Burton-On-Trent is the birth barley was no longer dark and place for all pale ales. The water smokey. This allowed for the was perfect. In the eleventh brewing of pale ales. century, Burton Abbey produced great beers! After a few hundred With the building of new roads & years of brewing, Burton Abbey canals, Burton-On-Trent’s Pale became very famous for their Ales became a big export. with ales. When the Abbey closed in better access to London, as well 1540, a local family took over the as the Baltic, Burton Ale brewing. production took off. Peter the Great and Empress Catherine They helped establish local were both well known Burton Ale barley growing & malting and lovers. encouraged local brewing at the many Burton-On-Trent inns. The IPA was also born in Burton- When coke made from coal On-trent, as well as the Bitter, became available, the malted Best Bitter & the ESB. When the town was incorporated Worthington chosen as mayor. as a borough in 1878, the brewers Henry Wardle, John Yeomans, and Brewers were prominent in Sydney Evershed were chosen as Parliament, with Bass, Ratcliff, aldermen at the first council Gretton and Evershed representing meeting; other brewers were co- Burton, and Gretton and Wardle opted, and William Henry representing South Derbyshire. In 1827, Burton Cricket Club was formed through the influence of Abraham Bass, son of brewer Michael Bass. Bass was known as the father of Midland cricket. In the heyday of brewing in Burton, many brewery companies had their own cricket teams. The Brewery Cup was established around 1894 by the Burton Breweries Cricket Association. Deans Brothers Brewing Co. is a small micro brewery located in California brewing traditional English Pale Ales and other craft beers. It was founded in 2005 by Bill Deans and Rick Deans. This is how the ale came about… Bill Deans had lived in a small When Bill went to his first Great English village when he was 18. American Beer Festival in The village had one butcher, one Denver, he found that other baker and one small shop that people liked English Ales too. also doubled as the post office and He began a long quest to open a two pubs. He fell in love with small brewery. He brewed his the English Pale Ales and the ESB6 and IPA7 at nights when the English pubs. He was taught how breweries were closed. He got a to brew and acquired two cultures distribution license and sold the that would change his life... The beers to the pubs and restaurants two cultures were a) the yeast that in the Santa Monica and Worthington used to ferment their West L.A. area. famous White Shield and b) a And the rest, as Ginger Beer Plant. Since 1980, Bill they say, is has kept both cultures going history. strong while adding additional cultures. Can you unscramble the following beer synonyms? Each scrambled word is an alternative name for beer or something relating to beer. Use the grid below the scrambled word to write the correct word. E L A B E W R S O P H H L L I C S D U S S O U T T T A M L G A R E L B E W R K S I M L T A – I Q O U L R D O C L – E N O Y A B R E L – O P P D O L C– E E O F C F B O W N R – T B O L T E Bottle - Brown Coffee, - Cold One, Barley Pop Barley One, - Cold Liquor, Liquor, - Malt , Brewski Suds, Stout, Malt, Lager, Lager, Malt, Stout, Suds, Ale, Brew, Hops, Chill, Chill, Hops, Brew, Ale, Answers Burton Brewery Tower, 1912 Burton Brewery Tower, 2020 A modern day journey of heritage, visiting well known Ale pubs in Burton… 2nd Pub Start here, The Elms Burton Bridge Inn 3rd Pub The Lord Burton Final Stop The Derby Inn 4th Pub 8th Pub Coopers Tavern The Alfred Ale House 5th Pub 7th Pub Devonshire Arms The Old Cottage 6th Pub The Roebuck Inn Burton ale is a strong ale which is that time. In London, the terms dark and sweet. Burton ales were Burton ale and old ale were generally aged, and needed interchangeable, but cellaring for months before compared to other old ales and serving, and almost certainly had barley wines Burton ale is some degree of secondary distinctively dark, sweet and fermentation going on during fruity. Bottle label for Bass Bottle label for Bottle label for No 1 Strong Burton Bass Jubilee Strong Dunmow Brewery Ale: Ratcliff Ale brewed Burton Ale 1977. Burton ale. 16 December 1869 This ale was brewed for the silver Jubilee of which Queen. 1) Which of these is not a Hop? 6) Which country produces the most Hops? a) Millennium b) Tomahawk a) China b) Germany c) Pilgrim d) Victory c) USA d) Czech 2) Non alcoholic beers normally Republic contain which fruit? 7) Which of these has not been a) Banana b) Pear used as a flavour in a c) Pineapple d) Kiwi commercial beer? a) Pizza b) Coconut 3) How many breweries are Curry there currently in the UK? c) Cheese & d) Lobster a) 2000 b) 1750 Onion Crisps c) 500 d) 3000 8) Where is the beer brand Cascade made? 4) When was the beer can introduced? a) South Africa b) Zambia a) 1905 b) 1920 c) Canada d) Tasmania c) 1925 d) 1935 5) What is the world’s biggest beer brand? a) Bud Light b) Budweiser c) Snow d) Tsingtao 1:d, 2:a, 3:a, 4:d, 5:c, 6:b, 7:c, 8:d 8:d 7:c, 6:b, 5:c, 4:d, 3:a, 2:a, 1:d, Answers.