2016-10-13 Thu

Since Beer Oktoberfest was just around the corner this piece is dedicated to all the beer loving stamp collectors.

Oktoberfest is the world’s largest beer festival, held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, it is a 16- to 18-day folk festival running from mid or late September to the first weekend in October

Beer’s impact on history is undeniable. It has been argued that the pyramids of Egypt could not have been built without the beer provided to the builders. The Pilgrims on the Mayflower were trying to reach Virginia, but chose to settle instead in what would become Massachusetts, because they had run out of beer. Martin Luther was a brewer, and the Protestant Reformation was financed in part by his beer.

He coined the famous quote “Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!”

Quite a few beer stamps have been issued by countries around the world, especially those countries noted for brewing. In 1983, Germany issued an 80-pfennig stamp to commemorate the 450th anniversary of its brewing purity laws. The design shows brewers from a 1677 engraving.

Although fermented drinks can be made from many different products, beer is generally made from the fermentation of cereal grains: especially barley, wheat and rice. Humans have been brewing beer since at least 4,000 B.C.
,br> The most well-known version of the law was adopted in Bavaria in 1516. According to the 1516 Bavarian law, the only ingredients that could be used in the production of beer were water, barley and hops.

It is rightly said, “World is an illusion in absence of alcohol”. So after the long tiring day, feast your taste buds with beer and eyes with beer stamps.

Cheers!