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Publisher: Alumni Association of the Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology, 1911.
Hard Cover, 411 pages, 7.50 x 10.25.
Item #1331
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 Here is a landmark book published in 1911 by the Alumni Association of the world-famous Chicago brewing school, the Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology. Written by early brewing scholar John P. Arnold, the 411-page book is a comprehensive look at the origins of beer throughout the world. Includes illustrations and wood-cuts throughout. For beer history buffs, this book is simply an indispensable resource. Truly one of the cornerstone works on brewing history.
This is an original 1911 First Edition copy, complete with stylish Art Nouveau stamped cover and spine, and signed by the author.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Man, Religion and Intoxicants
Introduction
The Spiritual World of Prehistoric and Early Mankind
Worship and Sacrificial Cult
Man and Gods
Incantations, Ceremonial Dances, Incense
Narcotics
Intoxicating Beverages
Ancient Chinese
Ancient Aryans
The Soma-Cult
Summary and Conclusion
Chapter 2: Asia and Africa
Oriental and African Races
The Ancients Aryans
Ancient China
Babylonia and Assyria
Egypt
Beer the National Egyptian Beverage
Beer in Religious Worship
Beer of the Fellahin
Papyrus Zosimus
Brewing Methods
The Egyptian Beers
Ethiopia
African Races
Hebrews
Armenia
Phrygia
Chapter 3: Prehistoric and Ancient Europe
Thracians
Greeks
Illyrians
Pannonians
Paeonians
Scythians
Romans
Kelts
Gaul
Hispania
Britain
Keltic Names for Beer and Malt
Germania
Character and Customs of the Germanics
Religion and Mythology
Beer in the Mythological Heaven of the Germanic Norse
The Slavs
Chapter 4: Medieval and Modern Europe
Beer and Brewing in Germany
The Period of Migrations
Beginning of the Christian Era
Beer and Brewing in the Beginning of Christianization
Brewing in the Convents
Northern Convivial Feasts and Banquets
Introduction of Hops
Gruit Contra Hops
Origin of Hops and Hopped Beers
Brewing in the Towns
Rise and Decline of the Brewing Industry in the Chief Hansa Towns
Brewing in the Leading Towns of Southern Germany
Brewing Conditions in Prussia in the 17th and 18th Century
Beer and Brewing in Austria
Brewing in Bohemia
Vienna
The Stein-Beer of Carinthia
Gambrinus
Beer and Brewing in England
Ale, Beer and Mead
The Anglo-Saxon Beor
Beowulf
Taxes and Tributes
Brewing and Malting
Treatise of Walter Biblesworth
Statues of the Brewers of Paris
Domestic Brewing
When were hops first used in England?
Hops in the 8th Century
Hop-Substitutes
Beer and Hops
Hops Prohibited for Ale
Hop Culture
Chapter 5: United States
Discovery and Settlement
Brewing in the Different Colonies
Brewing Industry After the Adoption of the Constitution
Brewing Practice at the End of the 18th Century
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