History of Beer in Lithuania
Reprinted, with permission from Vytis - The Knight Written by Stephany Gutauskas Editor's Note: The article begins with a history of beer, but I wanted to include only that part…
Lithuania braces for possible beer monopoly
Lithuania braces for possible beer monopoly VILNIUS/COPENHAGEN - One Danish acquisition could see the three largest Lithuanian brewers under one roof. Carlsberg, which owns the Klaipeda-based Svyturys brewery, wants to…
AB Utenos Gerimai
People need beer just as they need bread. Lithuanians have been brewing beer since the 9th century. Many brewers in Aukstaitija, the northeastern part of Lithuania, have kept their recipes…
Estonian, Finnish…and Orcadian
The are few feelings better than suddenly finding a drinking vessel in one's hand. Is it really necessary to wonder how the vessel arrived there? Not really, but to drink…
Looking for the King of Beers…
...in the lagering cellars of Budapest, Hungary The fathers of modern lager beer, Gabriel Sedlmayr II and Anton Dreher Sr, are gaining new recognition - not in Germany or Austria,…
Canadian Beer History
Recognizing a plentiful supply of beer close at hand would keep money in the country instead of purchasing liquor from France and would promote the consumption of the abundance of…
How Bert Grant Saved The World
Bold beers were the perfect weapon Never before was there such a selection of beer-styles in the English-speaking world. Nor is it likely that there were ever such assertive flavors…
Did Jesus turn water into beer?
Did people worry that the spoken word would die when the cleverest among them started to make pictograms on clay tablets? I wonder. The written word has in my lifetime…
History of Beer
Brewing is almost certainly the most ancient manufacturing art known to man, and is probably as old as agriculture. Beer is also as old as bread - in fact it…
From Leeds to Lithuania for mushy pea beer
Does a lager brewed in part from peas constitute a style? As a small boy on the way to visit my grandparents, I rode the Leeds trains and puzzled over…
History of tattoos
By Vince Hemingson Their is ample anthropological and archeological evidence to show that women have been altering the appearance of their breasts in order to enhance their attractiveness since the…
A small distro that solves big problems
If you've ever needed a functional Linux setup that is portable and runs the same way on any hardware, read on. Knoppix packages a specialized and highly useful Linux distribution…
Driven Wild Boar Hunting – Lithuania
Shoot : This is a 15% discounted package we have negotiated on your behalf. We can arrange for small groups or individuals looking to take guns up for this shoot…
What to ask before jumping out of a plane at 13,000 feet
It's one of the world's most exhilarating sports. But it also can be one of the most dangerous. Before you "take the leap", ask the following ten questions. Is this…
The First Jump
A fantasy becomes reality "Hey, did you hear what Terry did this weekend?" "No," I said that Monday morning, more interested in getting to the coffee pot. "He jumped out…
Deanna Kent Skydancer
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An Abstract Medium
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BASE jumping
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From the start you must understand that I am quite ruthless when it comes to achieving goals, which seems out of character for a person with cerebral palsy or any…
Hunting in Sweden
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