https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/01/the-vocabulary-of-beer-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:47:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/01/the-vocabulary-of-beer-i/#comment-1520572 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 07:47:10 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196750#comment-1520572 So glad to see some of the words are still in use! I shall now try to incorporate a few more! I love finding out old boozers wherever we visit “mainly London” so any suggestions will be appreciated!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/01/the-vocabulary-of-beer-i/#comment-1520417 Sun, 03 Sep 2023 16:47:12 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196750#comment-1520417 There was also a term ‘Bottoms Up’ where you you would raise your tankard Etc to look at the bottom to see if the ‘Shilling’ was at the ‘Bottom’ if it was then you would claim that it was not your beer. Otherwise if you drank from the tankard, if you saw the shilling or not then you were forced to join the navy!

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/01/the-vocabulary-of-beer-i/#comment-1520234 Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:27:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196750#comment-1520234 When I was a publican I sent waste beer back to the brewery and the term used was Ullage. This was beer no longer fit for consumption.

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