Beer Guys Radio | Craft Beer Podcast

Beer Archaeologist Travis Rupp is bringing history back to life one beer at a time As far as cool job titles go, Beer Archaeologist is pretty high on the list.  Travis Rupp holds that title, as well as R&D Manager at Colorado's Avery Brewing Co.  In addition to his boozy life, Rupp is also a professor of classics, art history, and anthropology at University of Colorado Boulder and he's currently working on a book - Brewing in the Ancient World.  I'm not sure if he ever sleeps.Rupp joined us this week to talk about the history of brewing around the world.  We discuss the beers of ancient Rome, Greece, and Egypt, Viking brews, monastic ales, and George Washington's penchant for beer and wine.  Attitudes towards beer varied in each culture with some celebrating it as the drink of the goods, while others imbibed in secret as they decried beer as the beverage of Plebians.We also dig into the ingredients and methods used and the difficulty some of these ancient additions impose when trying t