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An Academic Symposium Returns to Alcohol
According to Etymology Online, the term “symposium” came from the Greek for “drinking party” or “convivial gathering of the educated.” I expect that will be the case at this upcoming conference:...
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Waiter, There’s a Snake in My Beer
(This is an excerpt from a much longer article I wrote about exploring the beer frontier in Viet Nam called King Pilsner, Bia Hoi, Snake Wine, and the Sex Machine, a version of which appeared in the...
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Is Beer the Only Thing Holding Belgium Together?
Apparently not. There’s also chocolate and a king. But this article in the New York Times suggests that Belgium might be on course with a beer bust up – a national split up caused by petty ethnic...
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Support bacteria. It’s the only culture some of us have.
I write in Fermenting Revolution about how fermentation is the key factor needed to create many of the world’s staple foods and drinks. Take, for example, this list of just a few of the most obvious:...
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Ancient Irish Ale
A very intriguing story just appeared in Wired magazine about beer on the Emerald Isle (thanks to Dave at Via Negativa for passing this on to me). The story goes like this: about five thousand mounds...
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Bugs that Drink Beer and Blood
The New York Times reported Tuesday on Frank Davis and his USDA lab at Mississippi State University. Frank raises and studies armyworms and other agricultural pests. He says his bugs love beer and then...
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Origin Ale, Made with the Seeds of Hades
According to mythology, Persephone ruled as the Queen of Hades when Pluto, God of the Dead, absconded with her for the nether world. Persephone’s mother was Demeter, the goddess of grain. Demeter’s...
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Awakening the Best in the Human Spirit
That’s what the Rhinebeck, NY-based Omega Institute strives to do. And this coming September they’ll show how organic homebrewing is one path to such an awakening when I’ll be offering a two night,...
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Did Beer Drinking Free Masons Build the Pyramids?
In Fermenting Revolution, I wrote about how the pyramids were built on beer. This much has been known for some time now. Not only do many of the pyramids of Egypt have beer chambers and beer offerings...
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Religion & Beer: A Tasting at the Sixth and I Historic Synagogue
I am fascinated by the long interwoven histories of beer and religion. It is no surprise that so many great cultures have taken to worshiping fermented grain — if there is a god, beer certainly brings...
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