The outstanding thing about Perish by the Sword is that Poul Anderson has captured a particular time and place perfectly. It’s like a tourist’s guide to Northern California, 1959.
-copied from here.
In search of "time and place," I have so far found:
Time And Place: Eating In San Francisco
Time And Place: Bar Hopping
Next, steam beer:
"Yamamura...ate lunch at a smorgasbord place and lingered over a glass of steam beer, relaxing body and brain as a cat relaxes." (p. 54)
(We encountered smorgasbords in New Virginia on one of SM Stirling's alternative Earths, here. They are not to be confused with rijstaffels.) (See The Food Thread.)
Historic steam beer, popularly associated with San Francisco and the U.S. West Coast, was brewed with lager yeast without the use of true refrigeration[1] (by ice or mechanical means). It was an improvised process, originating out of necessity, perhaps as early as the Gold Rush and at least 1860 in Nevada.[1] It was considered a cheap and low-quality beer, as shown by references to it in literature of the 1890s and 1900s[2].
-copied from here.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I'm not really much for drinking, but a friend of mine who often visits me on Sundays favors Corona Premier Beer. So that is what we drink.
And we both know of how Poul Anderson liked beer! And I'm sure he drank steam beer while living in San Francisco in the early 1950's. Plus, I think I've seen mention of him preferring Carlsberg beer. And David once mentioned seeing somewhere how Old Nick drank Heineken beer.
Sean
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