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johnfowles · 08-26-2003, 10:23 AM

quote:Originally posted by gwen snyder:
I find that interesting John, also, I wonder if thegrestlakesbrewingcompany is the one in Cleveland?
It sure does Gwen and I'd be mighty obliged if you actually live in Cleveland if you could acquire and send to me
a crate or two of "burning River Pale Ale" http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/Brews/burning.cfm
that page refers to "English Pale Ale made in Burton-on-trent" this is undoubtedly a reference to the famous Bass Pale Ale first produced in 1777; its red triangle trademark was registered in 1876 as the world's first trademark
while you are at it you might as well include a case of the Edmund Fitzgerald porter please as described at http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/Brews/edmund.cfm

As matter of interest to any beer lovers here
I once heard a BBC radio program talking about a brewer called Samuel Whitbread who invented a hybrid beer mixture that he tried out on the stout porters at the nearby London Smithfield meat market hence the 2 names for a strong brown beer.
this is somewhat confirmed at http://freespace.virgin.net/mark.spe...#Portersporter
You see it is truly amazing what pearls a bit of Google surfing can unearth!!
BTW the pic I linked to earlier shows the president of the insurance company that financed the construction of the Fitz in font of his namesake in case anybody was wondering why I chose that pic as my experiment in making pics appear here

John Fowles
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08-26-2003, 10:23 AM	#43
johnfowles Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. ex UK and Canada Posts: 4,846	quote:Originally posted by gwen snyder: I find that interesting John, also, I wonder if thegrestlakesbrewingcompany is the one in Cleveland? It sure does Gwen and I'd be mighty obliged if you actually live in Cleveland if you could acquire and send to me a crate or two of "burning River Pale Ale" http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/Brews/burning.cfm that page refers to "English Pale Ale made in Burton-on-trent" this is undoubtedly a reference to the famous Bass Pale Ale first produced in 1777; its red triangle trademark was registered in 1876 as the world's first trademark while you are at it you might as well include a case of the Edmund Fitzgerald porter please as described at http://www.greatlakesbrewing.com/Brews/edmund.cfm As matter of interest to any beer lovers here I once heard a BBC radio program talking about a brewer called Samuel Whitbread who invented a hybrid beer mixture that he tried out on the stout porters at the nearby London Smithfield meat market hence the 2 names for a strong brown beer. this is somewhat confirmed at http://freespace.virgin.net/mark.spe...#Portersporter You see it is truly amazing what pearls a bit of Google surfing can unearth!! BTW the pic I linked to earlier shows the president of the insurance company that financed the construction of the Fitz in font of his namesake in case anybody was wondering why I chose that pic as my experiment in making pics appear here John Fowles ------------------ My Gordon Lightfoot webring starts at http://www.johnfowles.org.uk/lightfoot [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 26, 2003).] [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 26, 2003).] [This message has been edited by johnfowles (edited August 26, 2003).]