Bottoms up
Subtitle: a history of alcohol in Newfoundland and Labrador
By: Sheilah Roberts Lukins
Publisher: Breakwater Books, Limited
Published: 2020
Place of publication: St. John's, NL, Canada
Language: eng
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9781550818017
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: Alcohol; Social aspects; History; Alcoholic beverages; Alcoholic beverage industry
Description: "In 1617, Lord Falkland's colonists in Newfoundland were instructed to bring, among other things, 20 barrels of caske (ale), 90 bushels of malt, a malt mill, 4500 pounds of hops, 1 firkin of Aqua vitae, 1 firkin of canarie wine, and 1 firkin of methaglyne (mead). And so began the time-honoured tradition of countering the rugged Newfoundland environment with a nip of something stronger. Now, four hundred years later, from our famous kitchen parties to the bars and pubs of George Street, the history of our cultural traditions is intertwined with the history of liquor and beer. Bottoms Up is the story of alcohol in Newfoundland and Labrador, and reveals how the drink helped shape so much of the province's culture. What did Newfoundlanders drink 400 years ago? Where were the most popular drinking establishments of the past? Why does one of our streets have the most pubs per square foot in North America? Distilling four centuries of fact and anecdote, Sheilah Roberts Lukins serves up a revealing and often amusing survey of our fascination with good spirits." --Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-257).
Table of contents: title: Necessity: benevolent booze; title: Trade: from fish to wine; title: Excess: how a culture of alcohol gave birth to the binge; title: Control: between the devil and the deep blue sea; title: Temperance: the rise of a social conscience; title: Prohibition: extreme measures; title: Post-prohibition: loosening the noose; title: Taverns and bars of St. John's and beyond; title: The breweries; title: Appendix A: Alochol related crimes and court cases; title: Appendix B: Eighteenth century tavern owners in St. John's; title: Appendix C: St. John's alcohol-related businesses from the nineteenth century until prohibition; title: Appendix D: Nineteenth century alcohol-related establishments outside St. John's; title: Appendix E: Mid-twentieth century drinking establishments outside St. John's.