Sunday, March 16, 2008

Beering up for promotion

Bull's fans with an interest in hop-based fluids will recall that the Wye Valley brewery produced special commemorative ale, "Bulls Up", following the teams' success at the Crisp Packet Stadium in Leicester.

Bulls News was naturally interested to hear if any similar plans were to be expected should a further promotion be achieved this season. Yesterday's win against Wycombe was, therefore, sufficient to prompt an enforced visit to The Barrels after the game where Wye Valley supremo Peter Amor was found "holding court" at the bar. Peter, the former Guinness brewer who founded Wye Valley in 1985, was able to confirm that there was "a severe possibility" that another brew would be produced with the likely name of "Bulls Up Again".

Wye Valley currently own two Pubs in The Shire, The Barrels in Hereford and The Rose and Lion in Bromyard, and have won the Camra Pub Of The Year no less than six times in the last fifteen years.

Finally, The Barrels was, unsurprisingly, well populated by enthusiastic Bulls fans including one who had travelled down to the match from Scotland and another who had flown from the United States.