The oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drink is Beer
alcoholic drink is Beer Beer is one of the oldest and most widely consumed alcoholic drinks in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. Origin of Beer Though there is some early evidence of beer, the first solid proof of beer production comes from the period of the Sumerians, around 4000 years BC. Sumerians even had a goddess of beer, archeologists found an ode in her honor during the excavations in Mesopotamia. Some says, the first beer in the world was brewed by the ancient Chinese around the year 7000 BCE (known as kui). In the west, however, the process now recognized as beer brewing began in Mesopotamia at the Godin Tepe settlement now in modern-day Iran between 3500 - 3100 BCE. The oldest evidence that beer was brewed in Germany comes from around 800 BC beer amphorae from what is known as the Hallsstattzeit found near Kulmbach. By the second century after Christ, beer was already being traded commercially. But the monks did not brew the beer just for their own thirst. How beer is made? Beer is made from four basic ingredients: Barley, water, hops and yeast. The basic idea is to extract the sugars from grains (usually barley) so that the yeast can turn it into alcohol and CO2, creating beer. The brewing process starts with grains, usually barley (although sometimes wheat, rye or other such things.) The grains are harvested and processed through…
