The Secret Life of Beer!: Exposed: Legends, Lore & Little-Known Facts by Alan D. Eames

Author:Alan D. Eames [Eames, Alan D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: lager, beer drinkers, legends, gift, song, ale, poetry, facts, beer, beverage, quotes, stout, lore, brew, fermented, history, Belgian
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2014-11-22T08:00:00+00:00

Saint Hildegard, the abbess of Diessenberg, was an herbalist whose writings include the earliest-known references to the application of hops in brewing beer.

(Hops), when put in beer, stops putrification and lends longer durability.

Saint Hildegard (A.D. 1098–1179) Benedictine nun

If but we Christians have our beer, nothing’s to fear.

Sir William Ashbless

Today, many saints find themselves on beer bottles through no fault of their own. The majority of these holy men and women were neither patrons of beer nor even drinkers. Most of them got on a beer label through the custom of commercial monastic brewing.

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