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In Bruges there is a brasserie called "Cambrinus" in homage to the legend of Gambrinus (although the place had another name previously). Anyhow it's quite an impressive belgian brasserie, also has a statue of the legendary man on its street. see [ [1]] Maybe a quick mention of the place between the other bars/pubs in the article might be a good idea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.225.248.115 ( talk) 12:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Possible text to add to this article: supposedly the adjective "Gambrinous" means "full of beer". -- Xyzzyplugh 02:12, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm deleting an advertisement that was on this page (An Italian pub). Actually, I think all bars and pubs listed here should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prolagus ( talk • contribs) 21:35, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
A historical image of Gambrinus Brewery, Zurich, can be found on Wikimedia Commons and might be used here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brewery_Gambrinus_Zurich.png Maantee ( talk) 20:01, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
In Norway, the three largest breweries in 1938— Ringnes, Frydenlund, and Schous—co-sponsored the creation of a ditty called "The Gambrinus Song".
This is kind of interesting, but I had to remove it from the "Brands" section because I could find no sources in any language to substantiate it. Ringbang ( talk) 21:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
I completely rewrote the Gambrinus article in January 2014, and wanted to share some of my findings in case it helps anyone who wishes to improve the article or learn more about the topic.
For the rewrite, I consulted about 120 sources, and cited fewer than 50. I came away with the impression that English-language works about Gambrinus are... not great. Most of them are tertiary sources too far removed from the (non-English) source materials to be a reliable, nuanced report of what little information there is about the provenance and cultural function of Gambrinus. For this reason, this article contradicts what some tertiary sources have to say about Gambrinus; that's fine, because that information is supported by more reliable sources. At the same time, I'm trying to ensure that this article adheres to WP:NOR.
A disappointing surprise was that even a few scholarly sources are loose with their claims about Gambrinus. There are very few secondary sources on this topic, and even those resources rely on vague, unverified, or otherwise questionable information. This means that we can say very little conclusively about Gambrinus. In the first chapter of Etudes Gambrinales (1882), Ferdinand Reiber puts it this way:
I love this. Anyway, at the same time, I feel it is irresponsible to perpetuate misinformation by prefacing rumour with something like "It is said that...". I think the way to deal with topics like Gambrinus is to tell readers who wrote what, and when (that is, when we have a text), and then to provide some historical context while respecting WP:NOR.
I think it's safe to say that there are no primary sources about the function of Gambrinus during the Middle Ages. It seems that a great deal of what is written about Gambrinus is traceable to a few pages from these works:
In one 19th-century source, Das Bier, seine Verfälschungen und die Mittel, solche nachzuweisen, a Dr. Stierlin flirtatiously mentions that "the old guild books" call Gambrinus the inventor of beer. Huh? What old guild books? I'd like to see those guild books! If only there were such guild books. I think he assumes there are guild books. I assume there are no guild books because no one cites guild books. I am guessing that the primary sources that come the closest to Gambrinus are those that illustrate the legal and economic context of brewing from the late 13th to the early 15th century.
One of the most readable books I found, which devotes a chapter (and then some) to Gambrinus, is Etudes gambrinales: histoire et archéologie de la bière et principalement de la bière de Strasbourg (1882) by Ferdinand Reiber. If you read French, or are patient enough to tweak a computer-assisted translation, check it out.
There must be some good stuff out there I haven't seen. I don't have access to paywalled databases, and that's a considerable hindrence.
From its creation in June 2004 until the rewrite I posted on 14 January 2014, the Gambrinus article was unsourced. The article uniquely juxtaposed specific fallacies and descriptive phrases, some of which are, I believe, unique. When another author juxtaposes those same fallacies and word choices, it marks their work like blue dye from an ATM. Unfortunately, I found a few books with blue dye on them:
That doesn't mean that these works are entirely untrustworthy—far from it. However, please don't cite them as sources for the following (false) claims:
The first three confuse the facts, but I have to wonder whether the fourth isn't just made up.
Okay. I apologize for the length of this post. Ringbang ( talk) 20:13, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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I believe this is incorrect and should be Gam-Bree-Noose. Can someone more solid in Polish-Lithuanian history and culture weigh in here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:8C00:4DB0:394E:757F:731C:FADA ( talk) 04:00, 28 November 2020 (UTC)
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In Bruges there is a brasserie called "Cambrinus" in homage to the legend of Gambrinus (although the place had another name previously). Anyhow it's quite an impressive belgian brasserie, also has a statue of the legendary man on its street. see [ [1]] Maybe a quick mention of the place between the other bars/pubs in the article might be a good idea. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.225.248.115 ( talk) 12:05, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Possible text to add to this article: supposedly the adjective "Gambrinous" means "full of beer". -- Xyzzyplugh 02:12, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm deleting an advertisement that was on this page (An Italian pub). Actually, I think all bars and pubs listed here should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Prolagus ( talk • contribs) 21:35, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
A historical image of Gambrinus Brewery, Zurich, can be found on Wikimedia Commons and might be used here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brewery_Gambrinus_Zurich.png Maantee ( talk) 20:01, 2 January 2014 (UTC)
In Norway, the three largest breweries in 1938— Ringnes, Frydenlund, and Schous—co-sponsored the creation of a ditty called "The Gambrinus Song".
This is kind of interesting, but I had to remove it from the "Brands" section because I could find no sources in any language to substantiate it. Ringbang ( talk) 21:17, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
I completely rewrote the Gambrinus article in January 2014, and wanted to share some of my findings in case it helps anyone who wishes to improve the article or learn more about the topic.
For the rewrite, I consulted about 120 sources, and cited fewer than 50. I came away with the impression that English-language works about Gambrinus are... not great. Most of them are tertiary sources too far removed from the (non-English) source materials to be a reliable, nuanced report of what little information there is about the provenance and cultural function of Gambrinus. For this reason, this article contradicts what some tertiary sources have to say about Gambrinus; that's fine, because that information is supported by more reliable sources. At the same time, I'm trying to ensure that this article adheres to WP:NOR.
A disappointing surprise was that even a few scholarly sources are loose with their claims about Gambrinus. There are very few secondary sources on this topic, and even those resources rely on vague, unverified, or otherwise questionable information. This means that we can say very little conclusively about Gambrinus. In the first chapter of Etudes Gambrinales (1882), Ferdinand Reiber puts it this way:
I love this. Anyway, at the same time, I feel it is irresponsible to perpetuate misinformation by prefacing rumour with something like "It is said that...". I think the way to deal with topics like Gambrinus is to tell readers who wrote what, and when (that is, when we have a text), and then to provide some historical context while respecting WP:NOR.
I think it's safe to say that there are no primary sources about the function of Gambrinus during the Middle Ages. It seems that a great deal of what is written about Gambrinus is traceable to a few pages from these works:
In one 19th-century source, Das Bier, seine Verfälschungen und die Mittel, solche nachzuweisen, a Dr. Stierlin flirtatiously mentions that "the old guild books" call Gambrinus the inventor of beer. Huh? What old guild books? I'd like to see those guild books! If only there were such guild books. I think he assumes there are guild books. I assume there are no guild books because no one cites guild books. I am guessing that the primary sources that come the closest to Gambrinus are those that illustrate the legal and economic context of brewing from the late 13th to the early 15th century.
One of the most readable books I found, which devotes a chapter (and then some) to Gambrinus, is Etudes gambrinales: histoire et archéologie de la bière et principalement de la bière de Strasbourg (1882) by Ferdinand Reiber. If you read French, or are patient enough to tweak a computer-assisted translation, check it out.
There must be some good stuff out there I haven't seen. I don't have access to paywalled databases, and that's a considerable hindrence.
From its creation in June 2004 until the rewrite I posted on 14 January 2014, the Gambrinus article was unsourced. The article uniquely juxtaposed specific fallacies and descriptive phrases, some of which are, I believe, unique. When another author juxtaposes those same fallacies and word choices, it marks their work like blue dye from an ATM. Unfortunately, I found a few books with blue dye on them:
That doesn't mean that these works are entirely untrustworthy—far from it. However, please don't cite them as sources for the following (false) claims:
The first three confuse the facts, but I have to wonder whether the fourth isn't just made up.
Okay. I apologize for the length of this post. Ringbang ( talk) 20:13, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
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I believe this is incorrect and should be Gam-Bree-Noose. Can someone more solid in Polish-Lithuanian history and culture weigh in here? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:646:8C00:4DB0:394E:757F:731C:FADA ( talk) 04:00, 28 November 2020 (UTC)