Slow happenings this week, it seems.
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A late 60's wine menu from Casa del Sol, with some wine history to boot!

An event to show off the hop growing history of Otsego County, New York.

The history of a brewery from ​Massachusetts.

Attempts to recreate the diet of 17th-century sailors to determine their nutritional value.
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Early Greco-Roman words for beer from your translation of the week!

Continuing research into the American influence on the Whisky industry in early Canada and how an influx of British immigrants easily adopted to the 'New World' ways of life.

A snippit of racism and fascism present within the brewing industry (Now I'm really never drinking  a Coors, on the rare off chance Im offered one).

Efforts are now underway to preserve and archive the craft beer history of San Diego.
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A nice collection of old brewing and brewery photos from Cleveland.
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My apologies, this one slipped through the cracks, and I feel its too important to let it slide! 

"As both Bennett and Hester have argued, it is hard to know whether alewives were accused of being witches because they were alewives or due to their poor social position-little extant evidence remains to be able to discern this without a doubt. However, what is very clear, is that both the language used to describe alewives and accused witches, and the socio-economic position of the two groups, is remarkably similar, as we have seen."
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A new recipe book is out from Ron Pattinson!

Chronicaling the downfall and subsequent revival of the 10-sided mug from Britain.
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Your translation for the week! This time, Plutarch mentions (albeit in passing) how beer can be used to soften ivory.
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An analysis of last year's paper from Gallone et al. on the genetic history of yeast.
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Further research into the term 'steam', and its common usage during the 1800s.

An interesting look into how Alewives might have aided into the development of the iconic 'witch' image. 
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A history of the coaching inns of Britain.
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A new book from the good folks over at Boak & Bailey is up for pre-sale!

Your weekly Greco-Roman beer-themed translation for the week!
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"“Pioneer Inns and Taverns” is a landmark five-volume work published by the Canadian historian Edwin C. Guillet (1898-1975), a native of Cobourg, ON. His ancestors arrived in Upper Canada in the early 1800s from Jersey. Mr. Guillet was of distant French Huguenot origin. He claimed in fact a blood connection to another distant son of Jersey and writer, Henry David Thoreau."
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A look into porter and stout recipes from the Reid Brewery in 1845.

Beersmith podcast interview with Dr. Patrick McGovern!

An investigation of Seipp, his wealth, and how he used brewing to build a Victorian mansion.
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A brief history of rum!

Another story about a German migrant who gained fortune through brewing.
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Efforts of a local univerity library to document the history of brewing in Greensboro, from 1890 up to the craft beer movement.
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