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UPBEAT TIMES • July 2015 • 7 Sudsology:THE ART & CRAFT OF CREATING GREAT BEERS by Dr. Anne Cowden •
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SANTA, ROSA, CA. ~ On the 4th of July, 2015, many of us will lift a glass of won- derful Sonoma County craft beer to toast our nation’s 239th birthday, if our nation’s birthday is measured by the Declaration of Independence of 1776, penned by the man who is quoted to the right. In fact, if you are ever in the historical city of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, you can dine on food based on recipes of that colonial time and drink beers on tap from recipes by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Frank- lin. The place is the famous City Tavern. It is said that our founders met here to debate the Declaration and that Jefferson penned some of that important document there. The following is a brief out- line about beer, its history and importance in many cultures. If you Google the word beer and how to order it in other na- tions, you will find at least 78 countries that have a word for beer: Arabic, beereh; Chinese (Mandarin), pi jui; French,
“Beer, if drunk in moderation, softens the temper, cheers the spirit and
promotes health.” Thomas Jefferson
biere; Greek, zythos; Italian, birra; Russian, pivo; Spanish, cerveza; Welsh, cwrw; and Yid- dish, bir. Future columns will go into much greater
explaining
depth the
art and craft of making the
beer, incredible
growth in both the types of beer
produced and the brewer-
ies producing them. The col- umn will be dedicated to the microbrewery, defined by the Brewers Association as fol-
lows: • Craft brewers are small brewers. • The hallmark of craft beer and craft brewers is innova- tion. Craft brewers interpret historic styles with unique twists and develop new styles that have no precedent. • Craft beer is gen- erally made with traditional ingre- dients like malted barley; interest- ing and sometimes non-traditional in- gredients are often added for distinc-
tiveness. • Craft brewers tend to be very involved in their communities through philanthropy, product donations, volunteerism and sponsorship of events. • Craft brewers have distinc- tive, individualistic approaches to connecting with their cus- tomers. • Craft brewers maintain in- tegrity by what they brew and their general independence, free from a substantial interest by a non-craft brewer. • The majority of Americans live within 10 miles of a craft brewer.
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The primary focus will be on Sonoma County microbrew- eries with additional forays into neighboring California counties and states such as Oregon and Washington. Beer 101: The history of beer is an ancient one. His- torians speculate that prehis- toric nomads may have made beer from grain and water. Apparently, Noah’s Ark car- ried provisions that included beer. In 4300 BC, Babylo- nians recorded detailed reci- pes for beer on clay tablets and produced beer in large amounts with about 20 types. It was a vital part of many other cultures. Various grains were used to produce beer: Africa: millet, maize and cas- sava; North American: persim- mon and Mexico: agave; South
America: corn, and sweet pota- toes were used in Brazil; China, wheat, Russians, rye and Egyp- tians, barley. Beer was seen as a royal drink by Egyptians, had medicinal value in some cul-
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