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Slightly off topic, but I remember reading many years ago about a brewer who wanted to do something special for his brewery’s tenth anniversary. Whilst research
by PeterWhittaker 3y ago
Slightly off topic, but I remember reading many years ago about a brewer who wanted to do something special for his brewery’s tenth anniversary. Whilst researching, he came across what anthropologists thought was a hymn, only partially translated.
He realized it was a recipe! With his domain knowledge, he was able to fill in some of the blanks. He then worked with the linguistic anthropology community to extend our knowledge of the ancient language in question. (Sumerian, maybe? It’s been a long time….)
He brewed the beer/ale and the result was a think rich brew best described as liquid bread.
- rikthevik 3y ago"Beer is liquid bread, it's good for you" - They Might Be Giants
- J5892 3y agoAh, so that's how Soylent was founded.
- dmreedy 3y agoI'm not sure if this is what you're thinking of, but there's a story like that behind Dogfish Head's "Midas Touch" http://www.biomolecular-archaeology.com/?page_id=143 http://www.biomolecular-archaeology.com/?page_id=143 https://www.dogfish.com/brewery/beer/midas-touch https://www.dogfish.com/brewery/beer/midas-touch Though more reconstruction of ingredients from residue than linguistic reconstruction I guess.
- langfan 3y agoNinkasi, goddess of beer.
- 13of40 3y agoWell, that explains why there's a Ninkasi brewery in Eugene, Oregon and another unrelated one in the UK.