As a historian of beer I am, of course, delighted that Guinness is progressing with its latest Open Gate project in Covent Garden, London, bringing brewing back to the site of the former Woodyard brewery, once one of the biggest porter breweries in London. But if I read once more that porter got its name… Read More No, porter was NOT named after ‘the porters of Covent Garden, Smithfield and Billingsgate’ The post No, porter was NOT named after ‘the porters of Covent Garden, Smithfield...| Zythophile
Frederick William Fellowes was born in Beighton, between Norwich and Yarmouth in Norfolk, in 1856, one of the 10 children of the Reverend Thomas Lyon Fellowes. Several of his brothers, like their father, entered the church. But in 1872 an older sister, named Pleasance, married Edward Jesser Coope, only son of Octavius Edward Coope, a… Read More A short history of the King’s Walden brewery The post A short history of the King’s Walden brewery first appeared on Zythophile.| Zythophile
A fascinating pair of pieces of ephemera, these, because they tells us something about brewing and beer consumption in large households and by farmers, and give a clue as to why farmers who brewed sometimes became actual commercial brewers. The first is a 163-year-old bill for malt and hops from Samuel Wright of Walkern in… Read More How much beer did a 19th century farmer-brewer brew? The post How much beer did a 19th century farmer-brewer brew? first appeared on Zythophile.| Zythophile