Posted on 08/15/2018 11:32:34 AM PDT by C19fan
I’ll take it over Heineken any day.
But the worst beer in my experience is without reservation
I thought those guys did not indulge in booze or stimulants? Maybe it was an “illegal alien” who was making his home brew.
I dunno. The late, not-lamented Koch’s Golden Anniversary from Dunkirk, NY was a pretty strong contender for worst beer.
Lionshead of Wilkes Barre, PA is a strong nominee too.
ancient beer didn’t use hops at all.
Maybe you wouldn’t call it beer (”gruit”), but hops weren’t used until middle ages
also was made from mostly barley
But, I’ll take your word for it. I trust you 😊
The University of Penn Museum’s archaeologists discovered residue in a 4,000 year old Sumerian cask more than 30 years ago. The chemical testing proved it was the first known beer, which did not use hops but honey. Penn partnered with Anchor Steam Beer to produce the beer which they named Ninkasi, after the Sumerian goddess of beer and alcohol.
I had the pleasure of planning the special event where the brew was unveiled. It was also featured on the menu at the opening of the Louvre’s new Egyptology wing (the building that looks like a glass pyramid). Only 100 magnums were bottled. I feel very lucky to have drank it.
The reading I have done says that beer making was an out growth of bread making.
So, you will have to describe the experience.
What did it taste like? Was it good?
According to the article you posted, they further stomped the fermented grains with their feet, which I presume introduced some rather fascinating bacteria and such. The modern day wild ferments are interesting in their own right. I'd imagine the ancient versions were fairly wicked in flavor. Lol.
I’m sure it is good. But for the author to presume that a 2500 year old recipe for beer would be to enjoyed is very presumptuous. It might taste like crap.
“It will have the distinctive taste of Natty Boh.”Oh boy, what a beer!”
I’m kind of slow today and didn’t get your meaning. That name sounds crappy. Lol
When my brother went to college they had an off-campus bar that staged Quarter Draft Night. The beer on tap was always Koch’s Golden Anniversary.
Hey, what do you want for a quarter?
It was served slightly chilled. It was golden amber in color and a little cloudy. No head to speak of and only slightly effervescent. The taste was dry and sweet, a bit like a cider drink. I tried to imprint the experience in my memory since I knew it was special.
Our local watering hole had something similar.
$5 all you can drink on Sunday night and they had a live band.
We were young and our taste were simple. It was Bud Light.
I won’t drink Bud today but at the time I was a light weight and Bud Light went down like water (which it may as well be). And for my light weight pocket I couldn’t do better.
Your description of the ingredients sounds a bit like mead. Would you compare it to mead.
Some Belgian brews are strictly wild fermented. They have large windows opened to let the wild yeast in.
While reading this I thought of perhaps the most unfortunate brewery name. St Louise’s Griesedeick Brothers Brewery Company.
I have seen that. If I remember right, the docu claimed the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock because they ran out of beer.
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