OId Hookey

The Eagle and the Child is a pub in Oxford where apparently both J.R.R. Tolkien himself and C.S. Lewis used to hang out back in the day, which is as good a reason as any for me to drop in and have a drink. It's an old, old place, established in 1650, and is known unofficially as The Bird and the Baby.

Quick note though: for a place with such strong literary connections, one of the signs on the wall commits a funny grammatical sin--that of the unnecessary quotation mark (pictured below).



So from those quotations we're to believe that some orders are special, and don't take place at the bar. Maybe in the back, where there's dark dealings that go on?

We had some Old Hookey, a great beer in my opinion. It reminded me of Fat Tire: fruity, but with that almost dirty body taste to it just like Fat Tire. Definitely try it if you have a chance.