>Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 09:36:46 -0400 >From: Richard Gorrie <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: Beef and Butt Beer >Sender: H-Net List for British and Irish History <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Reply-to: H-Net List for British and Irish History <[log in to unmask]> >Original-recipient: rfc822;[log in to unmask] > >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 >Tel: 662-915-7105 >Fax: 662-915-7033 >E-mail: <[log in to unmask]>