![]() The common story that early IPAs were much stronger than other beers of the time, however, is a myth. Įarly IPAs, like those mentioned above, were only slightly higher in alcohol than most of the other beers brewed in their day and would not have been considered strong ales however, more of the wort was well-fermented, meaning few residual sugars, and the beer was strongly hopped. London East End brewer Charrington's trial shipments of hogsheads of "India Ale" to Madras and Calcutta in 1827 proved successful and a regular trade emerged with the key British agents and retailers: Griffiths & Co in Madras Adam, Skinner and Co. Perhaps as a result of the advantages of Burton water in brewing, Burton India pale ale was preferred by merchants and their customers in India, but Hodgson's October beer clearly influenced the Burton brewers' India pale ales. Other Burton brewers, including Bass and Salt quickly followed Allsopp's lead. ġ9th century poster for Phipps, an IPA brewer in Northampton.Īt the behest of the East India Company, Allsopp's brewery developed a strongly-hopped pale ale in the style of Hodgson's for export to India. During the same period, several Burton breweries lost their export market in Continental Europe, including Scandinavia and Russia when the Napoleonic blockade was imposed, and Burton brewers were seeking a new export market for their beer. The brewery came into the control of Hodgson's son early in the next century, but his business practices alienated customers. ![]() Ships exported this beer to India, among them his October beer, which benefited exceptionally from conditions of the voyage and was apparently highly regarded among its consumers in India. Its beers became popular among East India Company traders' provisions in the late 18th century for being two miles up the Lea from the East India Docks, and Hodgson's liberal credit line of 18 months. Īmong the first brewers known to export beer to India was George Hodgson's Bow Brewery, on the Middlesex- Essex boundary. One such variety of beer was October beer, a pale well-hopped brew popular among the landed gentry, who brewed it domestically once brewed it was intended to cellar two years. By the mid-18th century, pale ale was mostly brewed with coke-fired malt, which produced less smoking and roasting of barley in the malting process, and hence produced a paler beer. The pale ales of the early 18th century were lightly hopped and quite different from today's pale ales. I'd *really* love some input from anybody who's used more than one of these platforms as to what they preferred and why, but I'm happy to take any insight at all from anyone that's used any of them even once - both positive or negative.See also: Bow, London and Burton-on-Trent Beyond that my next interest would be cool little add-on's like customizable team logos and/or pictures, songs that play when it's each team's turn, etc. I would say the main thing I'm concerned with is draft fluidity with the two guys drafting remotely and the program not lagging when it's their turns, or not displaying their picks properly. Based on the searches I've done so far on here, Clicky seems to be the most popular, but I've seen the other two mentioned a decent amount as well. Have a nice big 65 inch tv we'll be plugging a laptop into, but I have zero experience with any of the different software available out there. So - I'm trying to get some input on what my best route is going to be. ![]() ![]() Have my draft coming up in a little over three weeks and 8 of my 10 league members will be present at the draft itself in Chicago but we've got a guy in Denver and a guy in Tampa as well who'll be drafting remotely. ![]()
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