ALE TASTING.
fleer lasting in the old days was not' i!i.'* -eion‘fifie procedure that it is lode, v. Tn the eighteenth century the ale judge would enter an inn unexpectedly, receive a glass of ale, pour it on a wooden bench, and sit down in the little puddle lie had. made. There he would, sir* for thirty minutes by the dock ,Tle would converse, bo would smoke, lie would drink with all who asked him to, but bo would _ be very careful not to change his position. At the end of the half hour ho would make as if to rise, and (his was the "lest of the ale. for if the ale was impure, if tho ale had sugar in it, thetester’s leather breeches would stick fast to tho bench.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2062, 3 January 1925, Page 2
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131ALE TASTING. King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2062, 3 January 1925, Page 2
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