Beer was connected to writing, commerce and religious rituals in many different ways. In writing, beer was initially an expansion to the Neolithic practice with regards to utilizing clay tokens to track stock of items including beer and bread. In commerce, beer encouraged the exchange of wealth by being used as currency. The book states, “It was a sort of edible money, and it was consumed in both solid and liquid forms, as bread and beer.” (Standage 26) As you can see, beer was used as a form of money during the ancient civilizations, with it being utilized for trading and other comparative circumstances. Grain likewise is and was the primary ingredient of beer, subsequently influencing it “liquid grain”. In a similar sense, bread is made of