historical poster, year 2010

Gambrinus is perhaps best known for being the main character in a truly bizarre history of Bavaria.

The Historical King of Beer?
There is another explanation for the legendary Gambrinus as the inventor of beer. According to it, Gambrinus actually lived, not as a king, but as a real, thirteenth-century duke, who, in spite of Aventinus' fanciful annals, lived in what is now Belgium, not Bavaria. This medieval aristocrat, however, was neither the first brewer nor the inventor of beer. His subjects never called him the "King of Beer". Yet, there is an odd twist to this historical fellow's story that turns him not into the inventor of all beer, but perhaps into the nilly-willy midwife of one particular beer style that still ranks among the world's greatest.

Size: 60 x 50 cm

Year 2010