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Yard Glass |
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Yard Glass - A tall glass
(traditionally 3 feet) that was originally produced in
England back in the days when travel by horse-drawn coach
was common. When a coach would stop at an Inn to rest the
horses and feed the passengers, the Coach driver would have
to stay on the coach to handle the reigns. Since the coach
driver wanted beer, but was way up there on the coach while
the barmaids where way down there on the ground, the yard
glass was developed to help the barmaids hand the beer up to
the coach driver. A yard glass typically has a large mouth,
a long skinny neck, and a large bulb at the bottom.
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Aul |
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After consuming a bucket or two of vibrant
brew they called aul, or ale, the Vikings would head
fearlessly into battle, often without armour or even shirts.
In fact, "berserk" means "bare shirt" in Norse, and
eventually took on the meaning of their wild battles.
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Mind Your P's & Q's |
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In English pubs, ale is
ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when
customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them to
mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where
we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's". |
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Reinheitsgebot |
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The original text of the Reinheitsgebot only
had three ingredients: Barley, hops, and water. Yeast wasn't
mentioned for another 35 years. |
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First Beer Produced |
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The first beer cans were produced in 1935. |
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Early Temperature
Testing |
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Before thermometers were invented, brewers
would dip a thumb or finger into the mix to find the right
temperature for adding yeast. Too cold, and the yeast
wouldn't grow. Too hot, and the yeast would die. This thumb
in the beer is where "rule of thumb" comes from. |
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Honey Moon |
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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000
years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's
father would supply his son-in law with all the mead he
could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their
calendar was lunar based, this period was called the "honey
month", or what we know today as the "honeymoon". |
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Tegestogist |
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A person who collects beer mats or coasters
is called a ‘tegestologist’ |
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Black and Tan Raven stout mixed half and half
with Bosuns bitter or 90’/ old ale. |
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90/ Ale is named after the Shilling system,
the Scottish code of beer grading used as the gross invoice
price on a barrel of beer, the higher the shilling mark the
stronger the beer. |
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A half-and-half is a equal mixture of
Foresters and Bosuns. |
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Black Velvet is a combination of Raven Stout and champagne
or poor mans version is stout and cider. |
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