tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post2832545900750523900..comments2024-03-29T05:18:12.821-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Good London Porter, warranted free of mixtureRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-18647796542611550172013-06-02T11:40:35.507-07:002013-06-02T11:40:35.507-07:00"Double double" was the beer Elizabeth I..."Double double" was the beer Elizabeth I complained the London brewers wete making and selling "at a very grate and excessive pryce", though whether Tudor London double-double was the same as late 18th century Scots double-double, I wouldn't like to guess. William Yworth at the end of the 17th century said "double" beer was made with a return wort on fresh malt, but again, that says nothing about what the name might have meant in a late 18th century Scottish context.Martyn Cornellhttp://zythophile.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com