For centuries it was tlic custom to embellish with an “ale garland” of floivevs and foliage the stake which every innkeeper was obliged to put up to denote that a new brew had been made, and that the services of the ale conner, or professional ale taster, were required for the necessary official approval of the brew.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 212, 6 August 1940, Page 7
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