Posts Tagged: Beer History, Lore and Traditions
"...107 Tons Of Beer And Six Tons Of Canary Wine..."
Posted by on Monday, July 16, 2012 in - 5 comments
Later this summer, we are spending a few days in Baltimore. Looking forward to it in many ways including things beery... including brewing history. We know a bit about Baltimore and beer already. See, in the 1620s there was a brewery at the first Lord Baltimore's colony at Ferryland, Newfoundland …
Book Review: Philadelphia Beer, Rich Wagner
Posted by on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in - 5 comments
As recently discussed, the past is a foreign land when it comes to US beer history. More like another planet it seems sometimes. I am not sure why this is but I suspect it has something to do with the drive to be authoritative rather than innovative when it comes to so many of the beer books being …
American Brewing And The Pre-Lager Question
Posted by on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 in - 16 comments
One of the odder things about the history of American brewing is the failure to get a handle on the extent to which pre-lager brewing existed before roughly 1840. Earlier this fourth of July, Jeff, who is pretty good with this stuff, described it in negative terms this way: • For centuries, it …
Two Years After Taunton Ale We Have Bowood Strong
Posted by on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in - 1 comment
I should have known this I suppose, an apparently famous quote from the Governor of Nova Scotia appointed at the close of the American Revolution celebrating what he finds waiting for him at his new post. It is set out in a letter written by Governor John Parr on October 23, 1782 - eighteen days …
Ontario: Strong Beer Just Can't Compare To Very Strong Beer
Posted by on Saturday, May 26, 2012 in - 8 comments
In the 1820's, Ontario was in that space between the end of the War of 1812 and the unrest of the late 1830s that led to responsible government. In that quarter century, Ontario or what was then called Upper Canada was a bit of a test kitchen for conservative political forces within the British …
Oh, Look - Peter Gansevoort Needed Barley In 1798
Posted by on Thursday, May 24, 2012 in - 2 comments
After an intense amount of effort researching only the very finest digital archives, Craig (and not I) came across this sweet ad from 28 July 1798 from the Albany Gazette. He explains himself over at his blog how he was hot on the train of Edward A. Le Breton, Albany brewer in the first decade of …
I Was Looking For The Moon Under Water Mug... Again
Posted by on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 in - 6 comments
So, you recall that I bought that rather swell Wedgewood 1940s sage green tankard? I seem to have caught a bit of a fever. And there is only one cure for that... a tankard you can play like a cowbell. For the record, here is the information which came with the online listing: • This quart mug …
What Was 1736's George Orwell's Favorite Tankard?
Posted by on Thursday, May 10, 2012 in - leave a comment
Now that I have a 1940s china tankard I want more. And think the view above is one that I would appreciate. A George II silver tankard for a mere £7,750. It's on eBay right now. I think it's worth it. I am worth it. What beer would it have held two hundred years or so before Orwell daydreamed … read more »
Albany Ale: In 1888 There Were Many Sorts Of Albany Ales
Posted by on Sunday, April 15, 2012 in - 16 comments
... and porters, too, as we read in an interesting reference to the state of brewing in Albany in the 1880s from a book titled The Empire State: its Industries and Wealth sitting over at Google books. At page 120 this is part of the florid description of the brewing business of Quinn & Nolan …
New York: Freedom Wright's Inn, Denmark
Posted by on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in - 1 comment
Going through old blog posts at the sister station for this here blog, Gen X at 40, to reference something to Craig after yesterday's post, I realized that in 2005 I took photos of Denmark, NY, a village at the north end of Tug Hill. And in those where a couple of images related to Freedom … read more »
