24 Nov '05

You don't have to put up with tinned or bottled beer this Christmas.  ESB can sell you a demi-pin from £24.42!

6 Nov '05

If you telephone the brewery these day you're likely to speak to Carol.

24 Sep '05

Sadly The Station has lost two bar maids.  Rose went the week before last with her boyfriend who is studying for a MSc, in Liverpool we think we heard.  Lorna, on the right, moved to Ipswich this week, my brother in law gets a nose bleed when he goes to Ipswich.  Lorna will still be behind a bar part time but now at The Old Rep.

17 Aug '05

Under the canopy that Julian erected at the side of the brew house the barrel washer has doubled its capacity to now wash two barrels at a time.

5 Aug '05

The Brewer is looking to share joint custody of The Dray with a suitable carer.

27 Jul '05

David Reed has joined ESB for the summer and a giant green box has appeared at back of the brewery. Apparently it's the malt store and malt is fed into the brewery through a hole in the wall.

16 Jul '05

That field of Scottish Beaver barley being grown for us is almost ready for harvest.   Victor reckons it should yield about 18 tons which will be enough to keep ESB going for anywhere between six months and a year depending on circumstances.  Once harvested the barley will be stored in a giant bin for some six weeks to get over its dormancy before going to the maltster.

24 Jun '05

Hopefully you remember Lucy being a very pleasant presence behind The Station bar last year?  And that she went off to be a ski chalet hostess in the French Alps?  Well she was back briefly, looking very brown, and about to fly to Gibraltar to be a stewardess on a yacht sailing to the Caribbean.

6 Jun '05

Remember that lovely pic of Victor Scott and his dogs in a field of barley being grown specially for ESB? The Scottish Beaver barley has now grown sufficiently that Victor and Tracy couldn't recreate the original pic because the barley is taller than the dogs!

31 May '05

The Framlingham Gala (or Gayla as it's pronounced locally) passed The Station and the undoubted stars were the Suffolk Samba School.  Irritated the police though, by not keeping up with others, an interesting view law enforcement has of fun.

26 Apr '05

At the prompting of Clare Sanders the Earl Soham parish priest ESB are brewing a Pentecost Ale.  Traditionally Pentecost Ales are strong and fruity.  ESB are retaining the fruit but going for a more modest 4% beer with a red glow.  To commemorate the restoration of Pentecost in 1603 by Charles II the pump badge spells Earl Soham the old Suffolk way.

17 Apr '05

ESB beers are now available as a guest beer at The Rumburgh Buck near Halesworth.  A very pleasant free house with good beer and honest food.  The landlords have kept the two bars, a number of rooms and panelled ceilings.

19 Feb '05

Today is the 30th anniversary of Iceland breaking off diplomatic relations with the UK during the "Cod Wars".

13 Feb '05

ESB's new St Valentine's beer Jolly Roger premiered at the Ipswich Winter Beer Festival Friday.  Open till 4pm today if you want to rush down there.

12 Jan '05

Local farmer Victor Scott is growing a field of barley especially for ESB.  Here he is in the very field, on Christmas Day accompanied by Pipkin and Dotty.

6 Jan '05

Happy New Year and The Station gets it's own What's New page.