Yearbook 2020 of the Society for the History of Brewing e.V. (GGB)

About the book

The yearbooks of the Society for the History of Brewing e.V. appear annually. The history of brewing and breweries is prepared in specialist articles, small treatises and essays report on interesting and interesting anecdotes about beer. This makes the GGB yearbook more than just an activity report, but also an important and informative contribution to the preparation of the history of a German industrial and craft sector.

subjects

• Stefan Wirth: On the brewing industry in the cathedral city of Fürstenwalde/Spree in the early modern period
• Hans-J. Manger: From barrel to keg-On the development of beer transport packaging, part 2: Metal barrels
• Andreas Urbanek: Weigelwerke Neisse-new territory
• Dirk Nolte: What we can (and cannot) learn about beer from historical sources
• Astrid Schneck: E. D. Brainard and the Ice Cellar Building Company “System Brainard”-Results of a search for clues
• Ursula Lochner: The Geisenbrunner Lindenwirt and the Argelsrieder brewery: The Stockers and the Kasparbauers/From the Argelsrieder brewery to the Gilching brewery: The Kasparbauer sisters-Fanny Müller and Peter Bichler/Gilching brewery: Münch'Bichler & Co. Who do we find behind this business name?
• Peter Eiting: The Gilching Brewery-Münch, Bichler & Co.-later Lenz-Bräu GmbH-A journey through time from 1927- 1969
• Karl-Heinz Pritzkow: The Berlin wheat beer brewery Emil Willner in Berlin-Pankow
• Jens Voigt et al.: Experimental studies on the production of beer in antiquity
• W. D. Speckmann: A biblical trade for beer transport
• Martin Herda: On the history of beer in Hohenelbe
• Gunter Stresow: Long and controversial discussion: Potato beer/beet beer, the long-forgotten/beer production in a cold way/Pfannenknecht or Pumpauf/Some things about Merseburg beer/Fruiting society
• Martin Herda: The Tivoli brewery in Szczecin
• Gunter Freudenthal: Comments on the use of beer with a request to the medievists for information

An overview of the literature received in the Schultze-Berndt Library, the report on the 82nd Ordinary general meeting of the GGB 2019 in Einbeck by GGB managing director Alexander Hofmann and the list of members round off the yearbook.

Published by the Society for the History of Brewing Berlin (GGB) e.V.