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The Beer A copper coloured premium bitter, brewed to 4.5% abv. A careful blend of malted barleys is combined with the finest English bittering hops, and rounded off with the delightfully rich flavours of the North American hop Amarillo. The resulting beer has a forceful but nonetheless polite bitterness, backed up by a characterful intense fruity hoppiness. A beer that is strongly flavoured yet remaining highly drinkable.
In 2008 92 Squadron won the prestigious
Tesco Drinks Awards in the Regional Beer (East) Category, on it's first
(and indeed only) entry. |
The Name The
92 Squadron behind the beer name is a Steam Locomotive built in 1948, to a
design by Oliver Bullied, who was one of the last designers of Steam
Locomotives in the UK - and also one of the best - and one of the most
experimental. The engine herself was one of a class of lightweight
but powerful express passenger locomotives that ran across the south of
England, reaching as far as North Cornwall & Devon. They were named
after selected RAF squadrons and personnel of World War 2, and were
commonly known as the 'Battle Of Britain' class. 92 Squadron herself
was withdrawn from service and (fatefully) sent to a scrapyard in South
Wales, where along with dozens of other steam locomotives, she was left
untouched whilst the yard scrapped smaller items of railway stock.
As a result she was rescued (as were nearly all the other locomotives left
there) and after many years of hard work she returned to steam in 1998.
She is currently (mostly) residing on the Nene Valley Railway nr
Peterborough, where she is in the early stages of a thorough overhaul, due
to be completed around 2013/14. As of April 2011 she has been
stripped down into her component parts, which are all being worked on at
various sites.The original 92 Squadron is of course an RAF Squadron, first formed in 1917 at London Colney airfield, here in Hertfordshire (all things are connected...!). A full history can be found here, courtesy of Wikipedia. The 92 Squadron Steam Locomotive website . |
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