History of the Week

Alcohol History Links Nov 25 - Dec 9
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Right. After a host of guests, travellings to Poznan and Bamberg, and family visits, things have finally turned to normal. Just in time for winter vacations. Anyway, time to get back on track with posts! So here are the weekly links to posts about beer history.

Stone Age brewing in Britain

A nice overview of studying beer history and archaeology, and the trials therein, featuring a few friends of the blog!

Beer vendetta

Your weekly Greco-Roman translations from Brewing Classical Styles!
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Pitched Lagers

Evolution of taste in the early 1900s, how pitch played a role in flavour, and how that was judged by drinkers of the era. 

“This is normal as taste is relative if not almost arbitrary. We like a heavy and bitter-sweet beer because we want to, not because it is inherently superior to a light and almost tasteless one. At one time, and still for many, it is precisely the obverse.”
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Intangible Belgian Beer Culture

​A write up on the recent bestowment of Belgium’s beer culture scene as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
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The Rise of Pulque

A look at the pulque scene in Mexico.

"Today, pulque is available in numerous flavors and strengths and you are as likely to see a tattooed millennial couple sipping a liter container of strawberry-flavored pulque outside a hipster bar as the farmers in cowboy hats who make and drink it in the countryside."
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Holiday Recipes

A short list of recipes for the holiday table. 
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Nashville Brewing

A collector of beer memorabilia and author of a book on the history of brewing in Nashville has decided to revive an old brand - the Nashville Brewing Company.
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Montana History

Efforts to preserve the brewing history in Montana from 1980s - 2000s through local interviews.
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Reconstructing a brewery

Restoring an old brewery to its former glory in Kent, England.