"Ninkasi, you are the one
You are the one who holds with both hands the great sweet wort..."
Alright! First Post! This blog was started by me, Alex. I am one of three members of the collective known as the Bronze Age Brewing Company. We use the term "company
very loosely. We're just three guys who enjoy and brew beer and hope that one day we'll get our acts together enough to make a living out of what we do. Currently we're on our second brew; five gallons of a Weiss style beer. Our first was a robust IPA. Both are currently in the fermentation process. Our goal is to create three exceptional brews from our exploits and name them to be our flagship beers. Then comes the business plan, the investors, the millions of dollars and so on...right?
Now you may ask, what's up with the name? I chose the Bronze Age because, very simply, it was the age of the birth of beer. In this era, the Ancient Sumerians supposedly discovered beer due to mere accident. It was found that if grain was moistened and then left to dry, it would create a feeling of euphoria (read: drunkenness). There was even a patron goddess for this beer, Ninkasi, and the hymn which they sang for her contained the recipe to create this divine substance. From then on it was a part of life in almost every ancient culture from then until now (just look at this article about the nearly 4500 breweries that existed in Ireland alone). And that's the basic gist of it. I'll harp on this more as we name the beers and move on with production.
Will get some pictures of the equipment we're using and the fermenting beer soon. I leave for tour with my band on Friday and have plotted out a number of breweries to visit on my way. The first: Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, PA, conveniently located directly next to the venue we're playing. I'll be sure to document all of it.
Until next time!
Alex
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