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Show Marks on Ale . Barrel In the prints depleting the old tavern tav-ern scenes the barrels of ale and like beverages are to be sten marked with the XX and XXX, and these marking were In use up to the lime of the pro hibltion enattment, but their meanln? Is. and has been, a mystery to n great many persons. In the very remote times ninny of the dispensaries handled the brewing ' made tinder the supervision super-vision of monks. The bull often an-j an-j eitrlna on old Inn slitoR Indicates that the tavern whs licensed under seal .if the loenl abhe to sell only b:er of monastic mo-nastic brewing. XX a-id XXX murks on the barrels of al" represent the monks' seals, pnnranfeeing the quality of the contents. |