“The health authorities are still procuring samples of beer sold in the town and country sold in the town and country districts for submission to Mr Percy Wilkinson for analysis. “Very many of […]
The Thursday Quote
The Thursday Quote
“Believing in the rights of the individual, I never did believe in prohibition, but the evening guzzle round the pubs is a pretty sickening sight, leads to an awful lot of drunkenness, […]
The Thursday Quote
“Most striking is the colourful mural just inside the door, a sprawling, six-eyed tentacled monster grasping beer bottles and leering out at you, painted by local artist Emma Livingstone. ‘Initially I had […]
The Thursday Quote
“The growth in craft beer is one silver lining for the beer industry, with IBISWorld predicting the category will increase by 11.7 per cent per year over the next five years to […]
The Thursday Quote
“To very many, this hot weather, is a very attractive subject. To them, therefore, it was good news to learn that the strike engineered by the brewers’ union has proved futile. The […]
The Thursday Quote
“In the fall of 1991, the monks at Abbaye Notre-Dame de Scourmont in the south of Belgium contracted with monks at the Dutch abbey Koningshoeven to brew Chimay Blanche because construction at […]
The Thursday Quote
“It’s pretty lazy and lame to keep peddling that stereotype [of the tattooed, bearded craft beer drinker], just like it’s lazy and lame for the mainstream breweries to peddle the stereotype that […]
The Thursday Quote
“I would say that the angriest critiques I get from people about shows are when I’m drinking whatever convenient cold beer is available in a particular place, and not drinking the best […]
The Thursday Quote
“While a psychoactive beer might sound appealing, the reality was quite horrible. Ergot poisoning causes miscarriage, seizures and psychosis, and it can be deadly. In the Middle Ages, outbreaks called St Anthony’s […]
The Thursday Quote
“Lots of people on the outside think the alky business is worked under cover, with customers sneaking up a back alley, laying down the jack and ducking home with a gallon or […]
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