2026 / Beer History / ResearchBeer History / ResearchПБПHow did Antoni Tyzenhauz’s economic reforms influence brewing in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during the second half of the eighteenth century? Czech brewers, masonry breweries, malt production and hop cultivation are examined through historical studies and archival documents.
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2025 / Breweries and placesBreweries and placesПБПWhat did a brewery on a seventeenth-century magnate estate look like? An inventory of the Radziwiłł family's Dojlidy estate, dated 17 November 1628, offers a remarkable glimpse into its brewing operations, including a copper brewing kettle, malthouse, malt-drying facilities, barrels and grain-storage buildings. We examine this historical document to discover what it can — and cannot — tell us about brewing technology, production and the estate economy.
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2025 / Sources and documentsSources and documentsПБПHow was beer brewed in Belarusian lands at the beginning of the 18th century? The 1704 inventory of Sapockin reveals two brewhouses, brewing regulations, production fees, lease arrangements and the role of a watermill. Using this town in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania as an example, we explore the economic history of Belarusian brewing.
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2025 / Beer History / ResearchBeer History / ResearchПБПWhat was beer like in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the 17th and 18th centuries? Drawing on Gabriel Rzączyński’s 1721 work, this article explores beer varieties and prices, the grain trade, brewing centers in Belarus, Lithuania, and Poland, the importance of water, and historical beliefs about beer’s properties.
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2024 / Beer History / ResearchBeer History / ResearchПБПA study of Belarusian folklore and ethnographic sources identified 440 records mentioning beer. Only 92 explicitly identify the grain: 43 refer to wheat, 38 to barley and 11 to rye. These records have been plotted on an interactive map.
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2025 / Sources and documentsSources and documentsПБПIn 1658, Jan Amos Comenius published Orbis Sensualium Pictus, a famous illustrated textbook that included a chapter on brewing. This article examines how the book circulated in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, what its brewery illustration actually showed, and why an alembic appeared alongside the brewing equipment.
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