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This Ebook on the history of Beer and Brewing is amazingly indepth, I got it for my cousin who is a home brewer and he loved it. Its a bit “too wordy” for me but you gents living in the UK will probably love it. Or those who love details,details, details,details about beer! Below is a chapter listing.Chapter 1The BeginningsHow Might Fermented Beverages Have Originated?Some General Definitions and MusingsReferencesChapter 2Ancient EgyptIntroductionThe GrainsGrain Cultivation and ProcessingBeer as Compensation for LabourBeer Export and ImportBouzaBrewing TechnologyBrewery SitesInformation from the Artistic RecordThe “Folkloristic” Approach to Interpretation of AncientBeer FlavouringFermentationThe Role of WomenThe Contributions of Dr SamuelReferencesEgyptian BrewingChapter 3The Ancient Near EastviixviIntroduction 75xixii ContentsThe Role of Beer in SocietyThe Terminology and the TechniquesThe Evidence for Breweries and Brewing EquipmentTypes of BeerMethodologyDrinking Through Straws, etc.The Goddess NinkasiNotes from the Hymn to NinkasiChemical Evidence for BeerA Question of PrimacyThe GrainsFlavouringBanqueting, Over-indulgence and RetributionReferencesChapter 4Other Ancient Beer-drinking PeoplesIntroductionIsrael and PalastineThe Land of the HattiPhrygiaLydiaCiciliaArmeniaSyriaThraceThe PhoeniciansGalatia and the CeltsUrartuMitanniThe ScythiansThe CimmeriansThe Urnfield SocietyThe CeltsEvidence for Celtic BrewingReferencesChapter 5The British Isles and EuropeIntroductionCereals as Markers for Brewing Activity7778Con tents …XlllNeolithic Britain and Northwest Europe: the Beginnings ofThe Passage of Farming Across EuropeFarming vs GatheringA Short Interlude in Southeast EuropeWhy Did Agriculture Spread Across Europe?Did Neolithic Britons Brew?The Bronze Age and the Culture of the BeakerEvidence of Bronze Age BrewingThe Iron AgeRoman BritainAnglo-Saxon BritainDid Beor Equate to Beer?Ireland Before GuinnessThe Early Days of Brewing in HollandReferencesAgricultureChapter 6From the Norman Conquest to the End of the TudorsWilliam the ConquerorThe First RegulationsHenry I11 and the Assize of Bread and AleThe Formation of the GuildsDomestic Ale Consumption Around the 1 5’h CenturyHopsThe Beer Trade with HollandMore about Hops and BeerMeasures to Combat DishonestyBeer vs AleHenry VIII and the AlewifeBrewstersA Tudor MiscellanyElizabeth IBrewing in Tudor Times – Some DetailsReferencesChapter 7The Start of Large-scale BrewingThe StuartsThe Use of Coal365372xiv ContentsCharles I and Oliver CromwellCommercial (Common) BrewersMummGin (Madame Geneva)The End of “Medievalism”Gervase MarkhamThe Onset of Brewing Science; Lavoisier et al.Adulteration of BeerSome Early Brewing TextsJames Baverstock and the First Brewing InstrumentsSteam PowerBig is BeautifulThe Need for AttemperationJames Prescott JouleRefrigerationSome Technological ImprovementsTaxes on EverythingThe Golden Years of Brewing ScienceReferencesChapter 8Some Beer styles and Some BreweriesPorterBavarian BeerPotato BeerHeather AlePale AleDevonshire White AleGruit: The Major Beer Flavouring, Prior to the Hop, inMany Parts of EuropeCity of London BreweryTruman’s BreweryGolden Lane BreweryCourageReferencesChapter 9The 20fh CenturyThe Lull Before the StormThe Storm: 1914-1918Con tents xvThe Sign of Things to ComeBottled BeerThe Story of British LagerThe Origins of the “Amber Nectar”Brewing Becomes Really ScientificBrewery-conditioned BeerCAMRA – A Response to Brewery-conditioned BeerThe “Big Six”Beer and HealthReferencesAppendix 1Timescale for Europe, Western Asia and EgyptAppendix 2Ancient names for parts of Europe and the Near EastAppendix 3Sketch of working brewery of the ISh centuryAppendix 4John Taylor: “The Water Poet”Appendix 5Section through brewery showing layoutAppendix 6Summary of brewing processesAppendix 7Explanation of chronological signs589593604620627670678684699709716718719720722723724Subject Index