[Named from one Thomas Tipper (d. 1785), who first brewed it.] A kind of ale brewed in Sussex.
[1785. Tipper’s Tombstone (Newhaven Churchyard). The best old stingo he both brewed and sold.]
1844. Dickens, Mart. Chuz., xix. A pint of the celebrated staggering ale or Real Old Brighton Tipper at supper.
