Day 194 / July 13, 2011
Mayflower Brewing
Company / Plymouth, MA
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Beer for Pilgrims!
Do you like a little
history with your beer? The Mayflower
Brewing Company was founded in 2007 in Plymouth, MA, by a 10th great
grandson of John Alden, a beer barrel cooper on the Mayflower!
Beer was actually
the staple drink aboard the Mayflower, due to its natural preservatives and abundant
source of carbohydrates. It is
documented that the Pilgrims searched for weeks for a suitable harbor, but
finally settled at Plymouth, because, in their words, “we could not now take time for further search or consideration, our
victuals being much spent, especially our beer.”
In fact, the abundant
spring water discovered in Plymouth by the Pilgrims is used in Mayflower
Brewing’s beers. I actually wasn’t expecting
much from the Golden Ale, a American blonde ale. But I was pleasantly surprised. It was bit dry, and had just a touch of bite
from the Galena and Liberty hops.
Good luck finding
this beer outside of Massachusetts!
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