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Forthcoming Events from the IBD October Annual Banquet Date: 4 Oct Section: GNS Location: Renaissance Hotel, Manchester M3 2EQ Balmenach Distilleryand Caorunn gin Date: 10 Oct Section: Scottish Location: Strathspey Railway, Aviemore PH22 1PY
TEN THINGS YOU (PROBABLY) DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ... GLASS
Senior member’s lunch Date: 18 Oct Section: GNS Location: Clitheroe area – details tbc
Glass is made from readily-available domestic materials, such as sand, soda ash, limestone and “cullet,” the industry term for furnace-ready recycled glass.
To 'e' or not to 'e', that is the question! When it comes to spelling, only refer to Scotch, Canadian (or English) whisky without the ‘e.' If its origins are rooted elsewhere, opt for whiskey. quality or purity. Recycled glass is substituted for up to 95% of raw materials. Glass is 100% recyclable and can be recycled endlessly without loss in
A temple has been built by monks in northeast Thailand who used over a million recycled beer bottles to make the walls and roof. Wat Lan Kuad or 'the Temple of a Million Bottles', is in Sisaket province near the Cambodian border.
Brewing in Edinburgh (YM Event – All Invited) Date: 23 Oct Section: Scottish Location: Edinburgh (Leith) EH7 4JB and EH7 5TB November Visit to Castle Eden followed bynew UK production facility for KeyKegs Date: 7 Nov Section: GNS Location: Seaham SR7 7PS and SR7 7DN Annual Banquet Date: 8 Nov Section: Southern Location: Canterbury Cathedral Lodge, Canterbury CT1 2EH Cereals Day: GlenDronach Distillery Speyside Cooperageand Macallan Distillery for talks Date: 12 Nov Section: Scottish Location: Forgue By Huntly, Aberdeenshire AB54 6DB For further details of all of these future events, check www.ibd.org.uk/events New IBD fellows Three nominations for Fellowship of the Institute were proposed and unanimously agreed at the recent Council meeting. Frances Jack, Scottish Kate Jones, Africa Andre Thix, International Biographies of each of these new Fellows will follow in future editions of BDI. In memory It is with great sadness that we inform you of the death of the following member:
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The first real evidence of manmade glass dates to around 3,000 B.C. One of the most valuable glass art objects in the world is the Portland vase, which was probably made in Rome about the beginning of the Christian Era, between AD 5 and AD 25.
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Glass in not just a manmade substance. It can also be created when lightning strikes sand or when the intense heat of a volcanic eruption causes rocks and sand to fuse and form into a glass called obsidian.
To 'e' or not to 'e', that is the question! When it comes to spelling, only refer to Scotch, Canadian (or English) whisky without the ‘e.' If its origins are rooted elsewhere, opt for whiskey. made with low iron sand. It is, however, not true flint glass. Colorless glass was also called "crown" by early glassmakers. The term flint glass was and still is used somewhat erroneously by glassmakers to describe colorless glass that is
Flint derives from the flint nodules found in the chalk deposits of southeast England that were used as a source of high purity silica by George Ravenscroft around 1662 to produce a potash lead glass that was the precursor to English lead crystal.
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Beer glasses come in a variety of shapes and sizes to complement your chosen beer, lager or ale. All can be served in virtually any glass but choosing the best beer glass for your beer variety can instantly enhance the flavour, aroma and colour of your beer.
Cenosillicaphobia is a fear of an empty beer glass. A person who suffers from this phobia feels uncomfortable when having an empty glass; in worse situations a person may become frustrated and angry.
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A yard of ale is a very tall glass used for drinking around 2.5 imperial pints (1,400 ml) of beer, depending upon the diameter. The glass is approximately 1 yard (90 cm) long, shaped with a bulb at the bottom, and a widening shaft which constitutes most of the height. The glass most likely originated in 17th-century England where the glass was known also as a "Long Glass", a "Cambridge Yard (Glass)" and an "Ell Glass". It is associated by legend with stagecoach drivers, though was mainly used for drinking feats and special toasts 10 POINT #10
Duncan R Pettigrew, Scottish section, Life member, Member since 1978
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