The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts)

Suppression of Beer-shops in Egypt 2,000 B.C. — Brewing in a Teapot. — Ale Songs. — Distinctions between Ale and Beer. — Ale-Knights’ objection to Sack. — Hogarth and Temperance...

Ale houses: Their Origin. — Hospitality in Mediæval Times. — Old London Inns and Taverns. — Anecdotes of Inns and Inn-keepers. — Curious Signs. — Signboard and Ale-house Verses....

No doubt it is a very tedious thing To undertake a folio work on law, Or metaphysics, or again to ring The changes on the Flood or Trojan War: Old subjects these, which Poets on...

We must go back several thousand years into the past to trace the origin of our modern ale and beer. The ancient Egyptians, as we learn from the _Book of the Dead_, a treatise a...

Heap high the fire, and, O ye Lares, smile; And, Innocence, with plenty hither bring Hilarity; while Friendship brims the cup With home-brewed Ale, and every welcom’d guest Forg...

The Hop for his profit I thus do exalt. It strengtheneth drink, and it favoureth Malt; And being well brewed, long kept it will last, And drawing abide—if ye draw not too fast....

JACK CADE—“There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny, the three hooped pot shall have seven hoops, and I will make it felony to drink small beer.”—_Hen._...

From early times laws concerning our exports and imports were considered as specially appertaining to the royal prerogative. Corn and malt, ale and beer, could only be exported...

Come all that love good company, And hearken to my ditty, ’Tis of a lovely Hoastess fine, That lives in London City, Which sells good ale, nappy and stale, And always thus sings...

An attempt to describe, or even to specify, all the ales and beers that have gained a local or more wide-spread fame, would be a lengthy task. Nearly every county in England, an...

“Come on, you mad-cap. I’ll to the Alehouse with you presently, where, for one shot of fivepence, thou shalt have five thousand welcomes.” _Two Gentlemen of Verona._ Act ii., sc...

England was Merry England then, Old Christmas brought his sports again, ’Twas Christmas broached the mightiest ale, ’Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas gambol of...

Be mine each morn with eager appetite And hunger undissembled to repair To friendly buttery; there on smoking crust And foaming Ale to banquet unrestrained; Material breakfast!...

’Tis Ale, immortal Ale I sing! Bid all the Muses throng! Bid them awake each slumbering string, Till the loud chords responsive ring To swell the lofty song! _Brasenose College...

Passing on to modern times and bidding adieu to the old brewers, brewsters, ale-wives, and tapsters, it behoves us to devote ourselves to giving some account of the brewing of t...

And what this flood of deeper brown, Which a white foam does also crown, Less white than snow, more white than mortar? Oh, my soul! can this be Porter? _The Déjeunè._

of oak. On the lid is a representation of the Crucifixion, and round the sides are the figures of the Apostles. It contains two quarts, and is divided with eight pegs. {395}

CONSTABLE OF FRANCE. “Dieu de batailes! Where have they this mettle? . . . can sodden water, A drench for sur-rein’d jades, their barley broth, Decoct their cold blood to such v...