The first oasts and hop kilns in england

Since the 17th century, the generally accepted view has been that hop growing and drying were introduced in East Kent by religious refugees from Flanders in the mid-16th century. Hops were not new to England, but their cultivation and drying was. At the time, the respective merits of beer brewed wit...

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1. Verfasser: Grattan, Patrick
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Since the 17th century, the generally accepted view has been that hop growing and drying were introduced in East Kent by religious refugees from Flanders in the mid-16th century. Hops were not new to England, but their cultivation and drying was. At the time, the respective merits of beer brewed with hops and ale brewed without hops was strongly contested between beer brewers (mostly Flemish and male) and ale brewers (mostly English and female). This chapter describes the lively political and commercial context in which hop drying started in England, before reporting on what we know about the earliest oasts
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv219kxw4.10