Stone Age Man Invented Beer Before Making Bread, Says Expert (11,000 Years Ago)

Ananova ^ | 9-14-2002

[blam]

I think the corn they are talking about is millet. Anyone know for sure?

[Teacup]

Home brew BUMP!

[Larry Lucido]

they reckon pottery was invented because man needed a mug to hold his beer

And thus was invented the "hold muh beer" alert.

[Lokibob]

Men hunted and fished all day, while the women made beer for them.

Who the h**l thought they could improve on a system like that!!!

[glock rocks]

columbus introduced "corn" to spain... so it wasn't maize...

[demlosers]

That's eleven thousand years of "hold muh beer" ;)

[Anotherpundit]

Just think, man lived like that for. . .5,000 years?

[steveo]

UGGGH BEER GOOD

[dark_lord]

There were some good reasons for this. The water back then was not so hot. People didn't necessarily understand that if you piss in your own drinking supply you get sick. But beer has alcohol - killed the germs. And, it was as good for you as eating bread, and less trouble to make.

[blam]

"Just think, man lived like that for. . .5,000 years?"

Where did we go wrong?

[Lokibob]

It only goes to show that BEER IS FOOD!!!

The new bumper sticker: "Coors isn't JUST for breakfast anymore"

[Redcloak]

Will either grain, when malted, produce the same enzymes that malted barley does? Perhaps a few FReepers who ply what now appears to be the world's oldest profession, that of brewer, will chime in. How about it guys? Any answers for us? Go to someone near and dear to your heart, say "Hold muh beer" and put fingers to keyboard and let us know.

: ^ )

[riley1992]

women did the brewing

But of course.

[xp38]

The staff of life. :)

[Paleo Conservative]

At least they had their priorities straight!

[Willie Green]

I think the corn they are talking about is millet.

What we call "corn" here in the U.S. is a New World grain, and was indeed known as maize.

"Corn" was an English term for cereal grains such as wheat and barley.

[Dinsdale]

Enzymes?

I have home brewed but never malted my own grain.

Malting is the process of allowing the grain to germinate then roasting the sprouted seed (darkers roasts make darker beer).

It converts starches into simpler carbs that ferment more readely. Not aware of an enzimes needed for brewing being involved. I could be wrong.

[gcruse]

LOL Indeed, indeed.

[Jagdgewehr]

According to The Sun they reckon pottery was invented because man needed a mug to hold his beer.

Bierkrug Bump

[sushiman]

Coors AIN'T beer !