Last week we talked about Stilton cheese. You may remember how I got carried away with that topic. Well, anyway, I have no idea how I happened upon this photo of oast houses, but I'd never seen anything like it before and had to find out more.
BUT, before we get into that, for those of you who are not familiar with oast houses (as I wasn't), I will tell you that they are buildings that contain a kiln in which to dry hops. SO, I wrote a little limerick to help you remember how to pronounce 'oast.' Pronunciation is one of those obsessive things with me, and I can't trust British pronunciation to be what it looks like (to an American, anyway). No offense intended, dear British friends.
So, here goes:
BUT, before we get into that, for those of you who are not familiar with oast houses (as I wasn't), I will tell you that they are buildings that contain a kiln in which to dry hops. SO, I wrote a little limerick to help you remember how to pronounce 'oast.' Pronunciation is one of those obsessive things with me, and I can't trust British pronunciation to be what it looks like (to an American, anyway). No offense intended, dear British friends.
So, here goes:
There once was a man with an oast
'Bout which he'd annoyingly boast
'Til one fated day
He happened to stray
While all of his hops became toast.
- Ale is brewed without hops. Beer is brewed with hops.
- Ale has been brewed in England since Roman times or before. Beer wasn't introduced until 1400 or so.
- An oast contains three rooms: The kiln, the drying room, the cooling room.
- In 1840 there were as many as 50,000 brewers in England; today there are only appx. 200.
- Why the peaked roof? To create a good draft (or 'draught' if you're from Britain) for the fire- you know, like a tall chimney.
- Seems that most hops are now imported.
Check this out! You can stay at an oast house in Herefordshire!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
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