This week both Fox News 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 and procuring ingredients
for beer. It is no coincidence that beer has a big role in
history. Fermented beverages show up in virtually every culture.
There is a Sumerian poem to Ninkasi the patron goddess of
brewing. Dogfish Head has a beer based on an archeological dig
in present day Honduras. It is further appropriate to note the
role beer played in early American history.September 1620 a
group of individuals left England for a New World on board the
Mayflower. Those individuals, the Pilgrims, ran out of beer on
their voyage. Beer was not just a drink of celebration, but also
one of survival. It is believed many people for a better part of
history have received vital nutrition from grain through beer.
Additionally, weak beer was used to keep water from being
contaminated on ships.