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| | Chapter VII. The Rise of Lager Beer |
 | | Lager beer, as a product of American industry, although introduced, as has been intimated, about the year 1842, did not gain popular favor until the decade following its introduction; nevertheless, all authorities agree that it tended even at that time to impart a strong impetus to brewing. |
 | | We say real beer, for, although the use of a wine like beverage, extracted from barley, extends far into the pre-historic ages, real beer (that is, the drink known to us by that name) is of more recent origin; yet, as to the place and date of the latter, nothing definite can be known. |
 | | Frederick Lauer, who himself brewed lager beer in 1844, the honor of having first brewed the famous drink of today belongs to one Wagner, of whom it is said, that, shortly after his arrival in America, in 1842, he set up a lager beer brewery in a small building situated in the suburbs of Philadelphia. |
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