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Was Hanseatic League Beer The First in England?
Ah, the Hanseatic League. Remember the Championship game of 1922? That was great. Gordie won the Cup. That chart above is from Britain and Poland-Lithuania: Contact and Comparison from the Middle Ages...
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Is This One Way Big Craft Might Be Dying?
There is nothing more certain about the brewing trade more than the history is defined an extraordinary limited set of patterns. Those who think that the owners of big craft breweries are special,...
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The Steelyard, Stillyard, Stylyard and Spelling
Ah, the Hanseatic League. I posted about the Hanseatic League earlier this year, pointing out how it was likely the conduit for the first introduction of hopped beer into England – and, by...
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The US Mid-Terms Of Thursday Beery News Notes
Did anything really important happen this week? The USA slid a bit to the left on Tuesday. But only a bit. Me, I slid to the west and the north, taking time to visit two breweries over the last seven...
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Beer And Trans-Atlantic English Explorations Of The Later 1400s
That passage above is from the The Voyage Made by M. John Hawkins Esquire, 1565. According to the wisdom of Wikipedia, Hawkins was the chief architect of the Elizabethan navy, the first English trader...
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Another Brief Update On That Nagging Beery Bristol Question…
What a time to be a beer blogger. So sad so few of us are left to have all this fun! Do I speak of the switch in ownership of a beloved British brewer? The last try or dry of this the first month? No,...
View ArticleNotes: Flemmynges, Hans Beerpot, Thirsty Actors And An Odd Crusade
A bit of a jumble, this post. First, here’s an interesting 15th century slag: Ye have herde that twoo Flemmynges togedere Wol undertake or they goo ony whethere Or they rise onys, to drynke a baralle...
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Perhaps A Very Short Version Of Thursday Beer News.
I say “very short” up there as I never know where these things are going. I am like a one man Brexit in that sense. Suffice it to say, mustering the time and content for this post differs from week to...
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The “If This Is December Do These Be Holidays?” Edition Of Beery New Notes
I have to say that imagining holidaying in any sense is a bit of a stretch for me and no doubt many others these days. Which tends to mean it is a good reason not to seek out strong drink but rather...
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