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Bobbing The Beer

February 2, 2018 By Jay Brooks

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This is an interesting historical tidbit that was originally published in the London Illustrated News on February 2, 1850. The short story was entitled “Bobbing the Beer” and concerned the adulteration of beer, and how it was at least in part the Malt-Tax that was responsible for its growth. Given that it was in the London Illustrated News, there was a large picture accompanying the article that was actually larger than the text.

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And this is the entire page that the story was printed on, page 80 of the February 2, 1850, edition of the London Illustrated News.

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Filed Under: Beers Tagged With: England, Great Britain, History



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