Steve, thanks to a lurker on this thread who was so kind as to send me two bottles of He'Brew, The Chosen Beer, I believe I have advanced by an iota the understanding of the origins of Merry Mac He'Brew Academy. of these two bottles, the first, "Genesis Ale" (sub title - Exile Never Tasted So good), the second "Messiah Stout" (sub tittle - It's The Beer You Have Been Waiting For), I find Genesis to be most appealing (I have not sipped yet, this is only a "report" on the "packaging"). These fine libations are produced by a microbrewery in California (Shmaltz Brewing Company). I can now ascertain that He'Brew is indeed a fact, not a fiction, and thus the possibility that Merry-Mac founded the He'Brew brewing school, is no longer infinitesimally small. I am still working on finding out the Celtic/Gaelic connection. To that end I got on Shmaltz' web site (http://www.shmaltz.com, what else?), to find either a Celtic or Gaelic connection, and came up with the proprietor's name "Cowan", probably the Gaelic version of "Cohen", but research is ongoing (Uncle Sam, how about a "Grant"?).
Another small project, maybe we should add to the "No politics" also "No invidious inveteracies" (g).
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