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DRINKS.
France
:
Cerevisia
;
Double
Bi^re
;
.
Adulteration.
Germany
:
Mum
;
Beer
Factories
;
Faust.
India
:
Pachwai,
Piworree.
Japan
:
Saki
;
Ksempfer.
Russia
:
Kvas
;
Vodki
;
Pivo.
Sweden
:
Spruce.
Tartary
:
Baksoum,
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
biere.
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
narcotic.
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.