Brian Alberts
@brewedculture.org
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Historian, writer, dad studying the cultural history of beer. Footnotes and pizza both Chicago style. 50/50 pop mourner. He/him
Historian, writer, dad studying the cultural history of beer. Footnotes and pizza both Chicago style. 50/50 pop mourner. He/him
![Photo of five fake headstones for a Halloween graveyard, made of painted plywood. The epitaphs from left to right:
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Lenore
Nevermore
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The WiFi down here sucks"
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For Rent
1 Bed, 0 Bath
Wood Interior
$3000/mo
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"Your Ad Here," but then I painted "HE" in red next to the "Ad," so that it reads "Your Head Here."
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Pete Wicked
Rest [scratched out]
In
Peace](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p5bnxmdpwh7dgncm2wwcxwxe/bafkreif3yqbj5q46nqyuojm6oppq52pb63kku5xrrfxee6o6qv66tfaswu)
![Clipped article from Stars and Stripes, Sep 25, 1972
Title: "Oktoberfest is Underway."
Tezt: "The world's biggest beer festival, the Oktoberfest, opened Saturday in Munich where the Summer Olympics ended 13 days earlier.
Lord Mayor Georg Konawitter tapped the first keg at noon to open the 16-day celebration commemoriating the 1810 marriage of King [sic] Ludwig I of Bavaria.
Specially brewed festival beer is served in earthenware mugs at a record of 3.05 marks, or about $1 a quart. Because of complaints last year that portions had too much foam. special squads of "taproom police" are checking servers to ensure that mugs are filled to the liter line."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p5bnxmdpwh7dgncm2wwcxwxe/bafkreiczkavm5f34hepcx2atoeldh72qu2qi7awer5uapmphktacx6jhwq)
![Text clip from June 1968 issue of Stars & Stripes magazine. Reads: "To settle age-old arguments over the alcohol content of beer, one should remember that in Germany "percentage" has nothing to do with alcohol but refers to the Sammwuerze, the extracts which determine flavor and punch.
The alcohol content roughly amounts to one third to 1/4 of the Stammwuerze. Thus an extra powerful 16-percent bock has an alcohol content of 4 to 6 per cent -- and that's about the top for any beer."
Goes on to say "...Scotch fans probably would enjoy Bamberg's Raunbeer [sic], which has a faint whiskey flavor because the malt has been smoked."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p5bnxmdpwh7dgncm2wwcxwxe/bafkreihaxzprezmfy7evwnrr3ob5lqig2jirajxg5ugtg2gqsqfe22rx5i)
![Two panel Rugrats meme. Stu is making stovetop pudding on the stove, wearing a bathrobe. Didi as walked in on him, also in a robe.
First panel, she asks "it's four o clock in the morning. Why are you [researching beer history]?" (Insertion mine)
Second panel, he answers "because I've lost control of my life."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p5bnxmdpwh7dgncm2wwcxwxe/bafkreiaf5f54umqe632o2ceywbxjum6qjvuomuvc2ljm5f6b55iupz7brq)
