[ComputerGuy]

Beer without hops.

[Tench_Coxe]

There is sahti, a beer brewed by filtering the wort through juniper (Boston Brewing Company had a version for a few years), and heather ales (Fraoch is a good example).

[Skwor]

FTA

"Egyptian balsam fruit (desert dates), Yemeni Sidr honey, sycamore figs, black cumin, juniper berries, Israeli golden raisins, carob fruit, and frankincense, Egyptian barley and emmer wheat. Also strain of yeast which had originally been taken from a piece of pottery in Israel. The set strain of yeast dates to 850 BC, but what makes this find particularly fascinating is that the Philistines likely used the same yeast to make beer."

Basically, liquid bread, keeps the workers pumped full of calories and a little tipsy, makes them easier to manage :)

[The Louiswu]

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