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Berliner weisse, flavored with green woodruff syrup. (Yes, that's a child in a mug on the brewery's logo.)
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Berliner Weisse

Pink or green syrup turns a historic German ale into a tart, sweet delight.
A medieval illumination showing a monk tasting wine or beer, from <em>Li livres dou santé</em>, late 13th century.
monks

When a City and a Bishop Went to War Over Beer

The 1380 Wrocław Beer War was a medieval Bohemian battle royale.
Vittoria Traverso December 1, 2017
The entrance to Sarajevska Pivara, pictured in 2012.
food

The Bosnian Brewery That Saved a City Under Siege

The springs of Sarajevska Pivara became a sole water source for many Sarajevans.
Stacey McKenna November 28, 2017
One of Frank Leslie's damning illustrations, depicting the view of the 16th Street cow stable yard.
food

The 19th-Century Swill Milk Scandal That Poisoned Infants With Whiskey Runoff

Vendors hawked the swill as "Pure Country Milk."
Tyler Moss November 27, 2017
Spiderwebs help catch pesky fruit flies.
31 days of halloween

The Heritage Beer Brewed With Some Help From Spiders

When fruit flies love your beer, you don't mind a few webs in the brewery.
Anne Ewbank October 31, 2017
The old Adam Scheidt Brewing Company in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Old Adam Scheidt Plant

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.
It was originally designed to be twice its current height.
Abensberg, Germany

Kuchlbauer Tower

A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.
Halve Maan beer pipeline.
Bruges, Belgium

Halve Maan Brewery Beer Pipeline

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.
The two-headed gator statue.
Tampa, Florida

Two-Headed Gator of Seminole Heights

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.
Rapid City, South Dakota

Firehouse Brewing Co.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.
Elephant Gate
Copenhagen, Denmark

Elephant Gate

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
Horton House 2007, the house was built in 1742
Jekyll Island, Georgia

Horton House

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Copenhagen, Denmark

Leif Sonne's Bottled Beer Collection

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.
society adventures

Books and Booze: The California Craft of Printing and Craft Beer

Sandi Hemmerlein June 16, 2014
Grwostlaven
Grand Rapids, Michigan

'Grwostlaven'

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.
Permanently Closed
Kansas City, Missouri

Imperial Brewery

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.
La Crosse, Wisconsin

World's Largest Six-Pack

Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Shropshire, England

Three Tuns Brewery

The oldest working Brewery in Britain.