[Sca-cooks] Brown Ale -

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Jun 7, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Susan Fox wrote:

>   The nut-brown ale, the nut-brown ale,
>   Puts down all drink when it is stale!
>   The toast, the nutmeg, and the ginger
>   Will make a sighing man a singer.
>   Ale gives a buffet in the head,
>   But ginger under-props the brain;
>   When ale would strike a strong man dead
>   Then nutmeg tempers it again.
>   The nut-brown ale, the nut-brown ale,
>   Puts down all drink when it is stale!
>
>
>
> John Marston (1575?-1634)
>
> My read on the line "puts down all drink when it is stale" means,  
> even when it's gone bad, it's still better than anything else around.

Actually, I believe "stale" in brewing terms is a good thing: it's  
fully fermented. Not the same thing as going bad.

Adamantius






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