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History of the Week

7/28/2017

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Alcohol History Links July 21 - 28
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Drinking with the Ligurians

Translation from the writing's of Strabo reveal how the people of Liguria drank a barley beer!
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Future brews with Bog Myrtle

An update to the Brewing Nordic website and how they plan to brew gruits with bog myrtle come August.

Historic Lager Fest

Ron Pattinson has the dream of putting on a historic lager festival! A festival I could get behind. Hope it will happen!
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Brewer's Bucket

Analyzing what Shakespeare meant by the phrase “He shall charge you, and discharge you, with the motion of a pewterer’s hammer, come off and on swifter than he that gibbets on the brewer’s bucket”.

Origins of Whisky in Canada

A thorough argument stating that the boom of whisky in the country is rooted to the immigration of Americans who settled in Upper Canada.

Developing Methods for Lipid Residue Analysis

A recently published paper on improving methods used to detect food within the archaeological record.
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Lagers of Idaho

The history of brewing in Idaho, including bakeries that were attached to brewhouses.

Lunch box in the Alps

Seeing as Switzerland is my new home, this article was particularly interesting to me. 

"Dr Francesco Carrer, from Newcastle University, said: "This evidence sheds new light on life in prehistoric alpine communities, and on their relationship with the extreme high altitudes. People travelling across the alpine passes were carrying food for their journey, like current hikers do. This new research contributed to understanding which food they considered the most suitable for their trips across the Alps."

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History of the week

7/14/2017

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Alcohol History Links July 7 - 14
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Brewing History

The folks over at Lost Lagers have started a homebrew class focusing on historic brews!

An 1800's Guide to Drinking

A look at 'The Original' periodical, where author Thomas Walker recommended which types of beers to drink during your meal.

Grains of Gaul

A translation of Strabo's work about grain usage by the Gauls.
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Jopenbier

A look into the Danziger Jopenbier style, a spontaneously fermented, low-level alcoholic brew from Germany.

McGovern's New Book

As I am sure it is to no major surprise to anyone, Dr. Patrick McGovern has released a new book, at least according to the plethora of articles about this new book. Not sure how it differentiates from his previous work, but it certainly will promote the brewing archaeology field! And, perhaps, more funding (which it really needs).

Sumerian Brews

A nice write up on brewing in Mesopotamia.
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Jame Cook's brew

Apparently, the famous explorer James Cook brewed a mean Spruce ale.
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The Holy Spirit

On the history of distilled spirits.
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Field Museum's Chinese brew

Off Color Brewing teamed up with the Field Museum to brew a beer based off an ancient Chinese recipe.
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History of the Week

7/7/2017

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Alcohol History Links Jun 30 - July 7
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Vindolanda

Your weekly translations, this time about the Vindolanda tablets! 
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Caramel Bier

Continuing research into 1920's German brewing.

Beer from Unmalted Grain

More discussion on whether it's possible to make beer from unmalted grain.
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The Subcategories of IPA

A brief look into how IPAs have evolved over time, and how we should create subcategories for the popular style.
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Thread Beers

An interesting examination of the predecessor to the porter style.

"In the past, I’ve drawn attention to the fact that there were thread variants apart from the well-known “three threads”, a London beer type of the early 1700s. Three threads, aka three thirds, was a mixed beer which preceded porter and for which porter emerged after 1720, or IMO, as a substitute. There were two threads, three threads, four threads, and six threads, at least, and apparently also, single thread."
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Examining the Lexicon of Brewing 

Research into why we use micro instead of mini to describe independent brewers.
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The Story of Beer

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Life and other things

7/3/2017

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Right, so...
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 I just moved to Switzerland.
 
Overall this is a good change of scenery, both for me and my now fiance (I’m also getting married), despite the fact we had no choice…

Backstory time: Some of you may have noticed that my posting has dropped off as of late - my last post was at the end of February. Not how I intended to start this year. Seeing that it is now July, and I already missed my one year anniversary, I had a look back at the progress I had done, and these past two months have not been pretty.

In an effort to clear my head – plus I hate being vague online - I figured it would be good to post what has been going on behind the screen.
 
I have been pulling massive overtime for the past four months in an area I was forced into. The joys of working at a startup. I was initially brought on to write articles on current topics within biotechnology. Then, due to a push for the company’s A-round funding, I was told to make sales calls. On the few days I had a normal 8.5h working day, I was just too exhausted to research anything. To top it off, when things were starting to look like I would go back to writing articles, the content department was shut down. So I was no longer needed. 

Then the panic really set in. Being an expat and all, joblessness has the added bonus of being kicked out of the country. My visa and job were expiring, and the small window I had to get everything in order was quickly closing. I could have tried to find another job here in Berlin, but since I’m foreign, most employers don’t want to go through the paperwork. This would need much more time than I had. 

Prior to the chaos, amongst one of the small breaks I had from work, my girlfriend and I took a hike on the outskirts of Berlin. We always wanted to move to Switzerland the hard way. I get a job, get the visa, and have legal entry into the country. Then, she would follow suit. That way we could proudly say we did it ourselves, with no help nor easy access. Re-evaluating our situation, we realized we weren’t doing ourselves any favors by prolonging the inevitable. Marriage makes both our lives easier, I wouldn't have to worry about being deported, and you know the whole ‘love’ thing. So, after noticing we were only making things harder for ourselves, we agreed to get married. I say ‘we agreed to get married’ as I still wanted to make a proper proposal. 

Then I lost my job.

So it has been a hectic couple of weeks, decent highs and terrible lows. I hope you can forgive the reduction in posts. I realize what has happened to me is really just life. I don’t mean to moan or whine, and I certainly know people whose situation is worse, so I am thankful for the job I had and the luck awarded to me. Still, things took a turn for the worse there.

But thankfully, there is a happy ending! We’re here now, still getting married, and with a roof over our heads. Other than being a huge relief, it's good to know we figured this whole thing out. Plus, it also means I will be able to focus more on research. I will (most likely) begin a Ph.D. project sometime next year. As to what it is about, I will have to hold off for now, as I’m not sure if it is advisable to reveal the project. I will freelance a bit on the side, get back into brewing, and hopefully be involved with some professional brews with a few friends I have in Switzerland. Also expect some website redesigns, homebrew recipes, and of course, more posts!

In the end, it has been a real shitty first four to five months, but now it seems to all have been worth it, and things are going back to normal. 

So please stay tuned for your regularly scheduled programming! 
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    Jordan Rex

    Beer archaeologist

    From California, migrated to the UK to study,  drank in Berlin, now settled in Switzerland

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