Alan D. Eames, 59, Scholar of Beers Around the World, Dies

New York Times ^ | February 27, 2007 | Douglas Martin

[Tom D.]

Alan D. Eames, 59, Scholar of Beers Around the World, Dies

By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: February 27, 2007

Alan D. Eames, who cultivated his reputation as “the Indiana Jones of beer” by crawling into Egyptian tombs to read hieroglyphics about beer and voyaging along the Amazon in search of a mysterious lost black brew, died on Feb. 10 at his home in Dummerston, Vt. He was 59.

His wife, Sheila, said he died after suffering respiratory failure while he slept.

Mr. Eames called himself a beer anthropologist, a role that allowed him to expound on subjects like what he put forward as the world’s oldest beer advertisement, dating to roughly 4000 B.C. . . .

. . . Alan Eames, who never learned to drive or use a computer, wrote his last article about witchcraft and beer. He himself stopped drinking the stuff eight years ago.

[Tom D.]

"He himself stopped drinking the stuff eight years ago."

No wonder he died early.

[Last Dakotan]

Ping, buddy

[Samwise]

RIP

[RichInOC]

R.I.P.

[Paleo Conservative]

Hold muh beer alert!

[Graymatter]

"So fill to me the parting glass,
good night and joy be with you all"

RIP

[nralife]

beer ping!

[Tribune7]

This is for you, Alan. RIP.

Ziggy Socky, Ziggy Socky, Hoy, Hoy, Hoy!

[quantim]

Click to be +/- on this low volume wine ping list.

Off-topic, non-oenology news ping.

Reason for the ping - wine anthropology is most similar to beer anthropology when appreciating antiquity.

[quantim]

No wonder he died early.

Three ex-wives and a current one could not have had anything to do with it, LOL!

[LibKill]

"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin

[GoldCountryRedneck]

...crawling into Egyptian tombs to read hieroglyphics about beer...

Breathing cave air = respiratory failure; should have spent more time "drinking the stuff".

RIP none-the-less...

[Central Scrutiniser]

"I drink Beer to make other people interesting" - Bob Dobbs

[Pontiac]

the world’s oldest beer advertisement, dating to roughly 4000 B.C. In it a Mesopotamian stone tablet depicted a headless woman with enormous breasts holding goblets of beer in each hand. The tagline, at least in his interpretation, was: “Drink Elba, the beer with the heart of a lion.”

Even then they were using sex to sell beer.

[Pontiac]

Mr. Eames, who followed the golden liquid to 44 countries, often told about his perilous trek high in the Andes in pursuit of an ancient brew made from strawberries the size of baseballs.

I have yet to try a fruit beer that I like. Any suggestions from the forum?

[Pontiac]

Other Obits


http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/02/16/ap3434415.html

http://www.washtimes.com/obituary/20070219-110613-9703r.htm

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2007/02/17/alan_d_eames_59_author_known_as_the_beer_king/

[tubebender]

Stay out of tombs and never stop drinking...

[quantim]

My favorite fruit beer is the raspberry wheat from www.bigbuck.com in northern MI and have liked it for many years.  It's not a fat beer but the berry hints do surface.

The beer purists here to their credit can be rather brutal as they have their own definition of what 'beer' is, but this sommelier likes to sample 'light' beer from time to time!

[Pontiac]

this sommelier likes to sample 'light' beer from time to time!

Another of my dislikes is “Light” beers. A full flavored Pilsner is about as light as I go.

I prefer Ales and Porters with and occasional Stout or Bach.

[Michael.SF.]

I have yet to try a fruit beer that I like. Any suggestions from the forum?

The key to enjoying a fruit beer is to match it with an appropriate food.

My wife dragged me to a restaurant once, whose gimmick was pairing a different Belgian beer with each course. The first beer, a Cherry Beer was one that I wanted to spit out after the first taste. But when matched with the food dish (a pate) it actually tasted very good.

The entire evening actually proved to be very interesting, as the beers served did complement the food quite well.