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Message started by skatnbnc on 06/28/10 at 17:20:12

Title: Old Thumper Ale
Post by skatnbnc on 06/28/10 at 17:20:12

Wll I finally got to try the Thumper this weekend at the Under the Redcoat event at Colonial Williamsburg. It was a welcome refresher with the temp at 107 degrees that day.
http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010/06/28/bikepics-2008610-full.jpg

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by skatnbnc on 06/28/10 at 17:23:17

After we took the photo I put it into a period correct mug, and it was after public visiting hours - this was NOT how we portray the 18th century to the public!
http://p1.bikepics.com/pics/2010/06/28/bikepics-2008613-full.jpg

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by Serowbot on 06/28/10 at 18:03:02

You look good in 107' degrees,... ;)
I look more like the creature on the bottle when it's that hot....
:-?...

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by kimchris1 on 06/28/10 at 18:59:19

So how many did you end up enjoyng? I would have had to have air conditioner close by in 107 degrees...That is HOT....
8-)

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/28/10 at 19:05:12

Since we got home from the coast, about all Ive worn is shorts & sandals. No way could I do a full suit of clothes in 107 degrees any more. I hope the oil doesnt wreck it down there any worse than iy has.

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by Paladin. on 06/28/10 at 19:15:21

http://www.savageriders.com/images/skatnbnc-old-thumper-1.jpg
http://www.savageriders.com/images/skatnbnc-old-thumper-2.jpg

So how did you like an Old Thumper, a good Extra Special Ale, compared with the water washed crap such as a normal American Lager?

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by Paladin. on 06/28/10 at 19:24:15

http://www.beerbottlecollector.com/
While rare, green glass, and used corks, the bottle of beer IS correct period.

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by Stimpy on 06/29/10 at 01:43:09

Nice pictures skat!
(and Ringwood should really start sponsoring the site by now).

...but just how many layers of clothing are they making
you wear in 100+ weather? ...oh well, at least it's cotton :D

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by Skid Mark on 06/29/10 at 18:20:10

Must be real good beer!!!! 107 and not a bead of sweat. Now that's a refreshing drink.

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by skatnbnc on 06/30/10 at 18:32:51

71404D4045484F210 wrote:

http://www.beerbottlecollector.com/
While rare, green glass, and used corks, the bottle of beer IS correct period.

Oh yes, totally, and we have several. But mugs last longer - they dont break as often.... ;)

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by skatnbnc on 06/30/10 at 18:38:50

3314090D1019600 wrote:

Yes, I think Ringwood needs to sponsor us!

In that photo I am wearing, from the skin out: cotton stockings, garters, leather shoes, a linen shift (like a nightgown), a linen under-petticoat (undergarment), stays (18th century corset, fully boned), a linen petticoat (skirt), a pocket (it ties on around the waist), a linen fichu (neck kerchief), a linen full length gown, a linen apron, a linen cap and a silk bonnet.

And no, I am not as hot as the tourists in shorts and a t-shirt. The linen absorbs the perspiration, then slowly evaporates it. The longer sleeves, fichu, cap and stockings keep the sun and bugs off me.
We are actually better protected than the visitors.

All that being said - it was still hot as Hades that weekend, and we were all soaking wet. I only had one beer - the rest of the drinking was lots of water.

Title: Re: Old Thumper Ale
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/30/10 at 19:16:46

Yep. More clothes doesnt mean hotter. When I was roughnecking in West Tx, I wore a long sleeve over a tee shirt & painters pants, white, loose floppy( No, they dont stay white more than a minute, but theyre still looser than blue jeans), wet the tee shirt & button the shirt part way & instand evap cooler.. the other guys thot I was crazy, like the people here,,