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Beer has been brewed in England for thousands of years. As a beer brewing country, it is known for top fermented cask beer (also called real ale) which finishes maturing in the cellar of the pub rather than at the brewery and is served with only natural carbonation. English beer styles include bitter, mild, brown ale and old ale.
The first tax on beer in the United Kingdom was the Saladin tithe, introduced in 1188 by Henry II to raise money for the crusades [6] 982 ha (2,430 acres) of hops were grown in 2014, [ 7 ] down from a peak of 31,161 ha (77,000 acres) in 1878. [ 7 ]
This is a partial list of breweries in England. Beer in England pre-dates other alcoholic drinks produced in England , and has been brewed continuously since prehistoric times. [ 1 ] As a beer brewing country , England is known for its top fermented cask beer (also called real ale ) which finishes maturing in the cellar of the pub rather than ...
Philistine pottery beer jug. Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the world; a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer-recipe, describing the production of beer from barley bread, and in China ...
Timeline of British Breweries; Brewer 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Adnams, Southwold: Adnams Whitbread, London : Whitbread Interbrew
From the late 14th century hopped beer was being imported into Winchelsea. [5] The first recorded hopped beer in Sussex and one of the first in England arrived at Winchelsea from the Low Countries in 1400. [6] At this time ale produced in the countryside was typically weak and flat and quickly deteriorated.
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