going to bed, need sleep!
aaah, hops, beautiful hops. I wonder if you could grow that up your back wall, Dag....?
I hate beer. Does this mean I am not human?
The oldest still existing brewery is in Weihenstephan/Germany, from 1040.
Weihenstephan Brewery
[And my favourite is
Hohenfelder Brewery , because they have a dia show of my region - it's just 3 miles away (>go to 'Brauerei' on the top/left, than to > 'Standort/Region')]
Hmm, dunno. Perhaps you are right as to the first official brewery, but this is what i found online:
The Czechs have been drinking beer since time immemorial. The secret of Czech beer is that agricultural conditions are ideal for growing hops, and chronicles establish their cultivation in Bohemia as early as 859 A.D., while the first evidence of their export dates back to 903. Bohemian hops were so prized that King Wenceslas ordered the death penalty for anyone caught exporting the cuttings, from which new plants could be grown.The first mention of brewing in the Czech territories is in the foundation charter for the Vysehrad church, dating from 1088. In this document, the first Czech king, Vratislav II, decreed that his estates should pay a hop tithe to the church. The U Fleku microbrewery in Prague has been in operation since 1499 and is still going strong.
I still like the brittish beer styles better. Hoppier and more mineral flavors from the water.
dagmar
Certainly you remember that Bohemia was part of the "Holy Roman Empire of German Nation" since 9th century :wink:
damn near saturday here...
dlowan
depends on what is 'near' :wink:
(Especially regarding the somehow confusing Austrian timezones.)
But only just a little bit, littlek, more: after noon :wink:
Not close enough to Friday evening and/orSaturday but
certainly slowly making its way there
around here
Boston-Matrix anyone?
<not to be confused with the Somerville Vortex BTW>
The movie..Part 2 debuts on 5-15-03
Thinking Saturday 17th sometime, if anyone be interested
a few have mentioned already an interest...thought Id put it up for others
I wanna see it. Will discuss plans with bf, he may want to go as well. Hooray.
Excellent dag...would be a wonderful show at least, as well as great company
