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Globe Editorial
Like architecture and the ballet, beer brewing is an art form enhanced by wedding the wisdom of the Old World to the nimbleness of the New. Boston Beer Company’s recent announcement that it is teaming up with Weihenstephan Brewery - begun by Benedictine monks in 11th-century Bavaria and a fierce guardian of German beer-making rules - is hence particularly thirst-quenching. The breweries have spent the past two years conjuring up a “crisp, pale’’ specialty beer to be served in a corked champagne-style bottle.
Brewers in this country, like winemakers and chefs, long suffered from an inferiority complex, but the new collaboration underscores how rapidly American gastronomy has evolved. The success the local beer company has had with the Samuel Adams line, which put Boston on the taps of pubs throughout the land, bodes well for the Beantown-meets-Bavaria brew. No toast to the brewers, however, for bottling up expectations; the new beer won’t warm any bellies until the spring.
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