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exhibits
the
parties
drinking
it
with
a
new
face
;
and
Christian
Mitmmer
of
Brunswick,
the
supposed
in-
ventor
of
the
drink,
have
been
by
turns
suggested.
The
varied
kinds
of
Schenk,
or
winter
beer,
and
Lager^
or
summer
beer,
are
fairly
well
known.
The
Leipzig
Goose
and
the
Berlin
white
beer
are
refreshing
drinks
in
summer.
An
excellent
description
of
Bierbrauerei
apparatus
is
given
in
Brockhaus'
Conversations
Lexikon/
Band
iii.
The
most
important
beer
factories
are
in
Munich,^
Erlangen,
Zirndorf,
Nurnberg,
and
Vienna.
German
beer
is
far
less
potent
than
that
of
England,
but
want
of
strength
is
made
up
by
the
quantity
taken.
From
the
time
of
Goethe,
and
long
before,
Germans
were
great
consumers
of
beer,
and
the
scene
in
his
*'
Faust,"
of
students
in
Auerbach's
Cellar,
was
typical
of
his
time.
Now-a-days
there
is
no
degeneracy
in
the
German
beer
drinker,
and
a'
Viennese
''
Saufender
Renommist
"
will
drink
his
thirty
half-pints
of
Mdrzen
at
a
sitting.
German
beers
are
now
readily
attainable
at
any
German
restaurant
in
London.
India.
The
Hill-
tribes
of
India
commonly
consume
Pachwai,
prepared
from
rice
and
other
grain
in
Bengal.
In
Nepaul
a
beer
named
Phaur,
made
from
rice
or
wheat,
is
brewed
much
in
the
same
manner
as
English
ale,
which
it
is
said
strongly
to
resemble.
It
is
in
con-
siderable
repute
and,
according
to
Hamilton,^
wheat^
•^
Der
Bierbrauer,
Prag.
1^74.
2
Hamilton's
Account
of
NepauL