BEER
A one-off brew made to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the D-Day landings. Brewed with British Maris Otter, Golden Promise, Munich (style) and Imperial malts and flavoured with the finest British First Gold, Fuggle, Northdown and Target hops.
 
Availability - Queens Hotel, Queens Road, Gosport.​

HISTORY
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 (D-Day) with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune).​

Gosport played a very major role in the lead-up to D-Day and provided six embarkation hards for the troops who left for D-Day. Four of these were at Stokes Bay, one at Hardway and one at Beach Street, near the Gosport Ferry Pontoon. At certain tides remains of the concrete platforms can be seen today.

PUMP CLIP IMAGE
Forces personnel and troop carriers loading up at Hardway, Gosport.