Author: Matt Stinchfield

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  Full Pints - History

  Getting Primitive

  September 1, 2011 - Matt Stinchfield Most of us have had a beer so good that drinking it was “like a religious experience.” But when was the last time you were served a bowl of murky grog at church? Early people from Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica celebrated everything with beer—from their daily prayers and good harvests to human sacrifice and their gods.
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  History - Sidebars

  Nawait

  September 1, 2011 - Matt Stinchfield Some liquid in the bottom of a jar They gave me. Crouching, I sat before it, Desiring that speedily it should ferment. But still it did not. Then it had pity on me And, after two mornings, Gloriously it fermented. Then of those whose desires were like to mine I bethought me, And straight to... View Article
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  History - Sidebars

  Chhaang

  September 1, 2011 - Matt Stinchfield This bowl of wine in my hand, Is not ordinarily made, In the blue sky of heaven, Thunder roars like the Green Dragon, Lightning flashes like glowing fire, Fine raindrops like sweet dew, With the essence of pure sweet dew, People on earth make tasty wine. When people make gingke wine they are wild with... View Article
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  History - Sidebars

  Ninkasi

  September 1, 2011 - Matt Stinchfield Ninkasi, you are the one who bakes the bappir in the big oven, Puts in order the piles of hulled grains, Ninkasi, you are the one who waters malt set on the ground, The noble dogs keep away even the potentates, Ninkasi, you are the one who soaks the malt in a jar, The waves... View Article
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  Book Reviews - Full Pints

  Great Food Great Beer: The Anheuser-Busch Cookbook

  December 31, 2007 - Matt Stinchfield At long last, beer paired with dinner has achieved the status that fine wine and haute cuisine have enjoyed in exclusivity. The evidence is in. The chefs are onto it. The books are being written. Beer has gone beyond the bounds of being solely a beverage. The marriage of flavors and aromas in beer/food pairings... View Article
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  Culture - Full Pints - Live Beer

  Viva La Cerveza y Limón

  May 1, 2003 - Matt Stinchfield Columbus, Cortez and Coronado all showed up in Mexico looking for gold. What gold they did find, they traded for smallpox, syphilis and mercury poisoning. Thanks, guys. It wasn’t until the 20th century that a friendlier gold was discovered in Mexico, a lustrous liquid gold—cerveza!