History of the Week

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."