So a little while ago I was bored, browsing netflix and came across this documentary called "How Beer Saved the World."
The
documentary was equal parts ridiculous and interesting. Basically it
talks about different aspects of how Man's love of drinking beer has
played a direct role in the development of major technologies and
traditions.
Some pretty remarkable and unjustified claims are
made in the movie (such as beer is solely resposible for the development
of agriculture, civilization, mathematics etc) most of which I would
strongly discourage people from believing but I support them as
hypotheses and topics worth thinking about.
Some of the other more
specific topics seem a lot more viable and evidence-backed such as the
fact that the wort-making process actually pasteurizes the water
providing people with a fairly clean and nutritious alternative to foul
drinking water in the middle ages. Also in the documentary a chemist is
interviewed who (possibly) finds traces of the antibiotic
"tetracycline" in the residue in old brewing vessels from thousands of
years ago as a natural byproduct of brewing making beer a legitimate
medicine at the time.
Like I said, the movie had a lot of
ridiculous aspects to it and the narrator jumps to some pretty lofty
conclusions making it hard to watch at times but I did feel like I
learned something from it and gained a deeper appreciation for beer from
watching it so I'll link it to you guys (it's on youtube) here if you
want to watch it:
Friday, August 2, 2013
Running Log of All Official HBK Beers
I thought it would be a good thing for members and followers of the HBK if somewhere easily accessible to everyone there was a running log of all the HBK beers listed in chronological order. I expect it will start out as a pretty simple list of the beer types and names and I can add on details as suggested by any members/readers: let me hear your suggestions! In other words this particular post will be continually updated as new beers are made and as more particular information on the beers is requested (i.e. ingredients, %Alc etc...)
So here it is folks! I'll addend the list shortly with brew dates and %Alc.
HBK #1.
HBK #3.
HBK #4.
So here it is folks! I'll addend the list shortly with brew dates and %Alc.
HBK #1.
Name: Jumping Juniper
Type: Pale Ale
HBK #2.
Name: Choc Full of Love
Type: Stout
HBK #3.
Name: Muddy Waters
Type: Brown Ale
HBK #4.
Name: Char-Cole Porter
Type: Porter
HBK #5.
Name: Wanna-Be Winter
Type: Winter Ale
HBK #6.
Name: Mary & Ginger
Type: Amber Aler
HBK #7.
Name: Black Cat
Type: Pale Ale
HBK #8.
Name: ???
Type: Ale
HBK #9.
Name: Cream Corn Ale
Type: Cream Ale
HBK #10.
Name: ClaraBale Amber Ale
Type: Amber Ale
HBK #11.
Name: Adam's Apple
Type: Hard Cider
HBK #12.
Name: Punch in the Face Pumpkin Ale
Type: Ale
HBK #13.
Name: Hardcore Vanilla Porter
Type: Porter
HBK #14.
Name: Fool's Gold
Type: German Wheat
HBK #15.
Name: Rye Don't You Love Me?
Type: Rye CDA
HBK #16.
Name: There Hefenitely Will Be Blood
Type: Blood Orange Raspberry Hef
HBK #17.
Name: ???
Type: Kolsch
HBK #18
Name: ???
Type: Belgian Strong Blonde
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)