History of Beer

In honor of my hangover, I'm posting on the history of beer which was originally considered more of a food than just something to guzzle for fun and get blasted on.

We know it started at least 6000 years ago because there's a Sumerian tablet that talks about how to make beer and a has a prostitute schooling a prudish non-beer drinker in the ways of Milwaukee's Best....

"...Enkidu knew not, what bread was nor how one ate it.
He had also not learned to drink beer. The whore opened her mouth and spoke to Enkidu: 'Eat the bread now, O Enkidu, as it belongs to life. Drink also beer, as it is the custom of the land'..."

History of Beer

Interestingly, medieval monks were rationed 5 LITERS of beer per day! That would make chores and meditation a lot less boring I would expect... And of course to this day some of the best beers in the world are brewed by monks in Belgium.