Summer Festival & Beer Orders
On Friday 16th August at 7.00 pm
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Our Own Real Ale:It's back!!
MENDLESHAM’S BEST REAL ALE Assumption Edition 2024 Limited edition Mendlesham’s Best is back again. Our 14th limited edition, is being specially brewed by Earl Soham Brewery using locally grown barley, English hops and traditional brewing techniques. It is sold in aid of St Mary’s Mendlesham Church Funds and is absolutely delicious!
You can pre-ordered, ready to collect at the festival Same price as last year, but fewer have been ordered - so first come, first served! Prices: Bottles: £3.50, Box of 12: £40 Payment on collection To order, please complete the form below Parish Ales in historyIn Mediaeval and Tudor Times Parish Ales or Church Ales were important celebrations in many English parishes. Originally instituted to honour the patron saint of the church, these were events held in the south-side churchyard. Home-brewed beer was sold by the churchwardens to offset the maintenance and repairs to the church fabric. At one time many churches had brew-houses in the churchyard, or attached to the church itself. Frances Beaumont (1584-1616) wrote the following verse in ‘Exaltation of Ale’:
‘The churches much owe, as we all do know, |