- Beer is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world, with beer production and consumption documented as far back as the 5th millennium BC in modern-day Iran1. It is believed beer originated in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt when beer was created from grains and other ingredients1. The earliest known alcoholic beverage may have been brewed around 7000 BCE in China in the village of Jiahu, where neolithic pottery shows evidence of a mead-type concoction made from rice, honey and fruit2.Learn more:✕This summary was generated using AI based on multiple online sources. To view the original source information, use the "Learn more" links.Beer is one of the oldest alcoholic beverages in the world, with beer production and consumption documented as far back as the 5th millennium BC in modern-day Iran. It is believed beer originated in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt when beer was created from grains and other ingredients.chillbeer.net/beer-history/The earliest known alcoholic beverage may have been brewed around 7000 BCE in China in the village of Jiahu, where neolithic pottery shows evidence of a mead-type concoction made from rice, honey and fruit.www.history.com/news/who-invented-beer
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Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The first chemically confirmed barley-beer – from the area of Mesopotamia, part of modern-day Iraq – dates back to the 5th millennium BCE. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the … See more
As almost any cereal containing certain sugars can undergo spontaneous fermentation due to wild yeasts in the air, it is possible that beer-like drinks were independently developed throughout the world soon after a … See more
Following significant improvements in the efficiency of the steam engine in 1765, industrialization of beer became a reality. Further innovations in the brewing process came about with the introduction of the thermometer in 1760 and hydrometer in 1770, which … See more
Beer was one of the most common drinks during the Middle Ages. It was consumed daily by all social classes in the northern and eastern parts … See more
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Documented evidence and recently excavated tombs indicate that the Chinese brewed alcoholic drinks from both malted grain and grain … See moreMany European nations have unbroken brewing traditions dating back to the earliest historical records. Beer is an especially important … See more
Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license WEBJan 8, 2014 · Roberta Lazar/Getty Images. When and where did beer first originate? It’s difficult to attribute the invention of beer to a particular …
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