Posts Tagged: Beer History, Lore and Traditions
The Oldest Beer Joke In History... But Wuzzit Mean?
Posted by on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in - 6 comments
So they finally got to the bottom of a box of Iraqi cuneiform tablets dug up in 1976 and found some written by some guy trying to be funny as reported in the New York Daily News: • This one could also benefit from cranking up the laugh track: • “In your mouth and your teeth, constantly stared …
"Trucks Were Backing Up To Get The Stuff In"
Posted by on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 in - 4 comments
Good article at OpenFile Halifax today touching on a few points of my old home town of Halifax's drinking history. Most neato of all is the click-able photo above of the 1948 version of the Sea Horse Tavern. The name of the place has continued in the underground bar that was my home away from home …
My Most Interesting Discovered Drinky Thing Of 2011
Posted by on Saturday, December 31, 2011 in - 2 comments
This has been a year that I have thought about history a bit more than others. Canadian history for the most part. We make great mistakes in considering our own time on this land. We dismiss the First Nations. We pretend that Canada began when the current constitution was signed in 1867. But … read more »
History, Heritage and Plain Old Marketing Actually Differ
Posted by on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 in - 12 comments
I think this is one of the more naive articles I have ever read about beer: • “The story is critical because it’s what differentiates a beer from any other beer,” Calagione told me. Still, he added, “just because you hear of some creepy group of Norwegians that 300 years ago put the blood of …
A Few Saturday Afternoon Stories You Need To Know...
Posted by on Saturday, November 12, 2011 in - 10 comments
... or not. Saturday afternoon is the Dark Ages of the internet, after all. But here are some stories about things beery that could colour how you look at the world this weekend. How could I not share? • • • Brian Stechschulte of San Fran has confirmed on Twitter that DRAFT magazine has agreed …
That Odd Tension: Wishing To Find Any Answer But Beer
Posted by on Monday, November 7, 2011 in - 2 comments
That's footnote 27 at page 134 of New Sweden in America which is exhibiting something between a quibble and a theme. It's actually in a chapter in that book, "Lenape Maize Sales to the Swedish Colonists: Cultural Stability during the Early Colonial Period" by Marshall Joseph Becker in which there …
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 »
Was This The Earliest Brewing In English Canada?
Posted by on Thursday, November 3, 2011 in - 17 comments
Sneath, Pashley and Rubin all mention the 1600s brewers of New France - Hebert (1617), Ambroise (1646) and Talon (1670). But I just came across this reference in a footnote in the Minutes of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1671-1674, published by Toronto's Champlain Society in 1942, describing payments …
Book Review: The Art And Mystery Of Brewing in Ontario
Posted by on Thursday, November 3, 2011 in - leave a comment
While I stand by my statement: • "...brewing history can be a tool or route to understanding for some but is ultimately unimportant if you do not need to tap into it..." • ... I have to admit that I do like dabbling in it - as long as I stay within the reach of my own capabilities. I … read more »
Why Did A Brewer In Kingston In 1815 Want Rye?
Posted by on Sunday, October 23, 2011 in - 13 comments
The ad is from page 4 of the Kingston Gazette, 6 January 1816. You can see at the bottom that it was placed on 15 December 1815. So many questions. What were Messrs Robinson and Gillespie up to? Why is rye placed between barley and hops in the large font while oats sit down there with the peas …
