More than 3.000 yrs ago the Egtved girl was buried in an oak coffin in a large barrow. A small birch bark container was placed at her feet. After the discovery of her grave in 1921 analyses revealed that the container once held some kind of fermented drink – probably a kind of honey sweetened beer. […]

In 1406 the cantor from the church in Roskilde – Jens Brynnekesen – sold a brew kettle to the Cistercian nunnery of the same town. A vessel of quite an impressive size; it can contain approximately 14 barrels of beer – probably around 1.800 liters (approximation based on the 17th century Danish standard of 131,5 […]