April 5th Hop Monday

There will be much to celebrate over Easter this year when The Old Cannon Brewery in Bury St Edmunds joins many of the nation’s best pubs next week in raising a glass to real ale and toasting everything that’s brilliant about beer. National Cask Ale Week – March 29th – 5th April – celebrates all that’s good the UK’s national drink.

A new brew ‘Brass Monkey’ (4.6% abv) will be officially launched during the Week. Head Brewer Joe Kennedy describes the new beer as “A UK twist on the well hopped blonde American IPA” and was inspired to brew it with encouragement from his friend, Wesley Davis, a Captain serving over here with the USAF. This new brew fits neatly between the Old Cannon’s Best Bitter at 3.8% and Gunner’s Daughter 5.5%.

As well as the new addition of Brass Monkey to the Old Cannon’s own hand pumps, a ‘rolling’ beer festival will be a feature of the Week with popular guest ales from the following breweries: Timothy Taylor, Woodfordes, Milton Brewery, Dark Star, Hopback, Oakham, Crouch Vale and Mill Green.

Over Easter Saturday and Sunday the Old Cannon is offering ‘Micro Brewery Tours’ at 11.30 and 3pm each day. At £3 per head, tours are strictly limited in numbers and must be pre-booked on 01284 768769. The price will include a pint of OCB ale. If bookers wish to stay on for lunch or take lunch before the 3pm tour then booking is also advisable.