History of the Week

Alcohol History Links June 2 - 23
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Right! So I know I have been on and off with the blogging, the cause of which will be laid out in a further post. I also went back home to show the lady friend around California. Given the copious amounts of drinking and jet lag, I couldn't really post too much. So, let's catch up on what we missed! ​

June 16 - 23

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Crafted Commodity

Using a passage from 1757 on the adulteration of Porter to reflect on the current state of craft beer, via A Good Beer Blog.

Brewery from Dunkirk

"That brewery, founded 1888 and always very small, closed in 1985. Despite its size and obscurity, or perhaps because of it, the brewery was purchased in 1982 by another small, northern brewery, Vaux of Sunderland, England, a story unto itself." Via Beer et seq.
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Gimmicks In Beer History

"Most of the world's dominant mass-market brands promote their historical importance as a matter of PR, but we needn't accept it at face value." Via Beervana.
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Tartan Keg Bitter

A case of a brewery re-blending their beer for resale. Via Boak & Bailey.
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Barley-Wine

Your translations for the week brought to you by Brewing Classical!
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Pre-Prohibition Beer Styles

A look into brewery names and beer styles being produced in Oregon before prohibition. Via the Oregon Hops & Brewing Archives . Be sure to give their Feminism and the Beer Industry a read as well!
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Birth of an Heir

A look into Majority Ale via Shut up about Barclay Perkins.
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A look into Arak

A quick tour of an Arak distillery, Via World of Booze
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Beer Culture in Africa Exhibit

An exhibit on African Beer vessels! Yet another reason I need to visit Colorado.
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Local Brewer To Behemoth

A history of SABMiller and its recent acquisition by AB InBev.
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Lightning Round!
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June 9 - 16​

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Fermented Donkey Milk
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Beer history from Luxembourg
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Brewing Museum in Milwaukee
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June 2 - 9

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A look into Theresa McCulla
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Jefferson's Ginger Beer
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Mixed Yeast Culture in Sorghum Beer
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Brewers Yeast Design and Development
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Kenosha Brewing 
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...whew