Ancient brews

Ancient brews

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Interweaving archaeology and science, the author discusses his travels around the world to discover ancient brews for various beverages and then shares his own homebrew interpretations of each beverage and culturally appropriate matching meal recipes.

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Really enjoyed the first half of the book. Towards the end it started to drag a little probably since there was less science and history to cite for the last couple of drinks? I enjoyed the content of this book a lot, but at times the writing style bothered me. Still a solid 3 stars.

March 23, 2020

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