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Germany

Gallery: Kölsch Beer Mats

Detail from a Sion Kölsch beer mat c.2009.

Detail from a Pfaffen Kölsch beer mat c.2009.

Detail from a Peters Kölsch beer mat c.2004.

Detail from a Päffgen Kölsch beer mat c.2007.

Detail from a Hellers Kölsch beer mat c.2007.

Detail from a Gilden Kölsch beer mat c.2007.

Detail from a Gaffel Kölsch beer mat c.2007. (Can any German speakers help us translate this one?) — Detail from a Gaffel Kölsch beer mat c.2007.

Details from some beer mats we’ve picked up on various visits to Cologne.

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design photography

Gallery: London Breweries

London pub: The George the Fourth, Portsmouth Street, Holborn. — The George the Fourth, Portsmouth Street, Holborn.

London pub: The Red Lion & Wheatsheaf, Deptford High Street. (No longer a pub.) — The Red Lion & Wheatsheaf, Deptford High Street. (No longer a pub.)

London pub: The Queen's Head, Black Prince Road. (Now a cafe.) — The Queen’s Head, Black Prince Road. (Now a cafe.)

London pub: Turner's Old Star, Watts Street, Wapping. — Turner’s Old Star, Watts Street, Wapping.

London pub: The Blind Beggar, Whitechapel Road. — The Blind Beggar, Whitechapel Road. (Side of pub, long zoom!)

London pub: The Duke of Sussex, Bayliss Road, Waterloo. — The Duke of Sussex, Bayliss Road, Waterloo.

London pub: The Old Justice, Bermondsey Wall. — The Old Justice, Bermondsey Wall.

Signs and livery for Watney’s, Charrington, Courage, Wenlock, Hoare’s, Truman’s and Taylor Walker.

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Penzance Booze Outlets, 1898

Post author By Boak & Bailey
Post date 18th January 2014

The title page of the business directory. — The title page of the 1898 business directory.

The White Lion, 1898. — Pool & Son, Family Wine and Spirit Merchants, Green Market, Penzance: “Pool’s Bar is known to-day as one of the most reliable places for first class spirits in the town…. Messrs. Pool & Son are local agents for… Barclay’s London porter… [and] Roger’s Bristol ales and stout… They import and bottle Dublin stout and Burton ales…”

The bottled beer cellar at the White Lion, 1898.

The White Lion in 2014. — The White Lion in 2014 — recently refurbished.

The White Lion 1898 overlaid on the building as it is today. — The White Lion 1898 overlaid on the building as it is today. (White van initially an irritation, but there is a horse and cart in the original photo…)

James Cornish, 24 Market Place. — James M. Cornish, Wine, Spirit and Ale Merchant, 24 Market Place, Penzance: ‘Agencies are held for the European Wine and Spirit Company, Coates’ Plymouth Gin, Martell’s and Hennessy’s Brandies, Jameson’s Irish Whisky, the Melrose Scotch Whisky and various popular brands of champagne, and also for Bass’s, Allsopp’s and the Anglo-Bavarian Brewery Company’s Ales, and Guinness’s Extra Stout.’

The entry for Messrs. Harvey of Green Market.

Charles Garton & Co, branch office, Parade Street, Penzance: ‘Messrs. Charles Garton & Co. have been prominently connected with the brewing interest of the West of England for many years past. Their head-quarters are at Bristol, where they have an extensive brewery, and turn out large quantities of their well known “Bristol” ales, for the excellence of which they were awarded a prize medal at the International Exhibition, London… All the ales and stouts sold are received directly from the Brewery, and as the consignments arrive weekly and are carefully matured at the stores, first class condition may be depended on.’

In 1898, a ‘pay to play’ business directory for Penzance listed all of its wine and spirit merchants. On this evidence, they primarly sold ‘posh’ beer from Dublin, London, Burton and Bristol, and none of them mention beer from local brewers.

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Belgium

Gallery: Belgian Beer Signs

Post author By Boak & Bailey
Post date 11th January 2014

Palm, Antwerp

Duvel, Bruges

Leffe, Brussels

De Koninck, Antwerp

De Koninck, Antwerp

Cantillon, Brussels.

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pubs

Gallery: Tiled Pub Frontages

Post author By Boak & Bailey
Post date 20th December 2013
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Close up of the tiles on the Peveril of the Peak, Manchester.

The Castle, Holland Park, West London.

Exmouth Arms, Clerkenwell.

The Victory, Brighton.

The Vine Inn, Manchester.

The Peveril of the Peak, Manchester.

Close up of the tiles on the Peveril of the Peak, Manchester.

A few photographs of tiled pub frontages we’ve collected over the years.

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