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Ancient Beverage Brewed In Milwaukee
Archaeology ^ | 10-25-16 | NPR

Posted on 10/28/2016 9:51:13 AM PDT by fishtank

ANCIENT BEVERAGE BREWED IN MILWAUKEE

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN —

NPR reports that archaeologist Bettina Arnold of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and her research team worked with Lakefront Brewery to try to re-create an alcoholic beverage that had been placed in a bronze cauldron and buried in a grave sometime between 400 and 450 B.C. in what is now Germany. The recipe was based upon the research of paleobotanist Manfred Rösch, who analyzed the residues in the Iron Age cauldron. He found evidence of honey, meadowsweet, barley, and mint—ingredients in a type of beverage known as a braggot.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: alcohol; archaeology; barley; beer; bettinaarnold; booze; braggot; brew; canterburytales; chadsheridan; chaucer; drinks; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; heuneburg; honey; ironage; lakefrontbrewery; liquor; manfredrosch; mead; meadowsweet; middleages; milwaukee; mint; oenology; swabia; zymurgy
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Beer ! ? ! ?
1 posted on 10/28/2016 9:51:13 AM PDT by fishtank
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To: fishtank

“MeadowSweet”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipendula_ulmaria


2 posted on 10/28/2016 9:55:14 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: fishtank

Of a sort. Beer itself as a fermented grain beverage goes back 10,000 years.

CC


3 posted on 10/28/2016 9:56:11 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: fishtank

Sounds good.


4 posted on 10/28/2016 9:58:55 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: BenLurkin

Interesting.

CC


5 posted on 10/28/2016 10:01:36 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: fishtank

I inherited from my parents a house that had originally been purchased by my great-great-grandparents. When I was cleaning out the basement, I noticed a door at the back of a storeroom. When I opened it, I discovered it was a dugout root cellar that had been used as a wine and beer cellar by my great-great-grandfather (based on the dates on the labels.) Some of that alcohol is ancient and consists of brands of which I have never heard.

It all probably tastes like piss and vinegar now though. I am especially leery of the case of something called Greasy Dick.


6 posted on 10/28/2016 10:04:32 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (A Vote for Hillary is a Vote for ISIS!)
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To: fishtank

I’ll take a beer buried in the ground for thousands of years over Milwaukee’s Best.


7 posted on 10/28/2016 10:06:40 AM PDT by needmorePaine
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To: BenLurkin

“This plant contains the chemicals used to make aspirin. A small section of root, when peeled and crushed smells like Germolene, and when chewed is a good natural remedy for relieving headaches.”

Ancient analgesic beer?


8 posted on 10/28/2016 10:09:38 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: fishtank
He found evidence of honey, meadowsweet, barley, and mint—ingredients in a type of beverage known as a braggot.

And he won't shut up about it. Goes around town telling everyone all about his accomplishment. Braggot? You're lookin' at it!

9 posted on 10/28/2016 10:10:07 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: needmorePaine
Old Old Milwaukee
10 posted on 10/28/2016 10:11:31 AM PDT by themidnightskulker (And then the thread dies... peacefully, in it's sleep....)
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To: fishtank

We took guests to the Water Street Brewery (a Milwaukee chain) in Grafton last night for dinner. As we were leaving, the men paused at the window displaying the gleaming, stainless steel brew tanks and the menu of what was cooking at the time. One of them asked, “I wonder what they brewed beer in before they invented stainless steel?” And a stranger, standing nearby, answered, “Oak. White Oak is the best.” I wonder if that is true?


11 posted on 10/28/2016 10:11:37 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic ( “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”)
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To: fishtank

Old Milwaukee?......


12 posted on 10/28/2016 10:12:37 AM PDT by Red Badger (WhereÂ’s that VIDEO the Anonymous group promised us????????????)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel
You could offer that case to 0bama, for another 'beer summit'. I'm sure he would appreciate it! 😉
13 posted on 10/28/2016 10:12:46 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: themidnightskulker

Gmta!.....


14 posted on 10/28/2016 10:12:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (WhereÂ’s that VIDEO the Anonymous group promised us????????????)
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To: fishtank

BTW, one of the concoctions “cooking” was Pumpkin Ale. Sounds good. Supposed to be a little bit sweet.


15 posted on 10/28/2016 10:13:20 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic ( “Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them.”)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

“Some of that alcohol is ancient and consists of brands of which I have never heard... I am especially leery of the case of something called Greasy Dick.”

Might be worth some money to collectors. Here’s a page where someone is auctioning off unopened cans of Griesedieck, so it’s probably worth something if they are in good condition:

http://www.auctionzip.com/cgi-bin/auctionview.cgi?lid=510690


16 posted on 10/28/2016 10:18:36 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: ClearCase_guy
Does 'braggot' look like this?

17 posted on 10/28/2016 10:19:39 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: fishtank

There was a pitcher named Mill Famey, who was caught drunk and thrown out of the game when they caught him with the beer that made Mill Famey Walkus.


18 posted on 10/28/2016 10:21:30 AM PDT by umgud (ban all infidelaphobics)
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To: fishtank
“I don’t think people would be interested in purchasing it to drink,”

That may be why they sealed it up and buried it.

19 posted on 10/28/2016 10:23:52 AM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: needmorePaine
I’ll take a beer buried in the ground for thousands of years over Milwaukee’s Best Beast.

There, fixed it.

20 posted on 10/28/2016 10:44:15 AM PDT by real saxophonist ( YouTube + Twitter + Facebook = YouTwitFace.com)
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