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"Beer was also required for funerals. Into the early twentieth century, farmers in western Norway who knew they did not have long left to live might set aside a portion of grain for their own funeral beer. There are several stories about farmers recovering and drinking their own funeral beer three, four, even five times."

"People recreating ancient and historical beers usually ignore the process completely. They tend to focus on getting the same ingredients, thinking the ingredients make the beer, and then forget that old brewers used completely different methods."