On October 17th 1814, over 1,470,000 L of Porter at the Horse Shoe Brewery burst out of several vats flooding streets in St. Giles Parish, London, England. The tsunami of black beer destroyed several buildings and eight people lost their lives. Read the complete and incredibly detailed account of the disaster right here.
To commemorate this horrific loss of life and beer we have '1814 Porter' on tap at the pub Tuesday March 22nd at high noon.
The complete recipe for this beer is posted right here.
Enjoy.
Vital Stats:
Gravity - 14.8P/1.060
IBUs ~ 36
Hop Rate – 1.5 lbs/bbl
ABV - 6.3 %
Hops - Celeia, Summit
Colour ~ 29 SRM
Malts - Pale Ale, Carastan, Munich, Melanoidin, Black Patent, Carafa III
- The London Beer Flood Wiki right here.
- Excellent read on the history of Porter from Michael Jackson right here.
3 comments:
That story reminds me of the Boston Molasses Disaster. 'Bout time you brewed a porter. No doubt marred by excessive tastiness, lol. See you later on this seek.
Thanks X. It's definitely marred with black tastiness.
See you soon.
Michael Jackson was the king of beer writers, but his account of the history of porter has been overtaken by later research: for a rather more accurate take on the drink's origin's, go here.
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