Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03
WILL1AM PENIS house. Amp BREMERH
AT PENN SBURY Pr,

only upper ferment' beer was made IN
the latter part of the middle ages the
process by under fermentation was dis
covered, its origin, according to Prof.
Holzner, being in one of the monasteries.
From this point beer brewing increased
vigorously until Bohemian competition
and Bohemian hops gave II a staggering
check.
I'm the southern countries of Europe
beer did not easily give place to wine.
though hard pushed. while in Asia and
Africa the Inhabitants use their tradi-
tional drink from one generation to
another. and in Egypt especially the
Arabs acquired a taste for the beer Of
the Copts Such was the condition of
things when the dawn Of a new age
showed itself the horizon
"As a matter Of curiosity. we repro
duced the view held by Master Heinrich
Knaust, doctor of law and medicine. in
1915. He says. Before the deluge men
ate herbs and vegetables and dram wa
ter and he thinks 1t strange that they
should ever have plucked up heart to be
come saucy on such diet. After the
deluge, according to DR.. knaust. they re-
ceived the gift of wine. and where no
vines grew God taught them to make a
drink Of wheat and barley that was both
healthful and agreeable, and as We'll
fitted to strengthen and support the hu-
man system as wine ITSELF
In the household of the reigning princes
during the seventeenth century there
was a strong tendency to supplant the
native brew by imported products. and at
such festivities marriages, christen-
ings. target shooting and hunting inn
mense quantities of drink We're swal-
lowed The cellar ordinance Of Duke
Ernst the Plus. in 164S allowed for ladies
of noble rank four mass (quarts) OF
beer a day and three mass for a
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circumstances to be the allowance of a
man Of similar rank and Of his hangers
on is left to the imagination of the
reader.
ally interesting. II. Germany the state
uses every possible means to provide
good wholesome beer for the people, 1t
is the habitual beverage Of most of the
vance by the government of half cent
q quart on the price of beer caused a
serious riot. Cheap. wholesome beer is
considered a necessity of life in Germany.
and the attempt to increase its cost an
interference with the primary rights of
the community.
In Austria Hungary. too, for many
years government supervision has secured
the production of pure beer, which is sold
at very moderate price. Holland has
brewed good beer for centuries, and
though the country has been bette,
known as the producer of gin, the ma
tional beverage Is certainly beer 1t is
claimed that gin drinking in Holland Is
no longer respectable. The beer gardens
of Amsterdam and Rotterdam are widely
known. Good bands are provided and
people Of all ranks congregate to sip beer
smoke, talk or listen to the music.
The little kingdom of Belgium ranks
next to Bavaria as a beer,consumine
some Of the finest beer bardens in the
world, which furnish music to their pa
irons equal to the best, and the general
habits of the people are temperate
Drunkenness is seldom found among any
of the people.
Spain is becoming a beer drinking coun
try. The beer formerly consumed there
was imported from England, German!