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After mentioning in passing to @boakandbailey yesterday that Bavarian beer halls on and around Friedrichstraße used to be quite popular during the late 19th century, I wrote down a few more details...
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Results from Polish election last SundayI looked a little bit at the official results from last Sunday's parliamentary election in #Poland (https://wybory.gov.pl/sejmsenat2023/en/sejm/wynik/pl), and...
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Results from Polish election last SundayI expected that to a certain extent as this has been a well-known effect in other data regarding Poland. For some things, this closely correlates to the areas...
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I won‘t make it on any "40 under 40" in my lifetime anymore, and I can’t invite everybody to my birthday party today, so to celebrate and share the joy of me getting officially old, I decided to make...
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BeerMy 40th birthday party last Saturday was a great success, and it shows in the amount of draught beer 🍻 consumed:1. Schönramer Gold 13.2 liters2. Thornbridge Jaipur 12.8 liters3. Knoblach Lager 9.3...
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Since @boakandbailey asked about it being turned into a blog post, here's our (@louisekrennmair and I) list of recommendations to them for pubs and other beery places to visit in...
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"Czech Lager: The Art of the AddictiveWhether you want to brew a more convincing Czech-style lager, or you simply want to borrow a few tricks to shape the kind of beer that seems impossible to stop...
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Everything old is new again: low-alcohol "temperance" beers seemed to have been fairly popular in Denmark in the early 20th century. They were also...
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I‘m not sure many people have heard of this recent Wikipedia blunder yet, but apparently, for years it listed a Welsh king that never actually existed: https://youtu.be/0mlGDZ1ZDFI#wikipedia#history
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If you're interested in the breweries of 19th century Bamberg, I have good news: I updated my map from July to not only list all 1818 breweries, but also the ones that were around in 1876. During the...
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Here's the direct link to the map (created with OSM uMap): https://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/historic-breweries-of-bamberg_943422#15/49.8917/10.8920The two years 1818 and 1876 are on separate layers...
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I couldn't let go of the whole topic of Keesmann and Mahr, so here are more details I was able to find out. I also got side-tracked a bit and found out an interesting little detail about Brauerei...
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Christian Fiedler, author of two excellent books about the beer history of Bamberg, left a detailed comment in response to this blog post:...
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This is some great food history: "The Evolution of Pecan Pie Recipes: From Custard to Corn Syrup"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PFA-9yE65k#foodhistory#pecanpie#pecan
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I have an announcement to make: on March 9, 2024, I'll be talking (in German) about Vienna Lager and its history at the Heimbrau Convention at Schloss...
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Also, I was recently interviewed by Markus Raupach for the Biertalk podcast (in German). You can listen to it (and read the transcription)...
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Planned and ordered ingredients for my next few homebrews:- 8° Czech pale lager, which I'll hopefully brew in January- An Old Ale vaguely based on Prize Old Ale...
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TIL that the words "patience" and "passion" both derive etymologically from the same word, Latin "patior" (to suffer, endure, tolerate). Which absolutely makes sense when you think about it.
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