1869 Cooling Cups and Dainty drinks by William Terrington

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Ale and Beer.

my eyes had shed

Of leaden Morpheus o’er

Its opiate influence. What though sore ills Oppress, dire want of chill-dispelling coals, Or cheerful candle, save the makeweight’s gleam Haply remaining ; heart-rejoicing ale Cheers the sad scene, and every want supplies.

Ale was first made from malted barley alone. Beer (from the German word bier) was the name given long afterwards to ale flavoured with bitters, such as hops, &c. Hops were first inti’oduced from Germany in the year 1524, during the reign of Henry VIII.:—

Turkies, carp, picarell, and heere, Came into England all in one year.

Ale-houses were first

in the reign of

licensed

That variety of beer called Porter

Charles II.

name from

consumption by the

derives

its

its

London porters, and other hard-working men.

It

was first

entire butt, because

called Entire,

or

drawn from one cask.

The malt liquors previously

in use were ale, beer, and twopenny. It was then customary to call for a tankard of three thirds (or

threads), which was a mixture of a third

three

each of ale, beer, and twopenny. This obliged the drawer to go to three casks to supply a single tan- kard. To improve upon this system, a brewer named Harwood, in 1722, made a liquor he called entire,