The London Porter Disaster

October 17 marks the 200th Anniversary of the London Beer Flood. A wooden vat in a London brewery, reaching three-stories high, exploded pouring porter into the streets of London. Read all about it … and raise a pint of the Black Ox Rye Porter in memory of the victims in this strange event:

http://www.history.com/news/the-london-beer-flood-200-years-ago

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