Money

Another one that will attract considerable interest. No prizes for guessing who sent this in and thank you again. The cost of a bottle of Rawson’s Barley Ale is by …

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Another set of prices per bottle which were printed on the stopper label. This time from the Northampton Brewery Co, designed so that the price was immediately above the screw …

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Today’s selection is from Scotland. Blair & Co, J & J Morison and Wm. Younger. You could get these three beers for a shilling. Seems like a bargain to me.

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This one will attract a bit of interest. Two examples from the Leeds City Brewery. It would appear that the Nut Brown was a stronger beer than the Special. Unless …

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A question for you today. Clearly the label from Joseph Johnson’s Westoe Brewery indicates the bottle contained Sixpenny Mild Ale. However is the Sixpence just a name, presumably a sign …

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Sadly the number of responses to the last post could easily be counted on the fingers of a person whose hands had been amputated. So I thought today needs to …

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A pair today from William Stones, Cannon Brewery in Sheffield. The Dinner Ale being the lower strength. What we would really like to know is; where there other labels in …

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A trio of 6d beers today, all of which have a completely different design idea. There must have been a period when adding the cost of the beer became more …

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Still on the more expensive beers, today we offer a label from Constable & Sons of the Anchor Brewery in Littlehampton. To encourage contributions from fellow brewery historians, we are …

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