TheWorshipful Company of Distillers by Michael Berlin

TheWorshipful Company of Distillers by Michael Berlin

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The Worshipful Company of Distillers was established in 1638. Always closely bound up with the commercial distilling industry, the Company has survived through more than three centuries of involvement in the civic life of the City of London and, unlike many other Livery Companies, the close association with its trade still survives today.

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TheWorshipful Company of Distillers by Michael Berlin

The Worshipful Company of Distillers was established in 1638. The author recounts the origins of the distilling industry, the early difficulties in founding a Livery Company, interrupted by the Civil War, and its subsequent rise to prominence when gin became the Londoners’ favourite drink. Always closely bound up with the commercial distilling industry, the Company has survived through more than three centuries of involvement in the civic life of the City of London and, unlike many other Livery Companies, the close association with its trade still survives today.
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ISBN 13 9781860770302
ISBN 10 1860770304
Title TheWorshipful Company of Distillers
Author Michael Berlin
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The History Press Ltd
Year published 1996-11-29
Number of pages 96
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