[geeks] Favorite beer?

[dave at cca.org]

chris at chrisbyrne.com writes:

>Not only real beer, but the oldst beer in the world... sort of.

>Weihenstphaner (Im not sure which is the correct spelling with or without
>the first h) is the oldest continuously operating licensed commercial
>brewery in the world. Its been brewing beer on a commercial basis for over
>600 years. It's also a franciscan monestary. The monks were required to fast
>and they could eat no bread. They were however allowed to drink beer. They
>would literally go for a week eating and drinking nothing but really good
>beer. I think they had something there.

Amusing trivia: state workers in ancient Egypt were paid in bread
and beer.

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