Saturday, 31 December 2022
PETER WALKER & SONS LTD : STRONG ALE 1924
Thursday, 29 December 2022
WILLIAM YOUNGER & CO : ALE No 1 1879
How Do All ,
Here`s another beautiful Scottish historic beer recipe for you all to try out ; This time from the noted Edinburgh ( Abbey ) brewery of William Younger ,Their ALE No 1 from the 1879 - 1882 Brewing Book Cat No WY 6 / 1 / 2 / 28 ; Part of the internationally important Scottish Brewing Archive ; Held and cared for by the ever helpfull team at Glasgow University Special Collections & Archives on Thurso St .
Wednesday, 28 December 2022
W B MEW , LANGTON & CO : PALE ALE 1884
Hi All ,
The Royal Brewery
Croker St
Newport
Isle of Wight
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W B Mew , Langton Maltings Photo Ex B H S Website |
Tuesday, 27 December 2022
ALEXANDER BERWICK & CO : C 6 ALE 1849
How Do All ,
Sunday, 25 December 2022
DUDGEON & CO : 160 /- ALE 1871
How Do All ,
Here`s another superb Scottish Strong Ale recipe for you all to try out ................................................. After a couple of years maturation !!!
This recipe comes from the personal brewing book of Wm J Clark , which has entries from the following years : 1881 , 1882 & 1883 . This individual record is , One of many in the Internationally important Scottish Brewing Archive; held by the good folks at Glasgow University Special Collections & Archives .
Anyroad , Enough waffling on from me , here`s the receipt o`the day !!
This recipe C Edd Mather 2022
Friday, 23 December 2022
FREDERICK BAILEY & Co : STRONG ALE 1889
How Do All ,
Continuing the current series of Strong Ales , Here`s a tasty one from the Star Brewery in Cambridge; This historic Cambridge beer recipe comes from The Private Brewing Book of H H Tebbutt 1881 - 1889 , Which forms part of a small Unaccessioned collection from the Star Brewery 1870`s - 1889 , cared for by the good folks at Cambridgeshire Archives ; This recipe is also made possible by the generosity of the team at Greene King Ltd in Bury St Edmunds who kindly sponsored the reprographics costs ; Cheers guys .
This record is the only one I`ve been able to discover from a Cambridgeshire brewery in a Public Archives So if any blog readers have any in their personal collections , Please get in touch ; I`d love to hear from you if you can assist with my Pre 1922 Cambridge & Area beer history research by sending photos of , Old Brewing Books / Ledgers / Brewer`s Notebooks .
Anyroad , enough waffling ; Here`s todays cerevesian delight ,
This recipe C Edd Mather 2022
STRONG ALE