Brasenose Ale
Drinks - Mixed
Oxford
Hot beer with nutmeg, cloves and apple pieces, a form of Lamb's Wool. Consumed on Shrove Tuesday at Brasenose College, Oxford, with the college butler reading out student's verses in praise of the ale. Disgracefully, the college's own brewhouse was demolished in 1889, since when the beer has had to be bought-in.
 EXTERNAL LINK: Brasenose Ale Poems Collection of 1878
For other Shrove Tuesday traditions, see:
Doughnuts - Ring form
Grey Peas (and Bacon)
Pancakes for Shrove Tuesday
Monday Collop
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