{"id":42,"date":"2024-01-09T16:28:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T16:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/index.php\/colibri-wp\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:29:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:29:04","slug":"the-descent-of-beer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tdo-beer.com\/","title":{"rendered":"The Descent of Beer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-colibri-id=\"42-c1\" class=\"style-190 style-local-42-c1 position-relative\">\n  <!---->\n  <div data-colibri-component=\"section\" data-colibri-id=\"42-c2\" id=\"overlappable-2\" class=\"h-section h-section-global-spacing d-flex align-items-lg-center align-items-md-center align-items-center style-933 style-local-42-c2 position-relative\">\n    <!---->\n    <!---->\n    <div class=\"h-section-grid-container h-section-boxed-container\">\n      <!---->\n      <div data-colibri-id=\"42-c3\" class=\"h-row-container gutters-row-lg-0 gutters-row-md-0 gutters-row-2 gutters-row-v-lg-0 gutters-row-v-md-0 gutters-row-v-2 style-934 style-local-42-c3 position-relative\">\n        <!---->\n        <div class=\"h-row justify-content-lg-center justify-content-md-center justify-content-center align-items-lg-stretch align-items-md-stretch align-items-stretch gutters-col-lg-0 gutters-col-md-0 gutters-col-2 gutters-col-v-lg-0 gutters-col-v-md-0 gutters-col-v-2\">\n          <!---->\n          <div class=\"h-column h-column-container d-flex h-col-lg-6 h-col-md-6 h-col-12 style-935-outer style-local-42-c4-outer\">\n            <div data-colibri-id=\"42-c4\" class=\"d-flex h-flex-basis h-column__inner h-px-lg-3 h-px-md-3 h-px-2 v-inner-lg-3 v-inner-md-3 v-inner-2 style-935 style-local-42-c4 position-relative\">\n              <!---->\n              <!---->\n              <div class=\"w-100 h-y-container h-column__content h-column__v-align flex-basis-100 align-self-lg-start align-self-md-start align-self-start\">\n                <!---->\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"42-c5\" class=\"h-icon style-936 style-local-42-c5 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!----><span class=\"h-svg-icon h-icon__icon style-936-icon style-local-42-c5-icon\"><!--Icon by Font Awesome (https:\/\/fontawesome.com)-->\n    <svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" id=\"question-circle\" viewBox=\"0 0 1536 1896.0833\">\n      <path d=\"M896 1376v-192q0-14-9-23t-23-9H672q-14 0-23 9t-9 23v192q0 14 9 23t23 9h192q14 0 23-9t9-23zm256-672q0-88-55.5-163T958 425t-170-41q-243 0-371 213-15 24 8 42l132 100q7 6 19 6 16 0 25-12 53-68 86-92 34-24 86-24 48 0 85.5 26t37.5 59q0 38-20 61t-68 45q-63 28-115.5 86.5T640 1020v36q0 14 9 23t23 9h192q14 0 23-9t9-23q0-19 21.5-49.5T972 957q32-18 49-28.5t46-35 44.5-48 28-60.5 12.5-81zm384 192q0 209-103 385.5T1153.5 1561 768 1664t-385.5-103T103 1281.5 0 896t103-385.5T382.5 231 768 128t385.5 103T1433 510.5 1536 896z\"><\/path>\n    <\/svg><\/span><\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"42-c6\" class=\"h-global-transition-all h-heading style-937 style-local-42-c6 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"h-heading__outer style-937 style-local-42-c6\">\n                    <!---->\n                    <!---->\n                    <h2 class=\"\">Practical Beer History<\/h2>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                <div data-colibri-id=\"42-c7\" class=\"h-text h-text-component style-938 style-local-42-c7 position-relative h-element\">\n                  <!---->\n                  <!---->\n                  <div class=\"\">\n                    <p><span style=\"color: rgb(70, 112, 127); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">Practical beer history from the beginning of beer to the invention of sparge. 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