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The last few weeks on this blog have been focused on Beer History. Continuing on that trend I would like to discuss my father’s old age, 60. He used to be a Busch guy and then he went onto Bud Light. From Bud Light he went to American... read more »
Beer has played a role in medicine and health since it was invented. Everyone knows you are supposed to eat your grains daily, and early beer was a source of grain based nutrients. It is even possible the first beer was consumed like porridge... read more »
Over the next several weeks come back each Tuesday to see how beer had major influence in society. In many cases people look at me and say “It is just beer.” Yeah it is just beer, but beer played a role in everything from the... read more »
This week both Fox News and MSNBC report on how beer may have “lubricated” civilization. Scientists now believe that early Neolithic people drank beer at celebrations. Scientists also believe early man likely spent considerable time making... read more »
The first written language was called Cuneiform (3000 BC), and yes they had a symbol for beer. Beer and barley were some of the earliest commodities that could be bought, sold or more likely bartered for. It is believed that written... read more »