Drink of the week: Elizabethan Golden Ale

We love everything the Golden Ages represent: flourishing arts, Shakespeare, booze, Shakespeare, and booze. Like the Elizabethan’s, our beverage of choice this week is ale.

Ale is like beer except it’s made with a top fermenting yeast. We’re not sure what that means, but we do know two things: the rich and poor loved it in Shakespeare’s day, and we love it today.

Elizabethans used spices and fruits to enhance the flavour of Ale, taking away the bitter taste. We love this idea. Our ale is infused with orange peel and coriander, for a calming spring taste. Pair these flavours with our delicious mocha fudge brownies and a copy of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, and live it up like an Elizabethan.

Fun Facts about the Elizabethan Era:

1. Wine was available but was about 12 times more expensive than ale. “Ale, please!”

2. They mostly drank alcohol because it was easy to preserve. Remember, there were no refrigerators or electricity at this time.

3. They didn’t drink water because it wasn’t considered to be clean or sterile. “Someone invent a Brita already.”

4. Children drank ale and wine as their parents did. “No water? No fridge to preserve juice? I’ll take an ale please. Yes, I’m nine.”

5. The average person drank one gallon of ale a day. That’s 11 beers.

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