1795, and was purchased by the Elgood family in 1878.[1]
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History
The brewery is located on the north-west bank of the River Nene, west of Wisbech's town centre. The brewery has operated since the late 18th century. Bought by the Elgood family in the late 19th century, the building on the site was renovated at the time of its purchase in the Georgian style, most of which is still used today.
During the First World War the brewery was fire-bombed by a Zeppelin, and the shell of the bomb can still be viewed in the brewery museum. During the Second World War some of the metal vats and tuns were melted down, but the brewery retained its 17th century Eagle Foundry (Wisbech) Liquor vat.
In the brewery gardens there is a landscaped mound (on top of which stands "Brewery House"). This mound is the outside of the original cold store for the beer. During the First and Second World Wars the cellar doubled as an air-raid shelter. Today the cellar is unused, but the entrance is still visible from the current cold store.
Products
- Cambridge - 2006 CAMRA Gold Award for bitter
- Black Dog - 2006 CAMRA Silver Award for mild
- Greyhound
- Golden Newt
- Pageant
- FeElgood
- The FeElgood Factor - Chocolate flavoured, no longer in production
- Indian Summer
- Wenceslas Winter Warmer
- Double Swan - Proceeds from Double Swan are donated to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) reserve in Welney
- Windsor Knot - A special brew run to celebrate the royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton [2]
Flag Porter
Flag Porter is based on a traditional 19th century British recipe using yeast that was salvaged from containers or barrels in a ship that sank in the English Channel in 1825.
In 1988, several bottles of the brew were obtained from the sunken ship in the Channel. They were still in their original containers, with their wood stoppers and wax seals intact. When opened, the beer were said to taste like wet boots according to renowned brewer and microbiologist, Dr Keith Thomas.
Upon examining the beer under a microscope, he found a small percentage of the yeast was still alive. He spend months growing this yeast and brewed a porter using an 1850 recipe.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "Elgood & Sons Ltd". www.elgoods-brewery.co.uk. http://www.elgoods-brewery.co.uk/site/?page_id=15. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-12524431
- ^ http://www.ratebeer.com/brewers/elgoods/703/
- ^ “The Brew Site: Original Flag Porter” 29 August 2008
External links
Categories:- Beer and breweries in England
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