[Renfield]

Barley makes beer. Beer is good. Beer induces people to settle down and farm. Desire for more beer induces innovations in agricultural technology. The cycle becomes self-perpetuating.

Here, Gentlmen, is the history of the Neolithic period in a nutshell.

[wyattearp]

Barley makes beer. Beer is good. Beer induces people to settle down and farm. Desire for more beer induces innovations in agricultural technology. The cycle becomes self-perpetuating.

Beer is why the Mayflower stopped at Plymouth. The Pilgrims were running low on beer, and they needed to stop for a few weeks to put up a new batch.

(Beer and the Pilgrims)