Best Ale and the Orwell

[paul salliss]

I am typing this from the Orwell,

So you may recall that I was taking a trip out today to do a reccy of the Orwell , think I have made my choice re marina, I am typing this from the Butt & Oyster, drinking a pint of Ghost Ship by Adnams, a fantastic creation!! One of the best Ales for a long time this one

 

[Greg2]

I am typing this from the Orwell,

So you may recall that I was taking a trip out today to do a reccy of the Orwell , think I have made my choice re marina, I am typing this from the Butt & Oyster, drinking a pint of Ghost Ship by Adnams, a fantastic creation!! One of the best Ales for a long time this one

Indeed it is.....and where better to drink it than at the Butt and Oyster!!
If you are going for Woolverstone there is a very pleasant footpath from the marina to the Butt ad Oyster....takes about 20 minutes at a leisurely stroll

 

[Dick Atcherley]

The Butt and Oyster is a wonderful pub, in a very special place. In the 1960's, before children were allowed in pubs, I remember spending many happy hours as a child relegated with a bottle of coke and a packet of crisps to playing in the mud outside, amongst the wreckage of Thames sailing barges that had come there to die, whilst the grown-ups got sloshed inside.
The alternative was to sit in the "smoking room", which really was bloody smokey. The landlord used to be a lame man with a handle-bar moustache called Pat Watts - who hated the sea and yachties in particular. If you have a look at the Arthur Ransome book "We didn't mean to go to sea", the B&O features in some of the illustrations.

 

[aquapower]

Indeed it is.....and where better to drink it than at the Butt and Oyster!!
If you are going for Woolverstone there is a very pleasant footpath from the marina to the Butt ad Oyster....takes about 20 minutes at a leisurely stroll

That was one of the things that helped me decide on Woolverstone, am looking forward to walking to the Butt & Oyster, hope the dog remembers the way back! We tried to get in there for Sunday lunch when we went for a look round in September but couldn't get near the place.

 

[paul salliss]

Not many proper places like that unless you know where to go or just make a lucky stumble across one, one of the best I have been in for a long time

Can you buy Ghost Ship in a bottle

 

[sailorman]

Not many proper places like that unless you know where to go or just make a lucky stumble across one, one of the best I have been in for a long time

Can you buy Ghost Ship in a bottle

check Adnams website

 

[aquapower]

Not many proper places like that unless you know where to go or just make a lucky stumble across one, one of the best I have been in for a long time

Can you buy Ghost Ship in a bottle

Yes you can, Adnams brewery not far from the Orwell, one of the places on my list to visit.

 

[Tradewinds]

check Adnams website

Indeed there may be a store near you (or not)
http://cellarandkitchen.adnams.co.uk/page/our-stores

or buy online
http://cellarandkitchen.adnams.co.u...s/adnams-ghost-ship-8-x-500ml-bottles-45-abv?

you can even buy Ghost Ship mugs for your daily cuppa. :encouragement:
http://cellarandkitchen.adnams.co.u...kitchenware/adnams-ghost-ship-mug-box-of-six?

 

[sailorman]

Yes you can, Adnams brewery not far from the Orwell, one of the places on my list to visit.

You will then discover the most expensive Adnams in Suffolk :disgust:

 

[Tradewinds]

You will then discover the most expensive Adnams in Suffolk :disgust:

If you're talking about the Nellie in Southwold - that's where the Chairman drinks

 

[paul salliss]

Yes you can, Adnams brewery not far from the Orwell, one of the places on my list to visit.

Yes the site says a full tour is £12 and includes a pint of your choice and a beer tasting!!!!

 

[sailorman]

If you're talking about the Nellie in Southwold - that's where the Chairman drinks

All Adnams products are more £s in Southwold than anywhere else in England