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Product code: petrol_head_arkells
Introducing Petrol head, a 4.2% black stout, presented in a case of 12 x 500ml bottles. This exceptional beer is crafted by the historic and multi award winning brewery Arkell's. It's a full-bodied stout, where the brewers have blended 6 different malt varieties to create the grist for a moreish, smooth, creamy taste and finish. Recently reviewed by the lovely Simon over on the Real Ale Craft Beer YouTube channel here
Arkell’s Brewery have created a limited-edition beer to mark the centenary of M.G. New beer ‘Petrol Head’ is a 4.5% ABV pale beer brewed using traditional Norwegian Kveik yeast which adds a unique orangy flavour to the beer. In 1923 brewery ancestor, Oliver Arkell was the first person documented to purchase an M.G – a Raworth-bodied M.G. Super Sports model, hence Arkell’s have brewed this commemorative beer to celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of M.G. in 2023.
Only six Raworth-bodied M.G.s were made and sadly, none of these 1923 models are known to have survived, but within the archives of The Early M.G. Society, there are many period photos of some of the cars and they even have registration dates and numbers along with the ‘Client Copy’ and a copy of the ‘Works Copy’ of Oliver Arkell’s order.
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