The elusive taste of beer history

The past is another flavour.

I thought of this recently when I saw a piece on line about my fellow Kingstonian and beer blogger Alan McLeod. For the past few years Alan, together with American enthusiast Craig Gravina, has been attempting to unearth the story of Albany ale. It’s a little-known fact, but Albany, New York, was at one time the centre (or center) of American brewing, producing a local ale that was drunk all over North America – and, I believe, beyond.

What did it taste like? Well,...