>Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 09:36:46 -0400
>From: Richard Gorrie <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Beef and Butt Beer
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>Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 11:16:27 -0500
>From: Michael Landon <[log in to unmask]>
>
>Sebastian:
>
>         Calvert's Malted Ales was a flourishing, family owned, mass
> producer of
>cheap beer in 18th century England. A "butt" was a slang term for (besides
>a lot of other things) a wooden cask used in the storage of  ale and other
>products. "Mum" was a kind of malted, wheat-based beer developed in
>Brunswick, Germany, that was imported into England in large quantities in
>the 18th century--see the OED (2nd edn.) for  more details.
>
>
>Michael de L. Landon
>Professor of History (Emeritus)
>University of Mississippi
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