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Bottle
of
English
Beer
By
H.
J.
FINLAY
Of
H.
P.
Finlay
&
Co.
New
York
^^^^^^^XCELLENT
in
itself
as
Beer
may
be,
it
likewise
lias
a
pedigree
to
be
proud
of.
Crédit
is
given
||
for
the
invention
of
brewing
to
an
ancient
king
jfé^tf
of
EgJ'-pt
—
Osiris
by
naine.
Be
this
as
it
may,
abmidant
records
of
Beer
are
still
foimd
npon
the
Great
Pyramid
—
mostly,
however,
as
"empties."
Both
the
Greeks
and
the
Ganls
had
a
decided
partiality
for
Beer,
which
is
mentioned
by
Socrates
B.
G.
420,
as
well
as
by
other
ancient
writers.
Such
facts
lead
lis
to
specnlate
whether
the
brewing
of
Beer
may
not
be
a
natural
instinct
im-
planted
within
the
hiiman
hreast,
Later
on,
brewers
increased
and
mnltiplied,
and
became
great
ones
of
the
earth
and
mighty.
Their
Beer
has
always
played
an
important,
if
nnseen,
part
in
British
history.
Thns,
for
instance,
Y\iien
England
was
like
to
become
a
Spanish
de-
pendency,
the
va
liant
Drake
declared
that
lie
mnst
be
snpplied
liberally
with
Beer,
if
he
was
to
crash
the
Armada.
He
got
it,
and
he
did
it
!
Xo
more,
however,
need
be
said
to
prove
the
antiquity
and
the
worth
of
Malt
Liqnor.
Like
the
eqnator,
therefore,
Beer
is
not
to
be
spoken
of
disrespectfully.
The
use
of
hops,
which
impart
keeping
properties
to
Beer,
Avas
not
discovered
until
the
sixteenth
centnry,
if
we
are
to
be-
lieve
the
couplet
:
"Hops,
Beformation
and
Beer
Came
into
England
ail
in
one
year.'-
Since
then
the
three
B's
—
Beef,
Beer
and
the
Bible
—
have
become
established
articles
of
faith
in
Britain.
The
greatest
brewing
center
in
England,
or,
indeed,
in
the
world,
is
situated
at
Bnrton-on-Trent,
where
Messrs.
Bass
&
Co.
stand
conspicnons
among
an
array
of
comj)etitors.
The
pros-
perity
of
Bnrton-on-Trent
of
late
years
has
been
remarkable.
This
is
owing
to
the
increasing
popnlar
taste
for
a
lighter
bev-
erage
than
the
potent
strong
Beers
of
the
past
génération,
and
to
the
pecnliar
snitability
of
Bnrton
water
for
the
production
of
delicately-flavored
Aies.
Bnrton-on-Trent
lies
in
a
basin
of
mari
and
gypsum
which
strongly
imprégna
te
the
water
collée
ted
in
the
brewery
well
s.