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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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