Ancient History of Beer

  • Brewing is believed to have taken place since around the 6th millennium BC, although the first-known alcoholic beverage is a 9,000 year old Chinese beverage of rice, honey, and fruit.
  • More concrete evidence of beer dates back to the Sumerians of Mesopotamia and ancient Egyptians
  • There is a theory that beer may have surfaced as much as 12,000 years ago with the rise of “cereal agriculture”
    • Fermentation may have been discovered by accident!

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