December 2012

Digging up the history of beer brewing

3500-year-old brewery proves that people of the past were beer snobs as well

Beer is one man-made item that sits on the shelf beside such inventions as iron, the printing press and electricity when it comes to the significance it has had on shaping the lives of people over the course of history.  Though it may not have led to any scientific revelations (or may have?), it’s been present in cultures all over the world for thousands of years.  Much is known about how beer has made its way from the medieval days to the place it holds in the present day, but as far as anci