This just in from the Zythophile blog: By itself this does not prove hops were used in beer, just “in drinks” (in potibus in Hildegard’s original Latin). But in a later chapter, on the ash tree, the abbess wrote: “If you also wish to make beer from oats without hops, but just with grusz [gruit], [...]
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Beer Is the Cure for Cancer
Ok, not entirely, but, according to a recent study at the University of Porto in Portugal, marinating your steak in beer for six hours before cooking it reduces the alleged cancer causing heterocyclic amines (HAs) by up to 90%. Of course, these HAs are typically created when you cook your steak medium or well-done and [...]
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