May beer have helped lead to the rise of civilization? It’s a possibility, some archaeologists say.
Their argument is that Stone Age farmers were domesticating cereals not so much to fill their stomachs but to lighten their heads, by turning the grains into beer. That has been their take for more than 50 years, and now one archaeologist says the evidence is getting stronger.
Signs that people went to great lengths to obtain grains despite the hard work needed to make them edible, plus the knowledge that feasts were important community-building gatherings, support the idea that cereal grains were being turned into beer, said archaeologist Brian Hayden at Simon Fraser University in Canada.
I always said some of Dogfish Brewing (Milton, DE) beers are like beer meets Discovery Channel. Now, it actually is. Sam Calgione, founder of Dogfish Head Brewing is hosting a new show on the Discovery Channel.
25 years later, Bell’s Brewing continues to impress. On top of an every expanding range of beers, Larry Bell founder of Bell’s announced a $52 million dollar expansion over the next 5 years.
Each year Boston Beer Company a.k.a. Samuel Adams holds a homebrewing competition dubbed the “Category 23 Longshot Competition”. You might say “Category 23” what’s that? Well, the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) classifies beer into 22 categories. The 23rd category, Continue Reading →
Another reason to love beer. From LiveScience.com –
