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1066 AD : England – It is said that the Normans Conquered England because of their counterparts ‘over celebrating’ following victory over the Vikings in York. 1079 AD : Germany – Abbess Hildegarde of St Ruprechtsberg makes the first surviving reference to the use of …
In the 1890’s, a brewer named Joseph Hartley was found floating , dead, in a gigantic vat of beer (valued then at £140) at the Castlemaine Brewery in Victoria. The contents of the Vat were run off down the street channels, under the vigilant supervision …
“Travelling by road from Kalgoorlie to Wiluna, in the far West”, the traveller told me, “you pass through a township where, in the old days, the local publican was in the habit of always including himself in any round of drinks that was ordered”. A …
During the mid-14th century, Ale-Conners were appointed by the City of London, with other towns following by creating local Ale Tasters. Duties included checking the measures in which ale was served and also monitoring the quality of ale on sale. They of course did not …