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to
that
time
the
English
drank
beer
resembling
the
so-
called
"
Convent
Beer
"
of
Germany.
In
the
second
half
of
our
century
the
breweries
changed
into
beer
factories.
The
increasing
prosperity
after
the
close
of
the
Napoleonic
wars
and
the
founda-
tion
of
duty-treaties
between
the
different
states
in-
creased
the
riches
of
the
nations
and
were
of
enormous
influence
upon
the
quality
and
demand
of
beer.
At
present
the
Bavarian
beer
is
thought
to
be
the
best,
and
the
methods
followed
there
are
accepted
in
the
greater
part of
Europe
except
England
and
the
specific
wine
countries
in
North
America
and
Aus-
tralia,
nay,
even
in
Turkey,
the
inhabitants
of
which
country
congratulate
themselves
that
in
Mohammed's
time
nothing
was
known
concerning
brewing,
or
Mo-
hammed
certainly
would
have
prohibited
his
followers
from
enjoying
this
beverage
as
well
as
the
wine,
i
Bismarck,
"
The
Man
of
Blood
and
Iron,"
made
once
the
remark:
"Beer
renders
people
stupid."
But
the
same
man
did
not
hesitate
to
use
and
enjoy
it
himself,
espe-
cially
at
his
receptions
of
the
members
of
the
Reichstag
in
the Chancellor's
Palace,
and
we
still
await
reports
that
the
use
of
beer has
badly
affected
his
mental
ca-
pacities.
During
the
last
three
decades
new
rivals
to
the
Ba-
varian
beer
have
arisen
in
Austria,
at
Schwechat
and
at
Pilsen,
and
last,
but not
kast,
in
the
great
brewing
centres
of
the
New
World.
The
world-wide
importance
beer
has
won
is
best