It is often said that the first alcoholic beverages created by man were wine or, according to some versions, mead. Fake. Although their history begins somewhere at least nine thousand years ago, predating, for example, the invention of the wheel, animal domestication, writing, or other crucial inventions in human history, none of these Bacchic medicines even come close to ancient origins. .. beer.

Beer is essentially the first alcoholic beverage in human history, and its evolution over time is truly impressive. Without exception, in every era of human history, beer with its production process and related consumption was not only a special phenomenon, but, as they say, even represented the engine of human civilization.

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Although there are significant differences between what beer was like in the beginning and what it is today, overall the ingredients have remained largely the same. And this makes this drink perhaps the most ancient tradition of mankind, which has survived from the Ice Age to today. Because, yes, beer predates agriculture and other great human inventions by millennia.

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But we suggest you learn more about beer’s tumultuous history by listening to the following podcast.

Plot: Adrian Nicolae | Sound design: Adi Jacob