Welcome to the Home page of The Friends of Highgate Brewery. This is about a brewery, ale, history, socialising, pubs, other breweries and raising money for local charities. We try to do all that in Walsall and the surrounding area although we do venture out into the wider world.
Based in the leather town of Walsall in the West Midlands on the edge of the Black Country with memberships from much further afield (Not just in the UK)
Our members appreciate the different ales and varied public houses around Walsall and enjoy the gloriously social aspects of these. Funds are raised, during the social gatherings and via various merchandising items, for donating to charities.
The above snippets are covered in more detail on other pages so we won’t bore you with them just yet.
The Friends of Highgate Brewery (FoHB)
According to chemistry, beer is a solution.
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants to see us happy.
Benjamin Franklin
Bartender: “Can I draw you a beer, Norm?”
“No, I know what they look like. Just pour me one”
Norm Peterson in NBC’s Cheers
Beer is wholesome liquor ….
it abounds with
nourishment
Dr Benjamin Bush
You can never buy beer; you just rent it.
Archie Bunker
CBS’s All in the family
You can’t have a Real Country unless you have a Beer and an airline -
Frank Zappa
Mothers of Invention
Twenty four hours in a day,
Twenty four beers in a crate.
No coincidence, surely?
Cock Ale
Samuel Pepys mentions in his Diary (1663) that he has drunk Cock Ale.
This was a mix of ale with jelly or minced meat of a boiled cock. That’s a male chicken in case you wondered.
"They who drink beer will think beer."
Washington Irving
"There is no such thing as a bad beer. It's that some taste better than others."
Billy Carter
"The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind."
Humphrey Bogart
Beer is the answer.
I don’t remember the question.
Beer has food value but food has no beer value.
There is nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.
John Ciardi
Check out the latest items on the Merchandise page.
Strangely, they aren’t beer.
