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In a post-apocalyptic society this will play a vital role in keeping spirits up and keeping what’s left of society socially sane. Social currency: let’s face it, there’s a reason beer is called a “social lubricant” - there’s nothing like getting together with friends at the end of a hard day or week over beers, down at the pub or over a barbecue, and if you’ve ever been to a beer festival, you’ve seen firsthand how beer promotes camaraderie and lightens the mood.Health and wellness take on a vital importance in the post-apocalyptic world. And there are a number of possible health benefits to be had from drinking beer in moderation, including reduced risk of diabetes, gall and kidney stones, strokes, and dementia, stronger bones, boosted vitamin levels, and overall cardiovascular health improvement.

Yeast is a valuable source of vitamin B and proteins. Hops, for instance, have anti-microbial properties, and other herbs or flowers that might be used instead of (or in addition to) hops may well contain other health benefits.

Health and medicinal factors: aside from being a source of potable water, beer contains ingredients and has qualities which make it valuable as a (potential) health source.

Beer came to be known as “liquid bread” because of it’s nutritive qualities. Beer can in fact be so fortifying that Trappist monks would brew and drink beer (traditionally Doppelbock) as their only source of sustenance during the 40-day fasting period of Lent.

Nutritive value: beer, of course, contains more that just water carbohydrates, vitamins, protein, and, yes, alcohol.

Brewing beer guarantees a safe source of drinking water (albeit flavored and mildly alcoholic) in the post-apocalyptic world.

#Apocalypse cow beer advocate full#

Potable water (or lack thereof): here we take a page from history and note that beer was often consumed instead of water because the water was unfit to drink while beer, being boiled and full of alcohol, was safe and healthy to drink.Well, yes, and I’m going even further: I submit that the brewing of beer will be an essential activity in the post-apocalyptic world! I’ve (half) jokingly been known to say that “beer brewing will be the new currency” in the post-apocalyptic world, and while this might be a bit of hyperbole, I do believe the knowledge and activity of brewing will be vital. “What!” you might be thinking, “the world has ended and people are struggling to survive and he wants to talk about something as frivolous as beer?” We get details of food (foraging, hunting, growing), defense (weapons, fortifications, building armies), building (shelter, agriculture, attempts to recreate “lost” technology), but one question has been repeatedly coming to my mind lately: One of the most common visions of the Post-Apocalyptic world is one of a societal and often technological collapse, with survivors banding together to scavenge, forage, survive, and rebuild. Or rather, it shows that we have a fascination with the post-apocalypse, as much of the focus is actually on life and survival in the post-apocalyptic aftermath.

Sort of a “ Choose Your Own Adventure” for the end times, and shows that we have a (unhealthy?) fascination (obsession?) with the Apocalypse. And while this sounds pretty straightforward, modern times and pop culture has given us a variety of apocalyptic scenarios to choose from: Modern usage defines “apocalypse” to mean a great disaster, and commonly it’s viewed as leading to the end of the world as we know it. The original definition of the word refers to a writing or work which acts as a disclosure of hidden information, akin to a prophecy, and from the Biblical Book of Revelations it came to be associated with the end of the world. Or as “practical” as post-apocalyptic brewing can be, I suppose… What follows is the introduction to “Apocalypse Beer” and I’ll be unpacking the concept over the next few weeks before getting into practical matters. This is a (mostly tongue-in-cheek) subject I’ve been thinking about for awhile and since nobody else appears to be doing it, I thought it was high time to tackle it. Welcome to the start of a new regular feature here at The Brew Site for 2012: Apocalypse Beer.