What’s in a strange beer name?
Wychwood, the small brewery responsible for this gem, draws its inspiration from the fantasy and mythical geography of the UK. So, while it is a catchy sounding and strange beer name, Fiddler’s Elbow is also a small village in Wales. Number 9 Old Speckled Hen This wildly popular English ale is proof that you don’t need a GDP-like marketing budget or a stodgy name like “Newcastle” to be the highest-selling premium bottled beer in the UK. Beer aficionados marvel at its combination of sweet and bitter flavors, which is something made possible by the special strain of yeast that has been used exclusively by brewers since 1896. What’s in a strange beer name? The raging drunks that used to build MG automobiles back in the day used one particular MG to ferry around the factory. They referred to this venerable, rust-spotted vehicle as “The owld speckled ‘un.” On the 50th anniversary of the car, the tongue-in-cheek brewmasters celebrated by creating a beer with the slightly more marketable name
