Olympic-link stout is delivered on horse-drawn carriage

Thursday 26th January 2012, 10:59AM GMT.

Drayman Steve Ledsham, groom Gemma Mackie, Tim Breeze and horses Oliver and Casey deliver the first barrels of Ironbridge Brewery’s oak-aged Wenlock Stout to the Old Fighting Cocks pub in Oakengates

A limited edition stout created to mark the London 2012 Olympics has been named after a Shropshire town with historical links to the games.

Punters were stopped in their tracks yesterday when the first casks of Wenlock Stout, named after Much Wenlock, were delivered to a pub in Telford.

The casks arrived on a horse-drawn carriage with drayman Steve Ledsham at the reigns with groom Gemma Mackie, both from Blists Hill Victorian Town, and Tim Breeze, from Arrons Shires of Buildwas, at The Old Fighting Cocks in Market Street, Oakengates.

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As the UK gets set for the Olympics, the brewers behind for Wenlock Stout hope it will top the podium as number one choice for real ale drinkers.

There is a limited release of the oak-aged version of Wenlock Stout which can be only enjoyed at The Old Fighting Cocks. David Goldingay, licensee, said: “Everything has been done in the traditional way, with the ale being oak-aged and then delivered up in traditional oak casks, which have been made by the master cooper Alistair Simms.

“It provided quite a spectacle and is a fitting tribute to an ale named in honour of the home of the modern Olympics, as we go into Olympic year in the UK.”

The Old Fighting Cocks is also home to the UK’s smallest pub cinema. Its silver screen experience was unveiled last year after the licensee decided to transform the unused function room into a cinema.

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