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artyn Cornell, author of "Beer: the story of the pint" has just published a new book. It traces the origin and development of British Beer Styles. At just five pounds for the electronic version, it’s a bargain.
You can find more details (and purchase) "Amber, Gold & Black" here:
http://thecornerpub.co.uk/
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What is "stingo"?
Looking at the cover of the book!
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Will this book be in print? I’m going to be in London in a few weeks, and I wouldn’t mind picking it up if so.
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A type of strong ale. There was even Imperial Stingo.
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Any still made today? Or any revivals?
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http://www.lukehistory.com/ballads/stingo.html
I found this old ballad from the mid-17th century ..a ballad to "stingo".
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Amber Gold & Black will only be published in a dead-tree version if enough people download it as an ebook - this is a diy publishing operation (although to the highest professional standards, I hope) and the ebook is designed to test the demand and raise the funds for a conventional version. Anyone who buys the ebook will get a discount off any subsequent printed version. So if you want to see the book actually in print - get downloading the e-version now!
Martyn Cornell
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The last I remember is Higsons, circa 1977. But there has been a revival of the Higsons brewery, in name at least, and a revival of the Stingo to go with it. Nobody here seems to have tried it yet.
And Sam Smiths has recently released a beer called Yorkshire Stingo which does have a few ratings.
The Bartrams beer called Stingo is, in fact, a punnish name for a honey beer (geddit?)
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This is the collection of the articles Martyn did for What’s Brewing?
They were very good. Nice to get them all in one place. I’ll go for that.
And now that I’m a regular columnist in CAMRA’s Beer magazine I think my name should go next to the extract of the review I wrote for his Beer the Story of the Pint ;-)
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\ apparently "Hale’s" up here in the PNW tried their hand at it way back in 2002.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/hales-stingo-strong-ale/16121/
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Not to get back to the subject, but I bought the book last week and I’m really impressed. One advantage of the e-book is that you can carry it with you wherever (I’ve got one copy on my Nokia N800 tablet). The book has lots of photos, illustrations, old advertisements, etc., and it’s well attributed (ie, quotes come with sources, names and dates).
I’ve already learned more about the origins of stout than I ever wanted to know.
With another writer the subject could be very dry, but this book has a sense of humor to keep things going (at one point, honey beer is described as "One of the oldest styles of beer, which returned in the 20th century and proved popular with hairdressers.)
It’s well worth the £5 / $10 / €6.37 / 151 Kč / whatever you have to pay to get it.
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