Episode 160: The Great London beer flood

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4.2 • 839 Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Drinks are on the house! And in the street, and in the basements, and ... well, they're everywhere. On October 17th, 1814, in St. Giles Rookery, London, that was kind of the problem.

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