The Great London Beer Flood of 1814 | Marks Unexplained World (Ep. 81)
Marks Unexplained World

The Great London Beer Flood of 1814 | Marks Unexplained World (Ep. 81)

2024-01-22
The Great London Beer Flood of 1814 | Marks Unexplained World (Ep. 81) The London Beer Flood was an accident at Meux & Co's Horse Shoe Brewery, London, on 17 October 1814. It took place when one of the 22-foot-tall wooden vats of fermenting porter burst. The escaping liquid dislodged the valve of another vessel and destroyed several large barrels: between 128,000 and 323,000 imperial gallons of beer were released in total. The resulting wave of porter destroyed the back wall of the brewery and swept into an area of...
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