Posted: 3/17/2013 3:26:11 PM EDT
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" Luckily, from time to time, our ancestors, like other animals, would run across fermented fruit or grain and sample it. How this accidental discovery evolved into the first keg party, of course, is still unknown. But evolve it did, perhaps as early as 10,000 years ago.
Current theory has it that grain was first domesticated for food. But since the 1950s, many scholars have found circumstantial evidence that supports the idea that some early humans grew and stored grain for beer, even before they cultivated it for bread. " http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/how-beer-gave-us-civilization.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1& |
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Beer caused nomadic tribes to settle
Beer was the reason agricultural societies developed Beer vases are too heavy and as such the wheel was invented Beer salary sustained commercial sea routes Beer was the catalyst when the Greeks developed Representative Goverment FYI, not everyone enjoyed wine in the Last Supper The Barbarians, guess what they were drinking.... yes. So Beer brought the Dark Ages. Beer funded the monasteries that for centuries kept knowledge libraries and so.... Beer brought the Renaissance Columbus, yep, chasing beer Beer tax was the last straw before the American Revolution Franz Ferdinand was shot for his beer policies True fact: WWII American and British servicemen refused to bomb the german beer breweries LA riots? Yea, not Rodney King, beer shortage Enjoy a brewsky! |
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Mike Rowe's How Booze Built America |
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Beer caused nomadic tribes to settle Beer was the reason agricultural societies developed Beer vases are too heavy and as such the wheel was invented Beer salary sustained commercial sea routes Beer was the catalyst when the Greeks developed Representative Goverment FYI, not everyone enjoyed wine in the Last Supper The Barbarians, guess what they were drinking.... yes. So Beer brought the Dark Ages. Beer funded the monasteries that for centuries kept knowledge libraries and so.... Beer brought the Renaissance Columbus, yep, chasing beer Beer tax was the last straw before the American Revolution Franz Ferdinand was shot for his beer policies True fact: WWII American and British servicemen refused to bomb the german beer breweries LA riots? Yea, not Rodney King, beer shortage Enjoy a brewsky! I didn't know some of that - off to the 'frige. This song goes back to at least the 16th century: John Barleycorn There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn must die They've ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in Threw clods upon his head And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn was dead They've let him lie for a very long time, 'til the rains from heaven did fall And little Sir John sprung up his head and so amazed them all They've let him stand 'til Midsummer's Day 'til he looked both pale and wan And little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become a man They've hired men with their scythes so sharp to cut him off at the knee They've rolled him and tied him by the waist serving him most barbarously They've hired men with their sharp pitchforks who've pricked him to the heart And the loader he has served him worse than that For he's bound him to the cart They've wheeled him around and around a field 'til they came unto a barn And there they made a solemn oath on poor John Barleycorn They've hired men with their crabtree sticks to cut him skin from bone And the miller he has served him worse than that For he's ground him between two stones And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl and his brandy in the glass And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl proved the strongest man at last The huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor so loudly to blow his horn And the tinker he can't mend kettle or pots without a little barleycorn |
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Quoted: This song goes back to at least the 16th century: John Barleycorn There were three men came out of the west, their fortunes for to try And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn must die They've ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in Threw clods upon his head And these three men made a solemn vow John Barleycorn was dead They've let him lie for a very long time, 'til the rains from heaven did fall And little Sir John sprung up his head and so amazed them all They've let him stand 'til Midsummer's Day 'til he looked both pale and wan And little Sir John's grown a long long beard and so become a man They've hired men with their scythes so sharp to cut him off at the knee They've rolled him and tied him by the waist serving him most barbarously They've hired men with their sharp pitchforks who've pricked him to the heart And the loader he has served him worse than that For he's bound him to the cart They've wheeled him around and around a field 'til they came unto a barn And there they made a solemn oath on poor John Barleycorn They've hired men with their crabtree sticks to cut him skin from bone And the miller he has served him worse than that For he's ground him between two stones And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl and his brandy in the glass And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl proved the strongest man at last The huntsman he can't hunt the fox nor so loudly to blow his horn And the tinker he can't mend kettle or pots without a little barleycorn Such a good tune |
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Quoted: Not sure if this will embed properly.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5kcA_GZNOAMike Rowe's How Booze Built America Interesting. Any way to watch this series online since I haven't heard about it? |