Bonus: A Pint-Sized History of Beer and Brewing in the Low Countries
Why did the Dutch drink almost four times as much beer in the fifteenth century as they do today? Why would the Beer Drinking War be a better name for The Eighty Years War? And why is the longest-standing beer in Belgium not as old as the brewers want us to believe? Pour a glass of your favourite brew and join on a historic journey of beer and brewing in the Low Countries. Proost!
Enjoy this bonus episode of History of the Netherlands, made in conjunction with Ons Erfdeel. Check out www.the-low-countries.com for the high road to Dutch/Flemish culture.
Sources
Germania by Tacitus
Beer in the Middle Ages and Renaissance by Richard Unger
The Embarrassment of Riches by Simon Schama
A History of Beer and Brewing by Ian S Hornsey
The History of the Beer and Brewing Industry by Ignazio Cabras and David Higgins
Lost Beers: https://lostbeers.com/the-original-17th-century-tripel-karmeliet-recipe/
Sobering Anxieties: Alcohol, Tobacco and the Intoxicated Social Body in Dutch Painting During True Freedom, 1650-1672, by David Beeler
How Beer Created Belgium (and the Netherlands): The Contribution of Beer Taxes to War Finance during the Dutch Revolt by Koen Deconinck, Eline Poelmans and Johan Swinnen