leader of the reeeeeetttaaaaaarrrd ssss Barclay circa 1989, but more importantly...

At the court of Henry VIII three ladies in waiting shared a gallon of ale between them each day likewise at breakfast. Calculations based on the amount of barley used for brewing in Conventry during the 1520s indicate that the average consumption of ale was 17 pints of strong ale a week for every man, woman, and child in the town. Statistics for English consumption of beer late in the seventeenth century indicate an annual consumption per person of 832 pints. To put this figure in context, in 1976 the amount was only 209 pints, one fourth the earlier figure.

Posted By: malkybarkid on November 1st 2005 at 15:10:37

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Mick - In medieval England the normal monastic allowance was one gallon of good ale per (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 1, 14:55:37
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