Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
For a while now I have been noodling around 1600s English brewing history and have a bunch of posts that you can generally find here with a few other topics from that century woven in. The important things to understand are: (i) there were distinct forms of beer easily recognizable by the consumer, (ii) they … Continue reading “I Get It. It’s Lambeth Ale. But Why Is It “Lambeth” Ale?”
This is a real puzzle. As discussed a few weeks ago, we are largely unaware of what was Lambeth Ale in the second half of the 1600s in England and how it set itself in the hierarchy of drinks. I am just going to note a few more findings in this post with the hope … Continue reading “A Short Update On That Apparently Very Fine Thing, Lambeth Ale”
We have discussed Northdown ale before. One of the seventeenth century’s coastal ales that predate Burton’s arrival on the scene around 1712. Northdown of the strong ales that Locke described as “for sale” as opposed to home or estate use. But in that earlier Northdown post from, what, coming up on two years ago, most of the … Continue reading “A Little More On Northdown Ale And Margate Ale And Lambeth Ale And…”
What is up?!? Happy end of July! No one ever says that. I saw back to school ads this week. That sucked. Except the kid will be going back to school. And we had some wicked storms come through this week – a tornado even hit north of here – and now it’s almost sweater … Continue reading “The Last Lingering Beery News Notes For July 2022”
What a week. We hit 50% first vaccine coverage locally and folk over 18 are able to try to book appointments. Our two eldest must head to two town over in three weeks for their. But as for me, the provincial government has gotten very cold feet over the AZ jab just as I await … Continue reading “Your Mid-May Beery News Notes For The UK Pubs And Other Floodgates Opening”
Have my mentioned my last two and a half years have been a bit of a blur at work? The history blogging has suffered. But it’s always the things we hold most dear that fall away, aren’t they. Well, as I expect is the case with you, it’s a bit quieter in the evenings around … Continue reading “Wouldn’t We All Prefer A Nice Quart of Dorchester Ale… Or Beer?”
Yuletide. Its been busy so far this month but after one last late evening meeting for work tonight I think I might be sliding into Yule proper. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the days of the Christmas Yuletide Hogmanay Kwanzaa and Hanukkah Beery photo contest may be well past us but the archives … Continue reading “The Last Thursday Beer News Update Before Santa Visits And Delivers All The Stuff”
One of the things about the world we live in is that Google Books is being updated constantly. When I co-authored the histories of brewing in Ontario and the Upper Hudson Valley with Jordan and Craig, now over five years ago, we were very aware of the horrors earlier pop historians faced putting together an … Continue reading “A Few Exciting New References To Albany Ale… Which I Looked Up Now That Baseball Season Is Over”
It’s over. Well, I don’t go back for another five days but the kids are getting geared up for their respective schools and the hot hot heat is gone. Fabulous. Me, I continue to rest and convalesce. I had no idea I had not taken two weeks off for years. Two-thirds of the way in, … Continue reading “Your Thursday Beer News For The Last Of August… Of Summer… Of…”
Just a bit of a note on how annoying it can be realizing that if you want to find out something you need to know something about the thing you need to find out more about. Not unlike my problems with records or, say, the adjectives of the past. For example, from time to time … Continue reading ““For Drink”: Searching For Something Requires Knowing Something About That Something”