Tag: Maskelyne

• Málaga Mountain Wine

  

  Chapter 12 of Mason & Dixon finds our beloved astronomers, along with the probably less beloved Maskelyne, on St Helena, a British island territory in the South Atlantic Ocean. They’re drinking at a “punch house” called the Moon, which I can only imagine they selected based on their attraction to heavenly bodies. The Moon appears…

  mjhorn

  September 6, 2022

  Mason & Dixon, Wine

  Dixon, Maskelyne, Mason, Spain

• Cock Ale

  

  Don’t get too excited—Pynchon clearly has his saucier moments, but I haven’t gone all NSFW on you here. A cock’s a chicken, you dirty bastards. And what could be a more natural beer ingredient than a chicken. The Cock Ale appears in Mason & Dixon, brewed regularly at “The Moon,” a St Helena “punch house”…

  mjhorn

  May 23, 2015

  Beer, Mason & Dixon

  Bars/Places, Beer, Dixon, Maskelyne, Mason