Summer Festival & Beer Orders
Summer Festival + Beer Orders
Friday 16th August - 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, has been specially brewed by Earl Soham Brewery using locally grown barley, English hops and traditional brewing techniques. It is being sold in aid of St Mary’s Mendlesham Church Funds
Many have been pre-ordered and more was drunk at the festival and there are just a few boxes left - so first come, first served! Prices: Bottles: £3.50, Box of 12: £40 Payment on collection To order, please complete the form below ** If you have ordered beer and have not heard from us, please contact via this link. While we have received several orders, we have no record of the orders for 2 people who believed their order had gone through and there may possibly be others..**
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, |