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The Munich Baker-Brewer Dispute: Yeast and the Emergence of Lager

The Munich Baker-Brewer Dispute: Yeast and the Emergence of Lager

  A Tectonic Shift   At first blush, the Munich Baker-Brewer Dispute might look like a curious footnote in the annals of medieval history.[1] But it’s much more than that. Flaring up sporadically between 1481 and 1517, this inter-guild dispute is not only a colourful