Posts Tagged: Albany Ale Project
New York Shows How The Beer World Should Work
Posted by on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 in - 8 comments
Great news out of the great state of New York this morning: • The Cuomo Administration on Tuesday unveiled proposed legislation aimed at fermenting a revitalized hops industry in the state, playing off the boom in craft beers, as well as the interest in locally sourced crops. "We're really on … read more »
Toronto's York Brewery And Playter's Tavern 1801-05
Posted by on Sunday, November 6, 2011 in - 4 comments
I have been playing around with some passages on Toronto in the first years of the 19th century. Here is what I started with: • ⇒ "A recent Fact will corroborate what I have said; A Brewer from Kingston removed to York lately and, on application to the Governor, obtained one of the King's … read more »
Session 56: Thanks To The Big For Being Big... Maybe
Posted by on Saturday, October 8, 2011 in - 4 comments
Irish blog Tale of Ale posed the question for this month's edition of The Session: • I decided that I wanted to do something out of character for many beer blogs on the internet. I wanted to say thank you to the large multinational brewers and show that we are not all against them. • Seems … read more »
Your 1816 Albany Ale Update From My Home Town
Posted by on Friday, October 7, 2011 in - 8 comments
We have not found more Albany ale information for a while but this is your moment of zen. Just consider what it means. There is no Erie Canal. There are rapids on the St. Lawrence all the way to Montreal. There are about 4,000 people in this town. The War of 1812 ended one shipping season before …
Albany Ale: A Biography of John Taylor (1790 to 1863)
Posted by on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 in - 18 comments
OK, so it wasn't salty. I blame the scientific principles of mathematics. Math blames me. You be the judge. • But manic butterfly that I am, I am now past it, now on to the next thing and today the next thing is a whack of biographical data set out by some fine geneologist at rootsweb.com on the …
Albany Ale: Where Did The Creeks Run?
Posted by on Thursday, October 7, 2010 in - 28 comments
The neat thing for me with the Albany ale stuff is that it is all micro. It is hard to make generalizations or abstractions because this is about one place. Yet it is one place over 400 years. There are a lot of eras over 400 years, maybe each with its own beer. • And, yes, yes, I know I might …
Is Historic Brewing Taking Off A Wee Bit More?
Posted by on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 in - 16 comments
Despite my initial thought from the headline that we were talking about a lost beer of the Old Testament, it did appear for a second there that a small brewery in Scotland was actually exploring its inner Victorian side: • Robert Knops took the idea for his new creation, Musselburgh Broke, from …
Albany Ale: Was It Beer Made With Spa Water?
Posted by on Sunday, October 3, 2010 in - 24 comments
I had read this 1827 letter published in The American Farmer but had not twigged to what it was saying about the water in the well being drilled by notable brewers Boyd and M'Culloch: • About the middle of May last, Messrs. Boyd and M'Cullock, commenced boring for water, in their extensive …
What Is My Methodology? Perchance Schmethodology?
Posted by on Friday, October 1, 2010 in - 4 comments
I have found myself wondering what the heck I am doing with all this Albany Ale stuff but I'm not too concerned. It is interesting in itself and I think it is informing me on a pretty interesting big picture question - what makes the Albany and the Hudson River so different from the St. Lawrence …
Albany Ale Project: Now We Have A Logo
Posted by on Thursday, September 30, 2010 in - 13 comments
It is always good to have a graphic designer on your side. Craig of Albany is an Exhibit Graphic Designer with the NYS Museum and, frankly, seems to taken on the hobby of making this project idea look far better and be better researched than I could ever have achieved. It may be a bit less than …
