1892 Drinks of the world

DRINKS.

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France

Germany

Double

Bi^re ; .

Cerevisia

Adulteration.

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Mum

Beer Factories ;

India

Pachwai,

Faust.

Piworree.

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:

Russia

Kvas ;

Japan : Sweden

Vodki ;

Ksempfer.

Saki

Pivo.

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Tartary

Baksoum,

Spruce.

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:

France.

i In France beer was originally known as cervoise from the Low Latin cerevisia. There are two sorts, white and red; the latter has more hops. When much grain enters into the composition it is called double Its qualities vary here as elsewhere, according to the grain employed in its manufacture, the malt, and the fermentation. It has been commonly adulte- rated with leduin palustre or wild rosemary, a strong Allusions to beer are comparatively infre- quent in French works. The details of its manufacture, which present no remarkable points of variation, may be found in any French work on brewing. Germany. Of the many beers of this country, perhaps the most deserving of notice here is the Mum of Brunswick, well known and appreciated for its excellence. The process observed in its manufacture has been, it is said, always kept a mystery,^ and to prevent dis- covery, the men who brewed it were hired for life. The origin of the word Mum is obscure. The German Mumme, a strong ale producing silence^ from intoxication; the Danish word for a mask, because it 1 General Monk's receipt is given in the Harkian Miscellany^ i., 524. London, 1744. 2 " Mum's the word," etc. biere. narcotic.