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DRINKS.
a
beer
called
Vinko
de
Batatas,
from
the
Batata^
root.
Svra,
a
Peruvian
beer,
was
formerly
forbidden
by
the
Incas
because
of
its
extremely
intoxicating
nature.
Austria.
The
most
famous
beer
is
perhaps
the
Pilsener,
or
white
beer,
from
Pilsen
in
Bohemia,
the
favourite
idrink
in
Vienna, Gratzer
is
brewed
from
wheat
malt.
Bavaria.
The
peculiar
flavour
of the
Bavarian
ale
is
perhaps
a
result
of
the
very
free
use
of
pitch
or
resinous
matters
to
protect
the
wood
of
the
fermenting
tun,
but
it
seems
more
probable
that
it
is
due
to
the
com-
mixture
of
pine
tops.
Schenk
beer
is
draught
beer,
in
contradistinction
to
Lager,
or
store
beer.
The
one
is
drunk
in
summer,
the
othe
rin
winter.
Bock
deer^
and
Salvator,
dark
heavy
kinds
of
stout,
are
both
well
known.
Kaiserslautern
is
the
name
of
a
famous
brewage
in
Rhenish
Bavaria.
Belgium.
White
beers,
the
result
of
a
mixture
of
oats
and
wheat,
called
Walgbaert
and
Happe,
were
made
in
Brussels
in
the
fifteenth
century.
Roetbier
and
Zwart-
bier
were,
as
their
names
tell
us,
red
and
black
beers.
Cuyte
was
at
one
time a
favourite
and
aristocratic
^
This
is
the
sweet
potato,
introduced
into
Europe
before
the
common
potato.
2
For
an
interesting
account
of
this,
vid.,
Dr.
Charnock's
Verba
I^ominalia.