Brookston Beer Bulletin

Jay R. Brooks on Beer

  • Home
  • About
  • Editorial
  • Birthdays
  • Art & Beer

Socialize

  • Dribbble
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • GitHub
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Powered by Genesis

You are here: Home / Beers / Bobbing The Beer

Bobbing The Beer

February 2, 2018 By Jay Brooks

barrel
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.

brewery-1850-granger

bobbing-text-1
bobbing-text-2

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.

london-news-feb-2-1850

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



Find Something

Northern California Breweries

Please consider purchasing my latest book, California Breweries North, available from Amazon, or ask for it at your local bookstore.

Recent Comments

  • Steve "Pudgy" De Rose on Beer Birthday: Pete Slosberg
  • Paul Finch on Beer Birthday: Dann Paquette
  • Steve 'Pudgy' De Rose on Historic Beer Birthday: Louis Hudepohl
  • Steve 'Pudgy' De Rose on Historic Beer Birthday: Sharon Vaughn
  • Paul Gatza on Beer Birthday: Paul Gatza

Recent Posts

  • Beer In Ads #5077: Dinkelacker Bock Beer September 11, 2025
  • Beer Birthday: Geno Acevedo September 11, 2025
  • Beer In Ads #5076: Stroh’s Bock Beer September 10, 2025
  • Beer Birthday: Nico Freccia September 10, 2025
  • Beer Birthday: Collin McDonnell September 10, 2025

BBB Archives

Feedback

Head Quarter
This site is hosted and maintained by H25Q.dev. Any questions or comments for the webmaster can be directed here.
Go to mobile version