tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post700851366036853455..comments2024-01-24T05:19:09.805-06:00Comments on This Game Of Games: I Need Professional HelpJeffrey Kittelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-34576835326783751792009-01-02T14:31:00.000-06:002009-01-02T14:31:00.000-06:00Soule's Hop Bitters was made up of "bitters, hops,...Soule's Hop Bitters was made up of "bitters, hops, and alcohol" and guaranteed to cure what ails you. <BR/><BR/>But I see the word "bitters" and think "ale." I wouldn't swear to it but I think the English call their ale, or at least one form of it, a bitter. And if I was at the store and show a beer called Prickly Ash Bitters, I would immediately buy it as long as it was a nicely hopped ale.Jeffrey Kittelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-62714045397412676012009-01-02T11:55:00.000-06:002009-01-02T11:55:00.000-06:00If Soule's stuff was like a lot of patent medicine...If Soule's stuff was like a lot of patent medicine of the era, alcohol may have been the primary ingredient, and as healthful as anything else it contained.<BR/><BR/>You really wouldn't think something called Prickly Ash Bitters would be "pleasant to the taste," would you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-59000543034090484912009-01-01T14:19:00.000-06:002009-01-01T14:19:00.000-06:00I had assumed that a Hop Bitters would be an ale-s...I had assumed that a Hop Bitters would be an ale-something like an Indian Pale Ale, hopped up to preserve the beer so it could be transported over long distances. But I googled Asa Soule and saw that his Hop Bitters was a curative elixir. It's a shame because a nice ale would probably been better for you than what Soule was selling.Jeffrey Kittelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02367989375750209078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5985668569918053928.post-67068573852309769162008-12-31T16:03:00.000-06:002008-12-31T16:03:00.000-06:00In the late 1870s, Asa Soule, manufacturer of Hop ...In the late 1870s, Asa Soule, manufacturer of Hop Bitters, bought the Rochester club and changed the name to the Hop Bitters. At least one New York paper was offended by this crass commercialism and refused to refer to the team that way, reverting instead to Rochester's traditional "Flour City" nickname. But other papers were not so sensitive, and there are box scores showing the "Hop Bitters".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com