The victualler's friend: or, The use of a new-invented gauging-rod, contriv'd chiefly for the advantage of victuallers in and about London: Whereby they may not only discover the want of measure from the brewer (either in beer or ale) but likewise what quantity they want.
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- The victualler's friend: or, The use of a new-invented gauging-rod, contriv'd chiefly for the advantage of victuallers in and about London: Whereby they may not only discover the want of measure from the brewer (either in beer or ale) but likewise what quantity they want.
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- London :: printed for H Newman, at the Grashopper in the Poultry, and given gratis to those that buy the rod,
- [1695?]
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- Ale -- Taxation -- England
- Beer -- Taxation -- England
- Inventions -- England
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"The victualler's friend: or, The use of a new-invented gauging-rod, contriv'd chiefly for the advantage of victuallers in and about London: Whereby they may not only discover the want of measure from the brewer (either in beer or ale) but likewise what quantity they want." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A95912.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 21, 2024.
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THE USE Of a ROD, &c.
THAT which Induc'd me to Contrive this Necessary Rod for the Use of
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Victuallers, was the Talk of the Brewers Raising their Drink, and some of them pretending to Cut their Measure, by rea∣son of the Duty laid upon Malt: As to the Raising their Drink, it is no Crime, tho' very Un∣reasonable; for when Malt was 28 Shillings a Quarter, the Victualler had his Drink at the same Rate as now; and if Malt was 12 Shillings a Quarter, I believe Drink would be nei∣ther Cheaper nor Stronger. But, as to Short Measure, the Statute to the Contrary will Protect the Victualler (if Dis∣cover'd)
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from any such Loss. So that I have contriv'd a Rod, whereby any Man, let him have but the Sence of a Boy of 7 years old, may Discover, whether any Barrel is accor∣ding to the Statute or not, and how much it wants of Mea∣sure. Likewise how much Drink is in the Barrel, when it is not full, as in Case of 3 Fir∣kins of Ale in a Barrel.
Note, There is a Statute which obliges the Brewer to Tun Ale into Beer Barrels, and every Beer Barrel to contain
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36 Gallons. Now there is but 32 Gallons to a Barrel of Ale; So you are to have 24 Gallons of Ale to 3 Firkins, Tun'd in∣to a Beer Barrel.