BEER BEER BEER and....um..... more BEER??"Oh "YES", have a seat boys and girls and listen to the adults tell a story about one of the greatest inventions since the wheel...no no, we are not talking about the telephone (Also great..Unless you are drunk dialing). no folks, we are talking about...BEER"
The history of beer starts with the first type of brew (Oh yes) called Ale. Ale is one of the oldest beverages humans have produced (and mankind knows how to make a great thing that gets you feeling like a champion), dating back to at least the 5th millennium BC and recorded in the written history of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (this is why I put a picture of a "Beer-a-Mid" on this page the Egyptians were simply an amazing culture.). As almost any cereal containing certain sugars can undergo spontaneous fermentation due to wild yeasts in the air, it is possible that beer-like beverages were independently developed throughout the world soon after a tribe or culture had domesticated cereal (Wild,...but don't think of this like the cereal you have for breakfast.. "Whats for breakfast Hunny?...Cereal?..last time I ate this for breakfast I didn't go to work and I walked into a tree"). Chemical tests of ancient pottery jars reveal that beer was produced about 7,000 years ago in what is today Iran, and was one of the first-known biological engineering tasks where the biological process of fermentation is used in a process. In Mesopotamia, the oldest evidence of beer is believed to be a 6,000-year-old Sumerian tablet depicting people drinking a beverage through reed straws from a communal bowl. A 3900-year-old Sumerian poem honoring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing(who should be honored ad the Goddess of all Bars), contains the oldest surviving beer recipe, describing the production of beer from barley via bread. ( If ANYONE ever says "Drinking is going out of style", remind them that it has been around for a few THOUSAND years...also its probably a good idea to never talk to that person again, or invite him out around people!! Some would even say he should be stoned behind a bar...Some....because that's probably what they did back then when people didn't want to drink... )
As almost any substance containing carbohydrates, mainly sugar or starch, can naturally undergofermentation, it is likely that beer-like beverages were independently invented among various cultures throughout the world. The invention of bread and/or beer has been argued to be responsible for humanity's ability to develop technology and build civilization (You see that AA, if it wasn't for beer, we wouldn't even have civilizations!......Quitters!). The earliest chemically confirmed barley beer to date was discovered at Godin Tepe in the central Zagros Mountains of Iran (Yes a Strange name), ca. 3500-3100 B.C. (Chalcolithic/Late Uruk Period).
Beer may have been known in Neolithic Europe as far back as 3000 BC, and was mainly brewed on a domestic scale. (Can you Imagine this...I wonder what that beer could have tasted like...or better yet how strong it was)
Ale produced before the Industrial Revolution continued to be made and sold on a domestic scale, although by the 7th century AD beer was also being produced and sold by European monasteries. During the Industrial Revolution, the production of beer moved from artisanal manufacture to industrial manufacture, and domestic manufacture ceased to be significant by the end of the 19th century.[8] The development of hydrometers andthermometers changed brewing by allowing the brewer more control of the process, and greater knowledge of the results. (Probably a much better taste too)
Today, the brewing industry is a global business, consisting of several dominant multinational companies and many thousands of smaller producers ranging from brewpubs to regional breweries (even small Micro-Breweries...like my bath-tub...just kidding). More than 133 billion liters (35 billion gallons) are sold per year—producing total global revenues of $294.5 billion. This is an investment here folks, In an UP or Down economy there is always room for beer growth. I don't know any other uses for a bar, other than to to Celebrate the Good times, and also to wash away the bad....meeting people (Hopefully not cops if you get pulled over) and enjoying yourself is what a good bar is about. I'm sure the fermenting process was carried into other alcohols as well...but this particular post is about the all great and ever popular B E E R.
I hope you enjoyed this lesson on the history of the very substance in your glass that makes you funny and happy to all of those around you!
-thisBARrocks.com
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