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Publisher: Review Press Ltd., 1951.
Hard Cover, 120 pages, 7.00 x 8.75.
Item #1428
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Stanley Strong, managing director of the Crown Cork Company and head of the Allied Brewery Traders' Association (London), wrote this nostalgic and entertaining history of brewing in England in 1951. He covers all of the most colorful aspects of English beermaking -- See the Table of Contents below/ Among the highlights is a nice assortment of illustrative plates (about 25 of them), most in full-color. Cover is leather-bound with gilt-stamped title. Table of Contents: 1. The Dark Ages and the Dawn The Northmen Valhalla Eve of battle and victory feasts St. Columban and St. Bridget Monastic Brewing Ale-wives Regulations Fines Names of early brewers The King's ale-buyers 2. Custom and Law in the Middle Ages Emblems of trade Ale conners The Oath Retail trade Transport Brewers as pubic servants Ale for the poor Brewery utensils Export of beer Water supplies 3. The Guild Early records Wages control Officers elected Revision of ordinances Coopers 1482 regulations Apprentices Inspection of malt, beer 4. Prices, Measures and Penalties Assize of bread and ale Rise and fall of price Effects of the Black Death Master and servant Enhancement Measure Size of measures Wages and service 5. The Days of the Tudors The coming of beer Control and competition Retailers' troubles The Beer-brewers' Guild 6. The Inn and Innkeeper Early inns and taverns Sign of the Bush Atmosphere Town hostels Monastic hospitality Increasing amenities Taxation The Innholders' Company 7. Names and Signs Heraldic arms and bdages Association with families Strange conceits, corruptions 8. Stuart and Georgian Times The ordinary High prices The killjoy arrives The beer duty Founding of the great breweries Famous October ales Women and strong beers 9. Drinking Vessels Bottles, tankards, black-jacks Yard o' beer glasses Engraved beer decanters and glasses 10. Recent Times Development of village tavern Beer and social life of community Survivals of ancient brews Progress in brewing, bottling 11. The Stopper Early types The cork The development and growing popularity of bottled beers The Crown Cork 12. Conclusion Brewers' part in tavern development Beer valuable factor in modern social life
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