“Beer, the cause of, and solution to, all civilization.”
Certainly a large reason for the advent of farming.
People forget beer was a food staple, as it stored over winter well.
Beer had another practical use.
Water was usually full of nasty little creatures, although unknown to the ancients what they were, and they would kill you or make you very sick.
Beer solved two problems at once.
During the early 1800’s up until the Civil War, beer was the #1 beverage in the USA, even for breakfast, for that reason.................