Piston Broke
Piston Broke
A fine full bodied deep golden ale with a refreshingly hoppy palate.
The atmospheric system Isambard Kingdom Brunel chose for the South Devon Railway line was not a success. To propel the train, pistons were forced along a pipe sealed by leather valves.
The leather proved to be fatally vulnerable - to damp, to cold weather and, so the story goes, to being gnawed by rats. History fails to record if Brunel consoled himself with a beer like this one when the atmospheric system finally hit the buffers in September 1848.
AWARD WINNING BEER:
Taste Of The West 2012 - Gold Award
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