Fullers Brewery

Bob's friends are in town, and he took some vacation to play with them.  I guess now I know the things he really wanted to do all along, as I wouldn't have picked the tour as an exciting event, but at the end of the day it was a good time. 

Fuller's was founded in 1845 at the Griffin Brewery in Chiswick.  Beer has been brewed on the site of the Brewery for over 350 years. The partnership of Fuller, Smith & Turner was formed in 1845 by John Bird Fuller, Henry Smith and John Turner, whose families are still involved in the business today.  You will probably only see Fuller’s best known beers London Pride, and ESB.  Fullers now owns and operates 363 pubs throughout the UK as well.

Our tour went all through the brewery, and got to see the whole process from start to finish.  They were even brewing London Pride while we were there.

 They said that they were brewing enough beer that day that I could drink 3 pints a day for my life and not finish it all off.  Bob looked like he wanted to jump into it and try to drink it all while we were there.

There wasn't much that was really cool in the brewery, and there was no question everyone was waiting for the big finish in the tasting room.

We finished the tour, of the brewery with a tour of all of their beers.  8 different cask ales (not carbinated, you have to 'pump' the barrel) 1 beer in a keg and another only bottled.  They were not shy in their pours either.  Needless to say, things got a bit more fun during the tasting.

If you see these two behind the bar.......run!!!!

If you ever make it to the UK and end up in a Fullers pub then I suggest the Red Fox, everyone else seemed to be a fan of the Bengal Lancer.  By the end of the tour everything tasted pretty good through. 

We saw this on the way home, clearly living right next to the sidewalk close to a dog park has ites disadvantages.