Brewer Without Any Barm, A

DESCRIPTION: "A brewer without any barm, he makes the most pitiful beer (x2)." Other workers are also condemned if they done make the right products or use the right tools.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1907 (Hammond collection)
KEYWORDS: drink worker
FOUND IN: Britain(England(South))
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Brocklebank/Kindersley-DorsetBookOfFolkSongs, p. 19, "A Brewer Without Any Barm" (1 fragment, 1 tune)
Roud #1357
NOTES [18 words]: Barm is the foam produced in fermenting, so a barmless beer would be flat and, presumably, low in alcohol. - RBW
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File: Dors019

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