TOM LONG
3.8% ABV
Silver at SIBA National Beer Competition, Champion Bitters (up to 4.0%)
Amber session beer with spicy citrus aroma. Good body for low ABV.
Tom Long, 3.8% is an amber coloured bitter with a spicy citrus aroma. This beer won Overall Champion for the West of England and Wales, 2008 in the Society of Independent Brewers Awards.
Highwayman
Tom Long is named after a mythical highwayman hung at Tom Longs Post on Minchinhampton Common, near Stroud.
Another derivation of the name is found in the Canting Dictionary [thieving slang], 1736. This is a collection of words and terms, both ancient and modern, used by Beggars, Gypsies, Cheats, House-Breakers, Shop-Lifters, Foot-Pads and Highway-Men.
TOM-Long, tedious; as Come by Tom Long the Carrier; of what is very long a coming.
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