Beer-o-logy
• Beer is the third most popular beverage in the world, comes right after tea and water.
• In the middle ages, monks who brewed beer were allowed to drink 5 quarts of beer per day. (That’s about 5.3 litres)
• The oldest written recipe ever known is beer.
• Beer is a staple food in Bavaria.
• Baking and brewing went together in the Medieval Period. This explains why women were called ale wives as they were the first European brewers.
• During the ancient Babylonia, a merchant could be put to death for diluting a beer.
• In Germany, there is a beer ice cream in popsicle form, but its alcohol content is lower than the classic beer.
• Beer is made by the fermentation caused by the bacteria feeding on yeast cells and defecating. The excrement from the bacteria is called alcohol.
• According to the World Book of Encyclopedia, people throughout the world consume about 30 billion gallons of beer annually. It continues to rise due to an increased amount of under-age drinkers and an increase in the variety of beers.
• Oktoberfest beer in the tents is only served full strength and in a 1 litre steins.
1 comment:
As a few of us brewers know:
"Beer is made by the fermentation caused by the bacteria feeding on yeast cells and defecating. The excrement from the bacteria is called alcohol. "
The defecation is called Trub (and in unflitered bottle conditioned beers, you can see it in the beer.
And the farting of the yeast results in carbonation.
They eat simple sugars, which the brewing process provides by breaking down the complex sugars.
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