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GAMBRINUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 440 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GAMBRINUS  , a mythical Flemish

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king who is credited with the first
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brewing of
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beer . His name is usually derived from that of
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Jan
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Primus, i.e . Jan (
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John) I., the victorious
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duke of
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Brabant, from 1261 to 1294, who was
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president of the
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Brussels gild of brewers; his portrait with a foaming
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glass of
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ale in his
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hand had the
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place of
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honour in the gild-
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hall, and this led in
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time, it is suggested, to the myth of the beer-king who is usually represented outside a
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barrel with a
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tankard in his hand .

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