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24-03-2010, 02:07
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Brewers’ advertisements in Victorian newspapers are almost always strictly utilitarian: a list of up to around a dozen beers in three main styles, mild/old ale, pale/ale bitter and porter/stout, each style shown available in three or four strengths, and with their prices listed per gallon/firkin/kilderkin. That’s it. If you’re lucky you might get a reproduction [...]http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=zythophile.wordpress.com&blog=832235&post=962&subd=zythophile&ref=&feed=1

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