tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post2425900505478455319..comments2024-03-17T18:35:35.701+00:00Comments on I might have a glass of beer: Wells & Youngs buy McEwan and YoungerRob Sterowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-402041731634075762011-10-06T10:44:35.439+01:002011-10-06T10:44:35.439+01:00I had a half-written blog post on that very subjec...I had a half-written blog post on that very subject. The question of whether roast barley would have been illegal in 1749 is sort of moot, since it hadn't been invented yet. <br /><br />And William Younger I didn’t found a brewery in 1749. But then I don’t actually understand the intricacies of Wm Younger I’s love life enough to have a grasp on who actually did start the brewery that came to bear his name, so I can't be too harsh on anyone else getting it wrong (As far as I know there are only two people, Alma Topen and Martyn Cornell, who understand the whole story).<br /><br />The Hootsmon displays typical confusion here, http://www.scotsman.com/news/Background-How-a-39potent-fluid.6847868.jp, imagining that Wm Younger was brewing Pale Ale in the 18th century and also getting it mixed up with potent Edinburgh Ale.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-7609358808136186872011-10-06T10:20:50.966+01:002011-10-06T10:20:50.966+01:00"Made with classic roast barley". Someth..."Made with classic roast barley". Something to warm to cockles of any spittle-flecked beer history purist there.The Beer Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14105708522526153528noreply@blogger.com