Spitfire aces Jon and Linda down another compo kill!
By: JimOldfield
September 18th, 2012
When it comes to winning Spitfire Ale competitions, no Fokkers come closer than pub owners Jonathan and Linda Quinn!
The owners of Ilfracombe’s oldest pub have won a year’s supply of the ale, from Britain’s oldest brewery… their SECOND Spitfire kill in two years!
The couple’s George and Dragon pub in the Devon town – which dates back to 1360 – came top in a competition organised by Shepherd Neame, itself founded back in 1698!
Jonathan and Linda got lucky with a ‘lottery ticket’ inside a Shepherd Neame Spitfire cask as part of its Glorious 2012 compo.
Each cask had a unique code on it, which publicans could text to the brewery in the hope of winning a prize draw.
Jonathan and Linda texted theirs- and the result was that the George and Dragon will now have a free nine-gallon firkin of Spitfire delivered every week for 52 weeks… which adds up to nearly a quarter of their Spitfire sales!
Just two years ago, they won £2,000 worth of holiday vouchers in another Spitfire prize draw!
