Christine Burgmer | Blog

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I’m not a beer drinker myself, but this illustrated history of English beer taught me a lot of interesting facts.  For example, beer was considered far safer to drink than dirty water in the Middle Ages and from the early 18th century, its main rival was gin, would you believe!

Hops became a vital ingredient in the brewing of beer and were mainly grown in Kent and dried in oast houses (barns with round or square towers).  I stayed in one overnight some years ago.  That was quite an experience.

I bet you don’t know the twenty things worth knowing about beer!  Let’s see what The Oatmeal has to tell us.