The London Beer Flood - October 17th, 1814
In 1814 a brewery off Tottenham Court Road had an “accident”
One of their 20 foot tall brewing barrels split open, causing a flood of more than a million pints of real ale.
“One man even attempted to stop the flood by drinking the alcohol and died from alcohol poisoning.”
The ultimate lad? Hardly, I reckon I could drink a million pints of Porter!