December 15, 2017

Another slow week for holiday season. Which, I mean, I'm partially to blame. No time to write! Anyway, this is what caught my eye this week! 
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Lambeth Ale

A few more added notes on what was once known as 'Lambeth Ale', which appears to be popular around the late 1600's. 

"Anyway, it is clear that Lambeth ale is something kept in the Royal larder, the only beer or ale mentioned, next to the bread of the elite not to mention the champers. Its high status nature is confirmed by this account of another 1680s gesture at court: In 1687, the French ambassador in London was sending to the marquis de Seignelay regular consignments of English ale, “known as Lambeth ale” and not “strong ale, the taste of which is not much liked in France and which makes men as drunk as wine and costs just as much.”

Warwicks & Richardsons

Overview and analysis of some Newark brewing records from 1910.
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Whisky in Ontario

A look through an online database of materials concerning whisky in Canada.

"Here, I want to focus on three areas: first, use of whiskey with tansy, as I showed yesterday occurred in Pennsylvania (Jack Daniel used it too in Tennessee); second, taste notes comparing frontier whisky to that of c. 1899; third, a vivid description of an early country tavern."
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Chinese Wine Vessel

Recent excavations in China found a tomb containing a few interesting items. One in particular being a wine vessel in the shape of a deer. I don't know what they mean by 'wine', since alcohol derived from rice is beer...They also found some nice cups for 'soup'. Cool find nonetheless!