tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post5876687897561018468..comments2024-03-17T18:35:35.701+00:00Comments on I might have a glass of beer: English OilRob Sterowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-6384704524463865172012-03-18T11:41:01.568+00:002012-03-18T11:41:01.568+00:00A very good point. One big use of oil, of course, ...A very good point. One big use of oil, of course, would have been in lamps, and lamp oil, a quick Google suggests, would have been pale straw to amber in colour, particularly whale oil.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-39990138367065343712012-03-17T14:09:54.988+00:002012-03-17T14:09:54.988+00:00Indeed it does, confirming what the other sources ...Indeed it does, confirming what the other sources say about the Ale of the time. <br /><br />It's also just occurred to me that people in the eighteenth century would be more familiar with pale-coloured oils like olive oil or linseed oil, rather than crude oil – that is, the word oil wouldn't suggest a black liquid to them as it might do to us.Rob Sterowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870233673933087794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6114284681482585458.post-88386657735136111792012-03-17T12:16:02.191+00:002012-03-17T12:16:02.191+00:00Fascinating: it appears they are referring to the ...Fascinating: it appears they are referring to the strong ales exported from Burton to the Baltic via Hull, and it's extremely interesting to see them referred to as "pale yellow". That matches other evidence suggesting such ales were made only or very largely from pale malt.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com