It’s true, wheat and barley, two principal ingredients in the brewing of beer, are a member of the grass family. Not the type you smoke, but the type you begrudgingly mow. Beer fact or fiction? Who cares? Time to go quench that panda sized thirst… cheers eh!
Tag: archery
Beer Fact or Fiction #994: King Henry VIII outlawed useless ale-houses to promote archery.
Concerned for the protection of the country, King Henry VIII of England put into the law the outlawing of ale-houses that were seen to be contrary to the well being of the common wealth. Based on the law passed in 1495, Henry felt that people were spending too much time playing games and drinking ales…