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Ska
Brewing took shape in 1995 out of a love of brewing and
drinking finely
crafted beers and listening and
dancing to ska
music. Beyond that, the
correlation between ska and beer isn't exactly cut and
dry--besides the fact that it's difficult to get through
many a ska CD without catching a few references to beer.
And, of course, whenever we listen to ska, we're drinking
beer. And then I guess there's those scooter rally pub
tours, but we're not huge advocates of drunken scootering.
Nonetheless, each has a fascinating history.
Although
there is evidence dating beer back to the Sumerians nearly
5000 years ago, ska can only be traced to Jamaica in the
late 1950's. The three of us, however, have a different
theory: Traces of beer residue have been found in clay pots
dating back almost 4000 years on the western Skattish island
of Rhum. Coincidentally, Bill Graham's roots trace back to
Rhum--2000 B.C.--stone etchings of some sort of neanderthal
with a bagpipe device, drinking pot, and checkered socks. It
is here, within the lifetime of Bill Graham's great, to the
fifth power, grandfather, that we believe the true roots of
beer and ska lie. In 200 years, when people are skanking on
the moon in their gravity bubbles tipping back the
Ten
Pin Porter, it'll all make
sense.
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