Old Speckled Hen a 6.5% abv ale, Old Golden Hen, a golden coloured 4.1% beer, and Old Hoppy Hen, a 4.2% abv pale ale. Old Speckled Hen took its name from an MG car which was used as a runaround for workers in the MG factory. Over years of service, the car became covered in flecks of paint, gaining it acclaim in the town and earned it the nickname "Owld Speckled 'Un", translated by Ian Williams the personnel officer at the Abingdon factory into Old Speckled Hen for the brown ale first brewed by Morland in 1979 when the brewery was asked by
Burton Ale trademarks ever issued in the UK for its red triangle and red diamond, the latter having been used for Burton Ales since the 1850s. Bass issued several limited bottlings of Bass No 1 Burton Ale to celebrate special occasions, starting with Ratcliff Ale in 1869 and continuing with King's Ale to mark the visit of Edward VII, a friend of Michael Bass, 1st Baron Burton, in February 1902 and Prince’s Ale in 1929 when the mash was started by the then Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII. Bass No. 1 was brewed almost continuously (with a 10-year break from 1944