Posts Tagged: Beer History, Lore and Traditions
Early Irish Brewing Studied
Posted by on Monday, August 13, 2007 in - 2 comments
An article in the UK paper The Daily Telegraph covers an interesting archaeological study going on in Ireland: • “After four years of research, which has seen them travel from Belgium to Bavaria to investigate ancient beer-making methods, the team has concluded that Ireland's love affair with …
Colonial Dutch Beer
Posted by on Monday, July 2, 2007 in - 2 comments
Last week, a reader named Bob posed a very good question in the comments about: "Did the Dutch traders ship beer as a commodity in trade for Asian goods? If yes, what years, what style? Were hops used in any manner then?". I thought it was such a good question that I posed it to Richard Unger …
Bob Asks A Good Question About Dutch Beer
Posted by on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 in - 2 comments
We all know the story of India Pale Ale but Bob asks in the comments whether the Dutch ever did a similar thing: • “Bob Schneider [11:37 PM June 25, 2007] • bob.blustar@gmail.com • http://brewersonthelake.com • I realise that this is a review of a book but I was wondering if you could …
When Did Prohibition End? Not Today!
Posted by on Saturday, April 7, 2007 in - 22 comments
I got an email from Bob Skilnik yesterday. Bob, you will recall wrote Beer and Food: An American History which I recently enjoyed and reviewed. His email, however, is not about the pleasures of his book but the characterization of today, April 7, as the day when Prohibition was repealed in the USA …
Blogging Nun May Need Help With Beer
Posted by on Monday, March 12, 2007 in - 3 comments
Trolling Google News for something that catches my eye, looking for the next big toads for beer story, I never thought I would come across a real life issue like this one: • “A lot of people are fascinated by what a nun does on a daily basis, that a nun would talk about going for a bike ride or …
New World Pre-historic Beer
Posted by on Saturday, February 17, 2007 in - 5 comments
The lack of universal beeriness - outside of Europe, the Middle East and Africa - has sometimes got me wondering about whether it has more to do with the lack of universal anthropolgical awareness of New World beer than its historic presence. Interesting, then, to note this reference to the habits …
197 Out Of Hundreds Of Thousands Can't Be Wrong
Posted by on Friday, February 9, 2007 in - 9 comments
Being a good Scots minister's kid, this sort of stuff drive me nuts - especially when it is not only against the obvious bits written down in the text but it also makes no sense as mathematics: • “ChristiaNet.com (http://www.christianet.com), the world's largest Christian portal with twelve …
Book Review: Arcadia's Books About Brewing
Posted by on Monday, January 22, 2007 in - leave a comment
A few weeks ago I noticed that Arcadia Publishing had some titles relating to beer. I like these books which are essentially collections of old photos, press clippings and diagrams of very specific topics. In upstate New York, for example, you can pretty much find a collection of your town or …
Knut Goes To Gothenburg
Posted by on Thursday, September 14, 2006 in - leave a comment
A few weeks ago, I took the express bus to Gothenburg, a city about four hour's drive from Oslo. The event was a gathering of fellow beer drinkers who usually congregate at RateBeer, but on occasion meet to have a few beers and swap tall tales. I missed the main event - the grand tasting, but I …
Joe's Rules For Freshmen
Posted by on Saturday, September 2, 2006 in - 4 comments
I read the Joe Sixpack columns that are published in the Philadelphia Daily News fairly frequently and I quite liked this one on Joe's drinking rules for freshmen entering university, including: • Don't drink light beer. It is not real beer, and the calories you save are negligible.Don't drink …
