FlashGordon:  when did they start brewing? 2 years ago

missmolly324:  Just wait, I'll think of something... 2 years ago

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missmolly324:  It's older than the earliest English colloquial (written) literature. 2 years ago

MooseLord:  @Chris, the Catholic Church 2 years ago

MooseLord:  Oh wait, I had a major fail. I thought you were challenging us to think of things "older" then this brewery and still relevant. 2 years ago

MooseLord:  So on the grounds of a technicality, I win, I win! 2 years ago

MooseLord:  I guess this would explain why German beer trumps just about every other kind on the planet. Anybody got anything better? 2 years ago

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FlashGordon:  The Ottoman Empire 2 years ago

FlashGordon:  1168 Oxford was founded, the 4th Crusade(1200-1204) as well as the Children's Crusade (1212), the Spanish Inquisition (1231), The Hundred Year War (1337-1437), The Black Plague, The MIng Dynasty, The Canterbury Tales, The Incan Empire to name a few more 2 years ago

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MooseLord:  The Bishop of Ely commissioned the first College of Cambridge University in 1284 2 years ago

reduxing:  justinian books(50),lief erricson,DRACULAS GRANDFATHER! 2 years ago

MooseLord:  @jaimemaldonado45, Justinian I was emperor of East Rome in the 6th century, this beer was first brewed in 1040. So the beer is younger than Justinian's edicts. Unless you meant something different. 2 years ago

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missmolly324:  @chris - Cool find! However, I still stand by my assertion. I've always been under the impression that Piers Plowman is the earliest known usage of English for literature (instead of French, which was the language used in aristocratic and educated circles - coloquial English was for the rubes). It's my impression that this example is an official use of the English language, which is a category of its own. 2 years ago

missmolly324:  I figured you'd know better than to do that when it concerns history :-) 2 years ago

missmolly324:  It looks, though, like it might be modern English. What I was referring to was middle English. Even more subtlety! 2 years ago

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teddywilkins:  i'm younger. teddy: est 1987 2 years ago

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