The Ballsack
Friedrich Wilhelm von Ballsack (born Friedrich Wilhelm
Augustin von Ballsack (1730–1794), also referred to as the Baron von Ballslap,
was a Prussian-born military officer who served as Beer Inspector General and
Founding Father of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Baron
von Ballsack wrote several books including: Regulations
for the Order of Wort and The Battle
for Bottle Conditioning in Yorktown: Fermentation on the Front Lines. He
served as General George Washington's personal brewmaster in the final years of
the war. Baron von Ballsack created several popular beers including:
Powdered Wig Witbier; Old Ballsack Lager; and King George the Surly Chicken-Hearted
Beetle-Headed Tallow Sloth English Pale Ale.
Before
coming to America, Ballsack was forced to leave Baden (a German state) where he
was threatened with prosecution for homosexuality. When he joined
Washington's army at Valley Forge in February 1778 he was accompanied by two
young male European aides for the sole purpose of making ‘man sandwhiches’ a
common homo sexual act at that time. Baron von Ballsack died of dysntery and rectal tenesmus (a
feeling of incomplete defecation) at a beer tasting party in 1794. Legend has
it, on his death bed, he drank a 40oz. mug of beer, drew his sword and impaled
an Indian before passing away.
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