tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738527488860615106.post7826841680635674207..comments2024-03-19T00:52:11.537-07:00Comments on Beervana Buzz: Let Me Tell You How it Will Be...Taxman!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5738527488860615106.post-86370920271101892022012-06-04T10:03:54.388-07:002012-06-04T10:03:54.388-07:00Taxes have done a huge amount to shape beer. Goin...Taxes have done a huge amount to shape beer. Going back to the gruitrecht of 1000 years ago to the British system of taxing ingredients, then gravities, to the Dutch system--easily the weirdest--that taxed mash tun size as a proxy for output. That last one resulted in the development of turbid mashing, a vestige of which still survives in lambic-brewing.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.com