BEER FLOOD 200 - THE LONDON BEER FLOOD

THE 'LONDON BEER FLOOD' IS A LITTLE KNOWN DISASTER WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 17TH OCTOBER IN 1814.

EIGHT CASUALTIES WERE RECORDED, COMPARED TO SIX FOR THE FIRE OF LONDON. HAD THE 'FLOOD' OCCURRED AS PEOPLE WERE SETTING OF FOR WORK THE CASUALTIES COULD HAVE BEEN HIGHER, AS 1,470,000 LITRES OF BEER GUSHED OUT INTO THE STREET.

SO WHY 200? WELL THIS IS MY 200TH NEW BEER SINCE I STARTED BREWING.

IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE BEER FLOOD, SEE THE FOLLOWING LINK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood

THE ALE COMMEMORATING THIS DISASTER, CAN BE FOUND AT THE FOLLOWING:

THE GOLDEN SMOG, STOCKTON
THE SHIP, MIDDLESTONE VILLAGE
THE HALF MOON, DARLINGTON
THE CROWN, MANFIELD
THE BRIDGE, WHORLTON
THE OLD WELL, BARNARD CASTLE
THE QUAKERHOUSE, DARLINGTON
THE STANWICK, ALDBROUGH ST JOHN
THE OLD VIC, DARLINGTON
THE BLACK BULL, MELSONBY
THE CROFT HOTEL, CROFT ON TEES