Template:Did you know nominations/Whistle Belly Vengeance
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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 08:01, 11 June 2021 (UTC)
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Whistle Belly Vengeance
- ... that late arrivals to American colonial era inns might find the only drink on offer was Whistle Belly Vengeance; a mixture of sour beer, molasses and bread crusts? "Hungry guests , arriving late at night at a wayside inn , might have to make do with a formidable concoction known as “ whistle - belly - vengeance , ” consisting of household beer , with crusts of brown bread - rye - and - Injun - crumbled in and the whole sweetened with molasses" from: Taverns of Yesteryear. C. Schmidt & Sons. 1960. p. 19.
- ALT1:... that American patriot James Otis Jr. was so fond of one Boston coffee house's Whistle Belly Vengeance that he continued to drink there after it had ben taken over by British soldiers? "The ever changeable , moody and nervous Jimmy Otis enjoyed eating and drinking everywhere. Even though the British had taken over the Royal Coffee House , he still enjoyed their special sour - beer and rum drink mix called a " Whistle Belly Vengeance , ” so he continued to frequent the place" from: Cahill, Robert (1987). New England's Riotous Revolution. Chandler-Smith. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-916787-12-7.
Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:12, 4 June 2021 (UTC).
New article that was moved to mainspace on 4 June is 1,725 characters and nominated on the same day. No copyvios detected (AGF scanned refs which can't go through Dup detector). Article are well-sourced. Main hook is 163 characters long (ALT1 is 183); both are under the 200 character max. limit and are interesting. AGF refs 3 and 7 (verifying the main hook and ALT1, respectively) which are both offline. QPQ done. Looks good to go! —Bloom6132 (talk) 23:06, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
