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Publisher: Wahl Institute, Chicago, 1944.
Hard Cover, 623 pages, 5.50 x 8.75.
Item #1531
Robert Wahl was among the handful of American brewing scientists who played a key role in the enormous scientific advances made in the American brewing industry before Prohibition. In 1886, he founded Chicago's famous Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology, a brewing school and scientific research center. He focused first on introducing pure yeast culture into U.S. breweries, and later spearheaded a number of other scientific advances. Perhaps most notable was his indepth research into American barley, which helped debunk early beliefs that American barley was not as well-suited for brewing purposes as European barley. Over the years, Wahl and his cohorts published a number of different editions of the Wahl Handybook of American Brewing (all of which are VERY scarce). Here is one of the post-prohibition editions, Volume II: Brewing Materials. Authored by Arnold Spencer Wahl, the book outlines the scientific and practical aspects of every major (and some minor) ingredient used in brewing during this period. The book differs greatly from other volumes of this period in that Robert Wahl contributes largely to the book, which brings a unique and truly valuable historical perspective. Rather than simply pass along the state-of-the-art in brewing materials, the elder Wahl gives us many unique and valuable first-person recollections regarding the development and use of brewing materials in America from the late 1800s up through Prohibition; direct memories from one of the central figures in American brewing science. If only more of the pre-prohibition characters had left us such valuable written material of their knowledge and experiences!
CONDITION: Very good. Mild corners bumps on cover. Gilt lettering strong and bright. Inside clean. Former owner signature in pencil on inside front cover. Some pages have some light rippling. But, otherwise, the interior pages are very clean. Binding and hinges strong and tight.
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