Beer In Ancient Times

Brewing in Ancient Times Since the dawn of civilization, brewing and drinking are activities that have been a prominent part of the mankind societies. Dating back to 10,000 years ago, human started settling down in one area to farm the land instead of living life as nomadic hunter-gatherers. As they turned into agrarian civilizations grounded around main crops like wheat, rice, and barley, the fermentation process and brewing technique might have also been stumbled upon. One of the oldest intoxicating beverages consumed by human beings is beer. A 9,000-year-old Chinese concoction is the earliest known alcoholic beverage fermented from rice, honey and fruit. Physical evidence of beer production dates back to Mesopotamia era as archeologists

The 'two rivers' of the name referred to the Tigris-Euphrates river system. The Sumerians were utterly fond of beer so much that they considered the drink as a gift from the gods to promote human good spirits. Beer plays a prominent role in many of the Sumerian myths, for example, Inanna and the God of Wisdom and The Epic of Gilgamesh. The Sumerian Hymn to Ninkasi is both a praise poem to the goddess of beer and a recipe for brewing. Brewers were most likely priestesses of Ninkasi and beer was brewed as a supplement to meals by women in the house. In that time, it was a thick, porridge-like drink baked and allowed to ferment in a vat consumed using a barley bread straw. As supported by the famous Alulu beer receipt from the city of Ur, by the year 2050 BCE, beer brewing had become commercialized. The Sumerians then passed on their experience of brewing to the Babylonians who commercialized it further and passed laws controlling the beverage. Among other things, even the Code of Hammurabi states that tavern keepers who pour a 'short measure' of beer would be

For thousands of years, fermented beverages have been involved in human societies. Almost every culture has fortuitously discovered the potential for grain to be transformed into alcohol. The actual beginning of beer is concealed in the hazes of ancient times. It might be that a bowl of barley was left wide-open to some elements and was moisturized triggering the grain to germinate. Then, natural yeast settled on the surface of the resulting liquor and the fermentation process originated. Undoubtedly, captivated by the foaming potion and mystical smell of it, someone irrefutably got to taste it. The mind-altering effects of this liquid then went on and on through the ages. Remarkably, some historians even speculate that prehistoric nomads may have made beer from grain and water even before learning how to make