debeer1-1, Exercise 1: Beer as a window on history

Model answer:

Beer was a staple food and a source of tax long before it was a leisure product, so its rules and trade show how the German lands were governed. Monasteries, princes and city guilds all shaped it, and a sixteenth-century Bavarian order about its ingredients is still quoted today. Regional styles tied to towns and festivals such as Oktoberfest also show how local identity grew up around a single drink.

(Any three sentences that use at least two of these points are fine.)