Belgian Beer History & WWI

Hey BA,

I've been listening to this really interesting podcast recently about WWI, and I was curious if anyone had any insight into the history of beer in Belgium, France, and Germany, and I guess Britain during the early 1900s. I'm particularly interested in the timeframe of the war, and on the continent of Europe.

Does anyone have any insight into this topic, or have any books, or could suggest a direction to head?

Thanks.

 

That's an awesome ad, that's the type of thing I'm talking about. US beer history is interesting in its own right, but I feel like its the same thing all the time, colonial brewing, pioneer brewing, the European influence, Prohibition and the dark ages of beer, craft 1.0, the crash, craft 2.0, Neckbeards...which i realize is highly abridged, but what about Rodenbach or Cantillon or Weihenstephaner or Huyghe (fill in blank)? I wonder if breweries don't have much to say, or aren't interested in talking about it.

I just finished Blueprint for Armageddon the Dan Carlin podcast, and even he said that although the reading list was long for his podcast, that there is a lot that isn't covered, mostly because the war was so global and influential; pretty much setting the stage for the way things have been for the last 100 years. The subject blew my mind.

Maybe I need to write a grant, and do the research and release a book haha. #srsnotsrs...srs