Favourite Nautical related tipple.

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From Wantsum Brewery Ltd., St Nicholas At Wade, Kent comes Preussen Pilsner.

The Preussen was a German steel-hulled, five-masted, ship-rigged sailing ship built in 1902 for the F. Laeisz shipping company and named after the German state and kingdom of Prussia. It was the world's only ship of this class with five masts carrying six square sails on each mast.

Until the 2000 launch of Royal Clipper, a sail cruise liner, she was the only five-masted full-rigged ship ever built.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preussen_(ship)

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Also from the Wantsum Brewery comes Montgomery, an American Hopped IPA named after the S.S. Richard Montgomery, which sank off Sheerness during WW2 whilst full of explosives and the Coastguard monitor the wreck even now.

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Today the Wantsum Brewery's Black Pig - a smooth dark Russian porter. The 'Black Pig' named is not the ship belonging to a famous cartoon pirate but it is a nickname for the Spanish Armada, whose wreckage was washed up on the coast near Deal after they were sunk by the English fleet and weather.

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I did not know that Dave. Thanks for the info. You can teach an old pig new tricks.
Rob.

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Today from Wantsum Brewery Dynamo light golden ale. Dynamo was the codename for the operation to evacuate troops from Dunkirk.

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Then this must be the seadog who put the troops back in Europe then Dave.
Even if the Vikings did not really have horns on their helmets.

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Part of the reason for the success of Operation Overlord was Operation Fortitude - all the tricks played to convince the Germans that the landing would be in the Pas de Calais. Wantsum Brewery produce a best bitter called Fortitude.

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Something a sailor would usually rather not meet - Transatlantic Fog, but this one is a hazy IPA.

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From the Amsterdam Brewing Company comes Tempest Imperial stout.

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With the Christmas season upon us and the winds theme still going strong I will introduce you to a new brew from a fairly new brewery, The Navigation in Nottingham. Over the Christmas period a lot of shipmates here will get.......

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The Tempest is a line of sour and barrel-aged beers from Fat Bottom Brewing of Nashville, Tennessee. Each beer is inspired by a history making woman. One named 'The Admiral' is inspired by U.S. Navy Admiral "Amazing Grace" Hopper the computer pioneer.





https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

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From the Gypsy Hill Brewing company of London comes Wooden Ships English IPA.

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Here is on specially for Christmas.



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Tiptree Christmas Pudding Rum Punch Liqueur.

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This thread has had over half a million views!!!

From the Gypsy Hill Brewing company of London come Filungar Kvik IPA. A filungar was a Viking boatbuilder.

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Still three sheets. Well it is Christmas.

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Merry Christmas to all!
Both my girls came up with the same thoughtful gift idea for dear old dad. Nautical themed decanters with glasses. Fortunately they are enough differuent that they compliment rather than duplicate. I set them up in my hobby room.



https://volsminiatures.blogspot.com/...s-all.html?m=1

(Not sure if this is the right place to post this. Please feel free to delete or move it Rob if it isn't)

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What beautiful gifts Vol. As it is Christmas and those are Favoutite Tipple related I will leave them there for Dave to see, in case he missed them because he only posted a bare minute after you added them to the thread.
Rob.

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Gypsy Hill Brewing also produce Grom Session IPA. Apparently in 'surfer speak' a Grom is an enthusiastic young surfer usually under the age of 15.

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Wayfarer session wheat pale ale.

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This thread has passed half a million Views!!!!! Thank you everyone, who has taken part.

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And we did it before the end of the year Dave. Thanks for your support and well done.
Rob.

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Today, Amity a New England style IPA.



Amity Island is a fictional island located off the coast of New England, and is the main setting of the Jaws franchise. The island is known for its clean air, beautiful white sand beaches, and many of its local fishermen. The island is also infamous for its series of horrifying and fatal shark attacks.

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In August 2018 the Padstow Brewing Company produced Lifeboat Lager. Ten pence from each pint sold was donated to the Royal national Lifeboat Institution.

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In 2016 the Gower Brewery in Swansea, South Wales brewed Janet 1916 to commemorate the Port Eynon Lifeboat disaster .

On New Year’s Day 1916 the Port Eynon lifeboat, Janet, launched at 11.45am to the aid of the SS Dunvegan which was in difficulties in Oxwich Bay. The storm force conditions were described as the worst in living memory. On completion of the service, the Janet attempted to return to Port Eynon but huge waves capsized her twice and three crew were lost, Coxswain William (Billy) Gibbs, second coxswain William Eynon and George Harry.



With their oars and mast gone, the then survivors drifted through the night until making shore in Mumbles at daybreak, after more than twenty hours at sea in atrocious conditions.

A memorial statue of a lifeboat man was placed outside St Cattwg’s Church in Port Eynon, as a tribute to the brave three. It remains standing there 100 years on, its gaze forever searching seaward.



Crew of the Janet on January 1st 1916:

Coxswain William (Billy) Gibbs, 2nd Coxswain William Eynon, George Harry Capt. George Eynon, William Harris, William Grove Snr, William Grove Jnr, Onslow Grove John Jenkins, James Jenkins, Leonard Jenkins, William Howell, John (Jack) Moirris.

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From the Ringwood Brewery of Ringwood, Hampshire comes Lifeboat Ale.

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Cousin Jack Cornish Amber Pale Ale was brewed by St Austell Brewery, Cornwall to raise money for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Five pence would be donated to the R.N.L.I. for each pint sold. The man pictured is rising Rugby Union star Jack Nowell, who became St Austell Brewery’s Charitable trust ambassador. Jack's dad is a trawlerman in Penlee, Cornwall, who has always had close links with the local lifeboat crew, so Jack grew up with the charity.

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A very good cause to support Dave.
Rob.

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The St. Andrew's Brewing Company of St. Andrew's, Scotland produces a golden ale called Above and Beyond to assist the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

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From the Padstow Brewery near Plymouth comes Padstow Windjammer copper ale.

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The Padstow Brewery produced Lobster Tale, a wheat beer developed for the National Lobster Hatchery - a charity based in Padstow. Ten pence from each sale is donaterd to help conserve vulnerable lobster populations.

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Still in the Shallow End - a small beer from the Padstow Brewery.

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