The Great London Beer Flood of 1814

The Great London Beer Flood of 1814
The London Beer Tsunami of 1814
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London Beer Flood Monday 17th October 1814.

As the Napoleonic Wars neared their end, London was shocked by one of the most bizarre tragedies to befall this great city - when a 15 feet tsunami of beer swept through the streets of London, killing 8 people.

This is the story of the Great London Beer Flood of 1814.

And apart from being a weird history story, I wanted to share this with you because, having just done a couple of videos about the War of 1812 between Britain & America I wanted to paint a picture of the social conditions that drove working class men to join the British army during the Napoleonic Wars.

On the afternoon of the 17th October 1814, a huge 22 foot barrel of fermenting Porter Beer exploded in the Horse Shoe Brewery on the junction of Tottenham Court Road and Great Russel Street.

320,000 gallons of porter beer (that’s about two and a half millions pints) poured out of the brewery in a 15 foot tidal wave, swamping the nearby slum of St. Giles Rookery.

8 people were drowned in this sad tragedy.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:43 Army versus Poverty
2:54 St Giles Rookery - London slum
6:06 Horse Shoe Brewery
8:00 The London Beer Flood of 1814
11:30 Meux Brewery afterwards
12:48 The History Chap

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