Gold Medal Ales are produced monthly in recognition of some of the 'greats' of history.
This month's story :-

Thomas Doggett, an 18 Century Irish actor used the services of Thames watermen as water taxis during his daily routine.
In gratitude for their services he established a race in 1715 for six newly qualified watermen. They raced their boats on the 1st August 1715 from the Swan Inn London Bridge to the Swan Inn Chelsea, a distance of 4.5 miles.
The prize, a traditional waterman's red coat adorned with a large silver badge, went to the now forgotten winner of that first event
The Doggett's Coat & Badge Race, now run in July, is the oldest continuous sporting challenge in the World.