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The Brewer’s Tale: a history of beer

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Book review: ‘The Brewer’s Tale,’ a history of beer, by William Bostwick

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/b...story.html

EXCERPT: ...In keeping with the maker culture we live in today, Bostwick wisely structures “The Brewer’s Tale” around the makers, starting with the Babylonians, then moving on to shamans, monks, farmers, patriots, industrialists and so on. In every chapter he describes the ancient methods once used to brew beer and the reasons behind them — the beer-spoiling length of a voyage to India, say, or an effort to ward off the plague — and then he attempts a modern re-creation of an old recipe. Bostwick admits to being a careless home brewer, keeping no records and throwing in handfuls of strange but historically accurate ingredients....


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