Archives for Beer
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…