Brewers Star: The Union of the Four Elements
The six-point brewers star you can see on the bottleneck is a medieval alchemist representation of the union of the four elements, the upper triangle meaning fire and air, the lower water and earth.
You can find this old symbol often on south German brewhouses, because the elements, in an alchemical way of thinking, are brought together here (brewing water, fire for cooking, air = yeast, earth = barley) in order to create the most wonderful beverage that exists in the universe: beer.
(Rodenstock Eurygon 1:4/40mm enlarging lens @ f/22)
Brewers Star: The Union of the Four Elements
The six-point brewers star you can see on the bottleneck is a medieval alchemist representation of the union of the four elements, the upper triangle meaning fire and air, the lower water and earth.
You can find this old symbol often on south German brewhouses, because the elements, in an alchemical way of thinking, are brought together here (brewing water, fire for cooking, air = yeast, earth = barley) in order to create the most wonderful beverage that exists in the universe: beer.
(Rodenstock Eurygon 1:4/40mm enlarging lens @ f/22)