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Morland Old Speckled Hen (Cask - 5.2%)

Greene King Brewery
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Beer style: Bitter - Premium / Strong / Extra Special (ESB)
Ref: ratebeer.com Mar2024

Common descriptors are
Cask: Regular until retired in 2006.
Ingredients: Pipkin pale malt; Crystal Malt; brewers sugar; Bittering hops: Challenger; Aroma hops: Goldings and Challenger; Morland yeast.
First brewed in 1979 by Morland Brewery to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the brewery’s MG car - the mud splattered Ol’ Speckled ’Un. Brewed since 1999 by Greene King following the take-over. Brewing discontinued in Aug 2006. Replaced by 4.5% Old Speckled Hen.