On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 09:34:13AM -0600, Thomas Eibner wrote: > Dette kan osse forklare hvordan det har vaeret muligt at faa co2 i flaskerne > hvis man bare har brugt normalt sukker som gaeren gerne vil spise.
My beer history is a bit weak, but didn't the idea of bottling beer come quite late? I seem to recall from some Carlsberg history, that the brewery sold beer by the barrel, and then some local shops bottled some of it for sale on bottle, but most was consumed from the barrels. Possibly those bottles were considered a transport method only, and not suitable for storage? So, the demand for a good long lifetime in bottle may not have been there until brewing had taken some steps towards industrialization... Just some loose thoughts (while I am supposed to be working) -H -- Heikki Levanto heikki at indexdata dot dk "In Murphy We Turst"
