Billy Quinn and Declan Moore, two archaeologists with Moore Archaeological & Environmental Services (Moore Group) in Galway, believe that an extensive brewing tradition existed in Ireland as far back as 2500 BC. These ubiquitous monuments, which are visible in the landscape as small, horseshoe-shaped grass-covered mounds, have been conventionally thought of by archaeologists as ancient cooking spots, saunas or industrial
sites. However, Quinn and Moore believe that they may have also been used as breweries.
According to Quinn 'the tradition of brewing in Ireland has a long history, we think that the fulacht may have been used as a kitchen sink, for cooking, dying, many uses, but that a primary use was the brewing of ale.' The two set out to investigate their theory in a journey which took them across Europe in search of further evidence.
To prove their theory, Quinn & Moore set out to recreate the process. They used an old wooden trough filled with water and added heated stones. After achieving an optimum temperature of 60-70°C they began to add milled barley and after approx 45 minutes simply baled the final product into fermentation vessels. They added natural wild flavourings (taking care to avoid anything toxic or hallucinogenic) and then added yeast after cooling the vessels in a bath of cold water for several hours.
According to Moore 'including the leftover liquid we could easily have produced up to 300 litres of this most basic ale'. Through their experiments, they discovered that the process of brewing ale in a fulacht using hot rock technology is a simple process. To produce the ale took only a few hours, followed by a few-days wait to allow for fermentation.
I wonder what they called the Frat Houses before there were Greek letters?
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
Basically its a funnel with one of more flexible tubes (actually a hose) attached to the lower end and designed to get beer into ones belly as quickly as possible. I think the priciple is based on static pressure from elevating the funnel above the head of the drinker, but since I've never used one I can't say for certain. There are plenty of pics and videos on the web, however.
When I was in college, one relied on arms and when the arm could no longer aim the bottle toward the mouth, it was time to pass out. Today, they use the principles of physics to overcome the limitations of impeded hand-eye coodination. The end result is still the same, however; a kid falling asleep as soon as his head hits the curb.
I just don't think it's possible to have too many threads about this kind of a subject.
This is REAL archaeology.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
Something is wrong here. War, disease, death, destruction, hunger, filth, poverty, torture, crime, corruption, and the Ice Capades. Something is definitely wrong. This is not good work. If this is the best God can do, I am not impressed.
Advanced beer bong technology requires several peripherals. For example, say you are on a second floor balcony, but your friends are on the ground. You could simply attach a 14' hose to the funnel and proceed as usual. This would be a grave error.
Depending on the size of the funnel and diameter of the hose, the capacity of such a bong can be well over a six pack. This is an enormous amount of liquid to have forced into one's stomach at once and if one is standing at the time disaster (in the form of a cracked skull) may occur. Also, beer may be spilled in the process and that is of course a major no no.
The solution is obvious. At the bottom end of the hose one must attach a valve. This allows more control over the flow of the beer and will help prevent unnecessary spillage.
The remaining peripherals are just as essential as the valve. A crash helmet and a comfortable, reclining easy chair make beer bonging a safe and happy experience.
i hope this has been helpful and informative to those readers who have never had the opportunity to imbibe mass quantities of cheap, bad-tasting beer at great velocity.
Minimalist wrote:I just don't think it's possible to have too many threads about this kind of a subject.
This is REAL archaeology.
Hear! Hear! (thumps table with fist and fiercely bristles moustache in support).
Happily I am able to report that the internet proves to be a cornucopia of research material, this short film for example which appears to capture an experiment aimed at determining the optimum strategum applicable for beer bong technology when used in conjunction with a person (or persons) of restricted growth. Truly, the more one learns, the more one realises how much is yet left to learn.
At least not after they got beer!!