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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nCertain figures from history tend to get more coverage than others. Monarchs tend to be popular. Queen Victoria\u2019s eventful 63 year reign has inspired a number of pub names and beers, including Weatheroak\u2019s Victoria Works (4.3% ABV), Earl Soham\u2019s Victoria Bitter (3.6% ABV), Fuller\u2019s Drina (4.2% ABV), Heritage Brewing Co\u2019s Victoria Pale Ale (3.5% ABV) and Newtown\u2019s Empress of India (6.1% ABV). Horatio Nelson is another common example for both pubs and beers, including Woodforde\u2019s Nelson\u2019s Revenge (4.5% ABV), Shepherd Neame\u2019s Tapping the Admiral (4% ABV) and Bateman\u2019s Victory Ale (6% ABV), named after his flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar. Former prime ministers have also been namechecked, most notably Winston Churchill who has been referenced in the likes of Churchill HPA (4.5% ABV) from Oxfordshire Ales, Greene King\u2019s Churchill IPA (4.6% ABV), Rebellion\u2019s Finest Hour (4.2% ABV), Brewhouse & Kitchen\u2019s Churchill\u2019s Fall (3.6% ABV) and Westerham\u2019s British Bulldog (4.1% ABV), brewed near his former residence at Chartwell. When it comes to the arts, William Shakespeare appears frequently, featuring in the likes of Warwickshire Beer Co\u2019s Shakespeare\u2019s County (5% ABV), the Globe Shakespeare\u2019s Ale (4.2% ABV) and Shakespeare\u2019s IPA (6% ABV) from the North Cotswold Brewing Co. The Shakespeare Brewing Company, based in Stretton on Fosse, near Shakespeare\u2019s hometown, has named their entire range after the bard\u2019s plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although there are many examples of historical beers out there and certain figures tend to take the spotlight, intriguingly, only a handful of these beers appear as a regular part of the breweries\u2019 core range. The majority have featured either as seasonal releases such as Tring\u2019s Bring Me Sunshine (4.2% ABV), inspired by famous Harpenden resident Eric Morecambe, or one-off releases like Greene King\u2019s Bo66y (4.2% ABV), released in 2016 to mark the 50th anniversary of England winning the World Cup and, in particular, celebrate the efforts of the team\u2019s captain Bobby Moore. The UK is not alone in this field. Breweries from all around the world, including the US, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and even the Netherlands, have released beers that have commemorated historical individuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This area tends to be a niche one but, whenever one finds a bottle or a pump clip that bears the likeliness of a famous individual, this often tends to inspire the interest of anyone with a penchant for history. Over the years there have been dozens of beers named after or inspired by notable historical individuals, including monarchs, scientists, authors, inventors, politicians, industrialists, entertainers and military heroes. Popular ones… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4636,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4633\/revisions\/4636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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