1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

ALL ALE 69 pronounced by some to be mere " hogwash," and by others to consist principally of the juice of fir-cones and onions mixed with snow-water. The fir-cone flavour is, I believe, accounted for by the " pitching" of the barrels in which the beer is stored; but I don't know where the oniony flavour comes from. The prejudice against this beer has long since departed from our midst; in fact it has become quite a favourite summer drink. It is generally considered less intoxicating than its English cousin. In fact the German students are in the habit of putting huge quantities thereof out of sight, on the occasion of passing examinations, and public rejoicings; and these " beer-drinkings" are, apparently, fully sanctioned by the authorities. It has been written that it is to Dean Nowell, "classed by Fuller among the worthies of Eng land," that we are indebted for the discovery of bottled beer. According toFuller, " this worthy, who was an enthusiastic fisherman, was one day angling in the Thames ; but at the very time when he was trying to catch perch to carry to the frying-pan, that benighted bigot Bishop Bonner was trying to catch him to tie him to the stake for purposes of cremation, to the glory of the old religion. The reverend gentleman heard that he was ' wanted,' left his fishing, and fled as far from the Thames as he could, leaving untasted in a safe place a bottle of beer which he had filled in the morning. Bonner's day did not last long, and Dean Nowell was soon able to return to his old haunts. Fishing as usual, he went to look after his bottle of beer, and