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

John Steinbeck, born of moderate means in California, became a writer who dealt with the social-economic problems of rural immigrant labour. in December 1937 he rose to prominence with the publication of a powerful social novel about such workers, known in slang as Bindle Stiffs. In the story George and his simple friend, Lenny, dream as drifters do of a safe secure future. However their hopes are dashed like “the best laid schemes of mice and men”