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Online-Ressource (332 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781852851279
Content:
Until the 18th century or even later, beer was the staple drink of most men and women at all levels of society. Tea and coffee were expensive luxuries while water might well carry disease. To supply the needs of both owners and servants, every country house with an accessible source of water had a brewhouse, usually close at hand. Although many of the brewhouses still stand, in some cases with the original brewing vessels (as at Lacock and Charlecote), their habitual conversion to other uses has allowed them to be ignored. Yet they are distinctive buildings - as much part of a country house as
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CONTENTS; Preface; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction and Sources; 2 The Brewhouse; 3 Private Beer; 4 Beer-Making; 5 Beer-Drinking; 6 The End of Household Beer;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780826437532
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781852851279
Additional Edition:
Print version Country House Brewing in England, 1500-1900
Language:
English
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