Posts Tagged: Beer History, Lore and Traditions
Dutch Beer, Breastplate And Growler Circa 1660
Posted by on Thursday, October 25, 2012 in - 12 comments
Just a couple of observations on this painting that I used Tuesday to illustrate the post. It's called "A Dutch Courtyard" and was painted by Pieter de Hooch in 1658 to 1660, nearing the end of the Dutch hold upon the Hudson Valley of New York as part of their North American empire. I like the way …
More International Insurance Map Brewery Fun
Posted by on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 in - 8 comments
It was the best of times and insurance maps. It was the worst of times, you know, and... insurance maps. Errr. a tale of two cities of sorts, I suppose. From the left we have the Kingston Brewery as well as Portsmouth Brewing of my town from 1908 plus, onward to the right, the Albany Brewing …
Albany Ale: Did 1600s Dutch Brewing Culture Travel, Too?
Posted by on Tuesday, October 23, 2012 in - 17 comments
One of the things that Craig has been working on is an unleashing of some dynamite information about the state of brewing in 1600s Albany. One of the things I was wondering as we've been emailing back and forth has been whether the Dutch colony at what became Albany operated like other early …
Great Grannie's Favorite Pub Was A Boat
Posted by on Thursday, September 20, 2012 in - 3 comments
Great-grannie passed away in 1946. Tales have been told about her ways. If you click on the thumbnail you will see the house above the car where she lived on the second floor, stepping out on the second floor ledge to wash the windows in her 80s without tying on. Sending her grandson down to the …
Is Good and Craft Beer Really A Form Of Temperance?
Posted by on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 in - 7 comments
Yesterday, Jeff reviewed the stated purposes of Oregon's Liquor Control Act of 1934 as part of an exploration of the regulation of strong drink in his state. Lew has been writing along a similar line for some time on his separate blog Why The PLCB Should Be Abolished. Cass has been running a …
What's On The Drinks Menu In 1378 Or So
Posted by on Saturday, September 8, 2012 in - 2 comments
It is not often that I get to write that I was flipping the pages of Piers The Poughman the other day but in fact I was flipping the pages of Piers The Poughman the other day and noticed a lot of references to drinking in Book 6. I pulled it from the back corner of the bookshelf after watching the …
Albany Ale: Bringing Together Different Perspectives
Posted by on Sunday, September 2, 2012 in - 3 comments
One of my favorite things about thinking about beer is realizing that it is actually a hugely diversified discussion even if there are significant forces trying to homogenize and standardize and prioritize the discourse. The upcoming beer school at Beau's Oktoberfest is framing this varieties of …
Boak And Bailey Explore 1960s UK Beer Culture
Posted by on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 in - 9 comments
I am not sure what they are up to but Boak and Bailey are up to something interesting. While we have realized that received wisdom about many things brewing related are not to be trusted, that discussion has largely be left to issues in the past as in before living memory. B+B, however, seem to …
Ontario: An Early Reference To The Kingston Brewery
Posted by on Saturday, August 18, 2012 in - leave a comment
The funny thing about Ontario is it started as a part of Quebec. Until the division of Upper and Lower Canada in 1791, this was all the one unified colony that Britain took from France in the conquest of 1760. Settlers started moving in 1783 first from central New York in the first direct Loyalist …
Summer Vacation 2012: What To Do With Myself?
Posted by on Saturday, July 21, 2012 in - 3 comments
There is work. There is the rest of life that sometimes gets called life. And then there is vacation. I am on a 18 day stretch of no work with the hope that life gets a little put back into order. Don't get me wrong. I like my job. And life is good if rather real from time to time. But it is … read more »
