Quotes About Brewing

pins and firkins and hogsheads, faucets, spiles and spigots not to mention the kilderkin, tierce and puncheon.

For Arthur, there was also a more proximate and personal scandal brewing. On his arm that evening was an elegant, long-limbed young woman. She was almost three decades younger than he was, British, and not his wife.

Brewing is mentioned rarely in accounts of the Industrial Revolution. Temperance pressures meant it was impolotic for brewers to boast of their achievements and innovations, and few accurate records exist of exactly how it performed in the 19th Century compared to those glamorous, sexy industries like coal mining and steel making.