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Raise a glass (and funds) with Hop for Heroes

A SPECIALLY brewed beer is raising funds for Remembrance Day and the Poppy Appeal.

Chelsea Pensioners, left to right, Barry Thorp, Mike Shanahan, Fred Boomer-Hawkins and Steve Lovelock at Les Rocquettes Hotel with specially brewed real ale called ‘Hop for Heroes’ to raise money for Remembrance Day and the poppy appeal. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 26321884)
Chelsea Pensioners, left to right, Barry Thorp, Mike Shanahan, Fred Boomer-Hawkins and Steve Lovelock at Les Rocquettes Hotel with specially brewed real ale called ‘Hop for Heroes’ to raise money for Remembrance Day and the poppy appeal. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 26321884) / Guernsey Press

Les Rocquettes, the Royal British Legion, Randalls and a number of local pubs have all teamed up to brew the Hop for Heroes pale ale and sell it to punters, with a donation from every keg sold going towards helping local veterans.

Local Poppy Appeal organiser Andrew Henton said he was hoping it would raise a lot of money.

‘We want to look after our veterans and their families in the island,’ he said.

‘The money raised from this liquid sunshine will go a long way towards helping those people.

‘It is a fantastic initiative and maybe beer sales will spike because of it.’

A donation from each keg sold will be made to Remembrance Day and the Poppy Appeal.

Chelsea Pensioner Steve Lovelock was delighted to see the amount of people getting involved in raising money this year.

‘We’ve been out helping to sell poppies and speaking to people,’ he said.

‘There’s a lot of youngsters who are doing a lot for the Poppy Appeal and that is good to see.

‘Then we’ll be heading out for a pub crawl and helping to raise money buying Hop for Heroes – that’ll be fun.’

The beer is a 4.0% Hop for Heroes pale ale, brewed using hops from France, America and England.

Royal British Legion Guernsey president Bob Place said it was a great initiative.

‘This is a great idea to raise money for the welfare of Guernsey based service and ex-service personnel and their families,’ he said.

‘Mental Health is a huge thing. Being in the armed forces is like having a huge family, the money will go towards their welfare. We want them to know that we are there for them.

‘I’m always amazed that people come up with these new ideas to raise funds – I will definitely be doing my best to keep it going and have a pint or two.’

Venues will be selling the ale until the 30 November.

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