Hundreds of years before the first cask of #IPA hit a ship’s hold, hopped #beer was pushed on north-western Europe by the cannon wielding merchants of the #Hanseatic League who set sail from the Baltic. In Bristol in #1384, the strange imported beer was “the new drink promoted aggressively by north German merchants.” From the archives (2019): “Another Brief Update On That Nagging Beery Bristol Question…” http://abetterbeerblog427.com/2019/01/27/another-brief-update-on-that-nagging-beery-question/ #BeerHistory #Histodons