By admin, on August 17th, 2010
A bit of a private rant —
Someone came into the Old Fighting Cocks the other day with a box of eggs they’d purchased in a pub in town (not ours!). We’ve got hens ourselves and we totally deplore the inhumane conditions that a lot of hens are kept in, just to produce cheap eggs. Armed with . . . → Read More: Where do those eggs come from?
By admin, on July 21st, 2010
The online beer sales will be back up and running soon for mini casks only. We’re getting the logistics in place and then we’ll open the doors to our internet shop . . . → Read More: Online beer sales
By admin, on July 14th, 2010
We’re always interested in doing swaps with other micros. Call Dave on . . . → Read More: Beer swaps
By admin, on July 11th, 2010
We’re moving to a new website management package. It will be a lot easier for us to keep updated so there’s no excuse for old content now Dave! We’ll also be making the whole site mobile friendly and incorporating live feeds from the pub showing what beers are on and what’s coming up. There’s a few . . . → Read More: New website
By admin, on July 9th, 2010
Ironbrewer’s Steam is going to be available at The Great British Beer Festival at Earl’s Court from 3rd to 7th . . . → Read More: Our beer at GBBF
By admin, on June 13th, 2010
Keep up to date on news at The Old Fighting Cocks via Twitter. Follow F1ghtingCocks. (Note that it’s a 1 after . . . → Read More: The pub is on Twitter
By admin, on June 13th, 2010
We’ve now got 5 litre mini-casks of real ale available from the brewery or from the pub. These little beauties hold 8 1/2 pints of real ale. They need to be allowed to settle for 24 hours before you can enjoy the beer but it’s worth the wait. Real ale at home at £2 a pint.
We . . . → Read More: Real ale at home
By admin, on May 18th, 2010
The Old Fighting Cocks has been open 9 weeks and we’re really pleased with the response. The “Bring Your Own Food” is quite popular but more importantly the real ales are flying out! We’ve currently got 8 handpulls and plan to commission another two soon. Currently we’ve got 7 real ales and a real cider permanently . . . → Read More: Pub news
By admin, on March 5th, 2010
The Old Fighting Cocks in Oakengates is due to open its doors at 11:00 am on Monday, March the 15th. We’ve got nearly everything sorted and we’re now looking for one or two additional bar staff. If you would like to find out more please call the brewery on . . . → Read More: Bar Staff Required
By admin, on February 15th, 2010
Work is progressing really nicely on The Old Fighting Cocks; restoring the pub to its Victorian splendour. It looks like we’re on target to open the doors on Monday March 15th. That’s just 4 weeks from today!
We’re brewing a new beer to mark the reopening of the pub. We’ve managed to get access to brewing archives . . . → Read More: Latest pub news