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Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created

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Author: McGovern, Patrick E.

Edition: Reprint

Binding: Kindle Edition

Format: Kindle eBook

Number Of Pages: 323

Release Date: 13-06-2017

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One of Smithsonian Magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year about Food

A Forbes Best Booze Book of the Year


Interweaving archaeology and science, Patrick E. McGovern tells the enthralling story of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages and the cultures that created them. Humans invented heady concoctions, experimenting with fruits, honey, cereals, tree resins, botanicals, and more. These “liquid time capsules” carried social, medicinal, and religious significance with far-reaching consequences for our species. McGovern describes nine extreme fermented beverages of our ancestors, including the Midas Touch from Turkey and the 9000-year-old Chateau Jiahu from Neolithic China, the earliest chemically identified alcoholic drink yet discovered. For the adventuresome, homebrew interpretations of the ancient drinks are provided, with matching meal recipes.

Languages: english

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    Description

    Description

    Author: McGovern, Patrick E.

    Edition: Reprint

    Binding: Kindle Edition

    Format: Kindle eBook

    Number Of Pages: 323

    Release Date: 13-06-2017

    Details:

    One of Smithsonian Magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year about Food

    A Forbes Best Booze Book of the Year


    Interweaving archaeology and science, Patrick E. McGovern tells the enthralling story of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages and the cultures that created them. Humans invented heady concoctions, experimenting with fruits, honey, cereals, tree resins, botanicals, and more. These “liquid time capsules” carried social, medicinal, and religious significance with far-reaching consequences for our species. McGovern describes nine extreme fermented beverages of our ancestors, including the Midas Touch from Turkey and the 9000-year-old Chateau Jiahu from Neolithic China, the earliest chemically identified alcoholic drink yet discovered. For the adventuresome, homebrew interpretations of the ancient drinks are provided, with matching meal recipes.

    Languages: english

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    B***** S*******

    good for refference

    M******

    Arrived promptly in excellent condition. Very interesting account of historic practices as well as recipes pared with specific brews.

    A****

    I bought this for my sister in another state but she said it was a cool book. That's all I know. She didn't have anything bad to say about it and it looks like a nice book for the price.

    S******** M*****

    When it is about something that everybody uses, but nobody cares about further. Maybe the best example is cars. Almost everybody drives, but very few people care about how they are made or car repair. But wait, maybe people do care about car repair? Wasn’t Car Talk, a show about car repair, a nationwide fixture on public radio for twenty years? Indeed. And it was no mystery why - Tom & Ray were just good fun to hang out with. And knowledgeable enough to have insight on cars that you didn’t know

    L*** P*******

    When Dogfish Head came out with their ancient ales years ago I was a big fan of most of them. I have seen the video episodes that have been done on these beers as well. The book was well researched with the author imputing personal touches into each of the different recipes. At times the specifics of chemical analysis can be a little dry but overall the book was very entertaining.Once I finished the book I was encouraged to try one of the many recipes included in the book. I took my shot at The

    E******** Z

    My husband loves the book and has ordered it for other people as well. He's a highly critical and knowledgeable reader and buyer, so his praise is high praise indeed.

    p**** i*******

    a great read. lots of info on both alcoholic beverages and archaeology. :)

    P****

    nice.

    W*******

    I've only read about a 1/4 so far but it's well written and extremely incisive.

    m***** S****

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