Posted on 08/27/2020 10:27:38 AM PDT by Red Badger
The first fermented beverages most likely emerged alongside the development of cereal agriculture some 12,000 years ago.
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If you’re searching for an original brewmaster to toast the next time you knock back a cold one, you might be out of luck. It’s difficult to attribute the invention of beer to a particular culture or time period, but the world’s first fermented beverages most likely emerged alongside the development of cereal agriculture some 12,000 years ago. As hunter-gatherer tribes settled into agrarian civilizations based around staple crops like wheat, rice, barley and maize, they may have also stumbled upon the fermentation process and started brewing beer. In fact, some anthropologists have argued that these early peoples’ insatiable thirst for hooch may have contributed to the Neolithic Revolution by inspiring new agricultural technologies.
The earliest known alcoholic beverage is a 9,000-year-old Chinese concoction made from rice, honey and fruit, but the first barley beer was most likely born in the Middle East. While people were no doubt imbibing it much earlier, hard evidence of beer production dates back about 5,000 years to the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia. Archeologists have unearthed ceramic vessels from 3400 B.C. still sticky with beer residue, and 1800 B.C.’s “Hymn to Ninkasi”—an ode to the Sumerian goddess of beer—describes a recipe for a beloved ancient brew made by female priestesses. These nutrient-rich suds were a cornerstone of the Sumerian diet, and were likely a safer alternative to drinking water from nearby rivers and canals, which were often contaminated by animal waste.
Beer consumption also flourished under the Babylonian Empire, but few ancient cultures loved knocking back a few as much as the Egyptians. Workers along the Nile were often paid with an allotment of a nutritious, sweet brew, and everyone from pharaohs to peasants and even children drank beer as part of their everyday diet. Many of these ancient beers were flavored with unusual additives such as mandrake, dates and olive oil. More modern-tasting libations would not arrive until the Middle Ages, when Christian monks and other artisans began brewing beers seasoned with hops.
Mmmmmm. Hydraulic sammiches!
Historically beer without hops is ale.
I don’t know, but God bless him or her.
Aye, my post is not worthy of such a tremendous reply!
I'll second that!
“Who invented Beer Pong?”.......................
Drinkers having fun....
https://www.beerpongcanada.ca/official-history-of-beer-pong/
When Was Beer Pong Invented?
Modern day beer pong was created in the late 80’s. Throwing the ball into the cups
was not done up until this point. In the 60’s and 70’s the NBA had been growing
rapidly in popularity. It was the influence of the NBA of the 70’s and 80’s that
inspired people to start throwing ping pong balls into cups, creating beer pong.
John Adams (who lived to be 90) would start his day with a tankard of hard cider and then a brisk 4-5 mile walk.
Beer is proof that not only does God exist, but that he loves you.
There are several saints of beer
"From man’s sweat and God’s love, beer came into the world." – St. Arnulf of Metz
Charlie Mops
Iraqis did
:^) I think the inventors were The Swigians.
Still is in the DR ...Cheers...
When I lived there, 20 beers a day was a norm. Hardly got a buzz. Sweated it all out ...Cheers...
It wasn’t ALL invented by horses, just some of it!....................
Al Gore
Mead predates beer. Beer presupposes organized agriculture. Mead could be made by hunter/gatherers.
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It's a reasonable supposition, I don't think there is any evidence, which is understandable, because agriculture antedates the known use of ceramic containers.
Indispensable service to mankind.
I thought the Egyptians invented beer which was named after a town called bier in Egypt?
Yuengling Is a very good beer. Very German. If its for sale in the restaurant I will have a glass.
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