Beer is eternal

Our Founding Fathers brewed their own beer.

Mobsters brewed beer during prohibition times, and monks have been brewing beer for centuries.

The ancient Egyptians brewed beer for sustenance (the main reason I drink it of course), and as a way to preserve their grains.

During war times Germany would keep brewing beer to make sure the populace was content and did not suspect anything was out of the ordinary (even though food and grain were scarce).

Beer was even brewed at the beginning of time, by the gods themselves... or so say the texts referring to those times!

Even Dogfish Head has been contracted to brew beers like Midas Touch which is made from ingredients found in drinking vessels in what is presumed to be King Midas' tomb (2700 years ago).

You see, the point is... Beer will be around for as long as we breathe. Brewing dates so far back it is almost inconceivable to think of where it began.


Check out this link to find some historical recipes you can brew on your own.  http://brewery.org/cm3/recs/13_toc.html

Chinese and German

I have consumed many Chinese beers, and many German beers. When I was first getting into the beer world, I thought they tasted like skunk stew.

Noticed when drinking Lucky Buddha (sweet freakin' bottle!) the finishing tastes of honey. Strange how this beer tasted just like a delicious German Kolsch.

After drinking this beer, you rub the belly and get LUCKY!

Either way, I wondered where the connection was and did a little research, noting that this is how Tsing-tao finishes as well.

Qingdao was a German concession, and is located on the Shandong Peninsula, facing Japan and Korea. There are areas that imitate Germany in architecture, and obviously in beer. This is where Tsing-tao is brewed, and many other Chinese export beers tend to taste very similar.

The marriage of two cultures, so different and unexpected, created beer. Nothing wrong with that I suppose.