March 25, 2008 at 7:39 am (History, beer)
Tags: American colonies, monastaries, small beer
“He who drinks beer sleeps well. He who sleeps well cannot sin. He who does not sin goes to heaven. Amen.” -Anonymous Monk
The first commercially sold beers were brewed by monks. Until then, people brewed their own beer at home or the neighborhood eatery brewed beer for their patrons who did not have a kitchen of their own. Beer was largely seen as something drunk with food (not to get drunk) and generally had a low alcohol content. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 25, 2008 at 6:34 am (economics and beer)
Tags: beer, economics, hopps, barley malt, malt, Samuel Adams, craft beer, stock beer, metal, kegs, cans, ethynol, corn
Is the price of beer on the market going up or down? Some recent trends are sending the price of beer into strange waters. The price of metals used in cans and kegs has gone up. Craft beers have become serious competitors to stock beers. And hops are being affected by everything from ethanol to weather. Read the rest of this entry »
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