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History Lesson: The Story of Beer

History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: 9000 BC humans evolve from hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the 7000 BC 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing reason? c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. 2,400 BC c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to drink been without the leftover solids from brewing. c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing 2000 BC 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." 1500 BC "He was a 1000 BC wise man who invented beer." Plato 500 BC 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. - 385 BC: Though it used wine instead of beer, Plato's Symposium records the first drinking game 822: Hops is first used in beer by a Carolingian Abbot under the rule of Charlemagne 500 AD: Reer begins to u be brewed in monastaries, as sustenance for 1000 AD monks during their times of fast c. 1,000-1,250: In the Finnish poetic saga Kalewala, 400 verses are devoted 200 for the creation of Earth. 1100 AD beer, but only c. 1300: Monastaries and pubs begin brewing beer for mass consumption. Coincidentally, the Renaissance begins. 1200 AD "It takes beer to make thirst worthwhile" - German proverb 1300s-1590: "Brew witches" 1300 AD are persecuted throughout the Middle Ages for creating beer, using herbal stimulants such as henbane or nightshade, that sometimes poisons or kills its drinkers. 1546: German poet Burkart Waldis invents the story of St. Gambrinus, king of Flanders, as the "inventor of beer." His birthday is celebrated every April 11th. 1400 AD 1514: Germany passes the first "Beer Purity Law," Reinheitsgebot, mandating that beer can be made only from water, barley and hops. 1500 AD 1600 AD 1602: Dr. Alexander Nowell finds that ale lasts longer in cork-sealed glass bottles "For a quart of ale is a dish for a king." william Shakespeare 1700 AD "The Government will fall that raises the price of beer" -old Czech saying c. 1750 AD: The onset of the Industrial Revolution makes beer widely available The inventions and availability of the thermometer, hydrometer, and the steam engine enable the mass production of beer, as people steadily migrate from rural to urban areas. 1759: Arthur Guinness opens a brewery with 100£ bequeathed him by the Archbishop Price, and brews the first Guinness stout. 1800 AD 1785: Invention of draught beer by Joseph Bramah 1826: The American Temperance Society forms, and gradually gains support from Protestant churches. "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin 1850 AD 1832: Gabriel Seldmayr perfects the lager 1865: Before moving on to milk, Louis Pasteur experimented primarily on killing bacteria in beer "Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them." - Queen Victoria 1870 AD 1870: Breweries such as Anheuser-Busch become the leading users of newfound refrigeration technology, to keep beer cold during shipping in refrigerated boxcars 1880: The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) starts a nationwide education program to convince voters of the evils of beer drinking. 1880 AD 1900-1910: Carrie Nation, WCTU organizer, begins smashing up Midwestern saloons with a hatchet. She is 1890 AD c.1900s: Draught beer begins to be served from CO, pressurized kegs. The world's first keg-stand follows. arrested (and released) more than 30 times for "hatchetations. 1900 AD "Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Herbert Hoover "Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences, from Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club." -Cab Calloway 1910 AD 1919-1933: Beer Goes Underground In mob-run nightclubs and speakeasies such as the Cotton Club in Harlem, thirsty aristocrats drink illicit beer and are exposed to jazz. Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Dorothy Dandridge launch their careers. 1919-1933: Prohibition The US Constitution is amended to outlaw the sale of beer. Prohibition is repealed by FDR. 1933: The first explode-proof beer can is invented by the American Can Co. Jan 24, 1935: Krueger's Finest Ale becomes the first beer sold in a can 1940 AD c. 1950s: Beer Pong is invented at Dartmouth 1947: Taverns own nearly 50% of all US televisions. The World Series produces standing-room-only crowds in bars. TV becomes a real option for beer advertisers. 1950 AD University. A "paddle- less" version evolves over 1960 AD 1948: the next 30 years. Invention of malt liquor 1971: Two new TV ad campaigns are launched: "For all you do, this Bud's for you" and "It's Miller Time." Budweiser and Miller become the dominant US beer brands. 1970 AD c. 1973: Dr. Joseph Owades invents low-calorie, or "light" beer: Miller Lite 1974: "Tastes Great!" "Less Filling!" 1980 AD 2007: History's largest beer bong is built with a funnel and two 1988: Asahi Super Dry becomes the first dry-hopped beer 1989: Bud Bowl I airs during Super Bowl XXII 1990 AD 25-metzer garden hoses 1993: Molson introduces Ice Beer 1999: "Whassup!" 2000 AD "Beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson 20?? AD: Beer solves the Energy Crisis? Biofuels researchers have discovered a process of fermenting and distilling a "beer" from universally available grasses and yard waste that can be refined into ethanol, without the carbon footprint of corn-based ethanol. BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION ERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: 9000 BC humans evolve from hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the 7000 BC 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing reason? c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. 2,400 BC c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to drink been without the leftover solids from brewing. c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing 2000 Вс 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." 1500 BC "He was a 1000 BC wise man who invented beer." Plato 500 BC 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. - 385 BC: Though it used wine instead of beer, Plato's Symposium records the first drinking game 822: Hops is first used in beer by a Carolingian Abbot under the rule of Charlemagne 500 AD: Reer begins to u be brewed in monastaries, as sustenance for 1000 AD monks during their times of fast c. 1,000-1,250: In the Finnish poetic saga Kalewala, 400 verses are devoted 200 for the creation of Earth. 1100 AD beer, but only c. 1300: Monastaries and pubs begin brewing beer for mass consumption. Coincidentally, the Renaissance begins. 1200 AD "It takes beer to make thirst worthwhile" - German proverb 1300s-1590: "Brew witches" 1300 AD are persecuted throughout the Middle Ages for creating beer, using herbal stimulants such as henbane or nightshade, that sometimes poisons or kills its drinkers. 1546: German poet Burkart Waldis invents the story of St. Gambrinus, king of Flanders, as the "inventor of beer." His birthday is celebrated every April 11th. 1400 AD 1514: Germany passes the first "Beer Purity Law," Reinheitsgebot, mandating that beer can be made only from water, barley and hops. 1500 AD 1600 AD 1602: Dr. Alexander Nowell finds that ale lasts longer in cork-sealed glass bottles "For a quart of ale is a dish for a king." william Shakespeare 1700 AD "The Government will fall that raises the price of beer" -old Czech saying c. 1750 AD: The onset of the Industrial Revolution makes beer widely available The inventions and availability of the thermometer, hydrometer, and the steam engine enable the mass production of beer, as people steadily migrate from rural to urban areas. 1759: Arthur Guinness opens a brewery with 100£ bequeathed him by the Archbishop Price, and brews the first Guinness stout. 1800 AD 1785: Invention of draught beer by Joseph Bramah 1826: The American Temperance Society forms, and gradually gains support from Protestant churches. "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin 1850 AD 1832: Gabriel Seldmayr perfects the lager 1865: Before moving on to milk, Louis Pasteur experimented primarily on killing bacteria in beer "Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them." - Queen Victoria 1870 AD 1870: Breweries such as Anheuser-Busch become the leading users of newfound refrigeration technology, to keep beer cold during shipping in refrigerated boxcars 1880: The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) starts a nationwide education program to convince voters of the evils of beer drinking. 1880 AD 1900-1910: Carrie Nation, WCTU organizer, begins smashing up Midwestern saloons with a hatchet. She is 1890 AD c.1900s: Draught beer begins to be served from CO, pressurized kegs. The world's first keg-stand follows. arrested (and released) more than 30 times for "hatchetations. 1900 AD "Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Herbert Hoover "Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences, from Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club." -Cab Calloway 1910 AD 1919-1933: Beer Goes Underground In mob-run nightclubs and speakeasies such as the Cotton Club in Harlem, thirsty aristocrats drink illicit beer and are exposed to jazz. Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Dorothy Dandridge launch their careers. 1919-1933: Prohibition The US Constitution is amended to outlaw the sale of beer. Prohibition is repealed by FDR. 1933: The first explode-proof beer can is invented by the American Can Co. Jan 24, 1935: Krueger's Finest Ale becomes the first beer sold in a can 1940 AD c. 1950s: Beer Pong is invented at Dartmouth 1947: Taverns own nearly 50% of all US televisions. The World Series produces standing-room-only crowds in bars. TV becomes a real option for beer advertisers. 1950 AD University. A "paddle- less" version evolves over 1960 AD 1948: the next 30 years. Invention of malt liquor 1971: Two new TV ad campaigns are launched: "For all you do, this Bud's for you" and "It's Miller Time." Budweiser and Miller become the dominant US beer brands. 1970 AD c. 1973: Dr. Joseph Owades invents low-calorie, or "light" beer: Miller Lite 1974: "Tastes Great!" "Less Filling!" 1980 AD 2007: History's largest beer bong is built with a funnel and two 1988: Asahi Super Dry becomes the first dry-hopped beer 1989: Bud Bowl I airs during Super Bowl XXII 1990 AD 25-metzer garden hoses 1993: Molson introduces Ice Beer 1999: "Whassup!" 2000 AD "Beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson 20?? AD: Beer solves the Energy Crisis? Biofuels researchers have discovered a process of fermenting and distilling a "beer" from universally available grasses and yard waste that can be refined into ethanol, without the carbon footprint of corn-based ethanol. BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION ERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: 9000 BC humans evolve from hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the 7000 BC 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing reason? c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. 2,400 BC c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to drink been without the leftover solids from brewing. c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing 2000 Вс 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." 1500 BC "He was a 1000 BC wise man who invented beer." Plato 500 BC 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. - 385 BC: Though it used wine instead of beer, Plato's Symposium records the first drinking game 822: Hops is first used in beer by a Carolingian Abbot under the rule of Charlemagne 500 AD: Reer begins to u be brewed in monastaries, as sustenance for 1000 AD monks during their times of fast c. 1,000-1,250: In the Finnish poetic saga Kalewala, 400 verses are devoted 200 for the creation of Earth. 1100 AD beer, but only c. 1300: Monastaries and pubs begin brewing beer for mass consumption. Coincidentally, the Renaissance begins. 1200 AD "It takes beer to make thirst worthwhile" - German proverb 1300s-1590: "Brew witches" 1300 AD are persecuted throughout the Middle Ages for creating beer, using herbal stimulants such as henbane or nightshade, that sometimes poisons or kills its drinkers. 1546: German poet Burkart Waldis invents the story of St. Gambrinus, king of Flanders, as the "inventor of beer." His birthday is celebrated every April 11th. 1400 AD 1514: Germany passes the first "Beer Purity Law," Reinheitsgebot, mandating that beer can be made only from water, barley and hops. 1500 AD 1600 AD 1602: Dr. Alexander Nowell finds that ale lasts longer in cork-sealed glass bottles "For a quart of ale is a dish for a king." william Shakespeare 1700 AD "The Government will fall that raises the price of beer" -old Czech saying c. 1750 AD: The onset of the Industrial Revolution makes beer widely available The inventions and availability of the thermometer, hydrometer, and the steam engine enable the mass production of beer, as people steadily migrate from rural to urban areas. 1759: Arthur Guinness opens a brewery with 100£ bequeathed him by the Archbishop Price, and brews the first Guinness stout. 1800 AD 1785: Invention of draught beer by Joseph Bramah 1826: The American Temperance Society forms, and gradually gains support from Protestant churches. "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin 1850 AD 1832: Gabriel Seldmayr perfects the lager 1865: Before moving on to milk, Louis Pasteur experimented primarily on killing bacteria in beer "Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them." - Queen Victoria 1870 AD 1870: Breweries such as Anheuser-Busch become the leading users of newfound refrigeration technology, to keep beer cold during shipping in refrigerated boxcars 1880: The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) starts a nationwide education program to convince voters of the evils of beer drinking. 1880 AD 1900-1910: Carrie Nation, WCTU organizer, begins smashing up Midwestern saloons with a hatchet. She is 1890 AD c.1900s: Draught beer begins to be served from CO, pressurized kegs. The world's first keg-stand follows. arrested (and released) more than 30 times for "hatchetations. 1900 AD "Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Herbert Hoover "Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences, from Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club." -Cab Calloway 1910 AD 1919-1933: Beer Goes Underground In mob-run nightclubs and speakeasies such as the Cotton Club in Harlem, thirsty aristocrats drink illicit beer and are exposed to jazz. Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Dorothy Dandridge launch their careers. 1919-1933: Prohibition The US Constitution is amended to outlaw the sale of beer. Prohibition is repealed by FDR. 1933: The first explode-proof beer can is invented by the American Can Co. Jan 24, 1935: Krueger's Finest Ale becomes the first beer sold in a can 1940 AD c. 1950s: Beer Pong is invented at Dartmouth 1947: Taverns own nearly 50% of all US televisions. The World Series produces standing-room-only crowds in bars. TV becomes a real option for beer advertisers. 1950 AD University. A "paddle- less" version evolves over 1960 AD 1948: the next 30 years. Invention of malt liquor 1971: Two new TV ad campaigns are launched: "For all you do, this Bud's for you" and "It's Miller Time." Budweiser and Miller become the dominant US beer brands. 1970 AD c. 1973: Dr. Joseph Owades invents low-calorie, or "light" beer: Miller Lite 1974: "Tastes Great!" "Less Filling!" 1980 AD 2007: History's largest beer bong is built with a funnel and two 1988: Asahi Super Dry becomes the first dry-hopped beer 1989: Bud Bowl I airs during Super Bowl XXII 1990 AD 25-metzer garden hoses 1993: Molson introduces Ice Beer 1999: "Whassup!" 2000 AD "Beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson 20?? AD: Beer solves the Energy Crisis? Biofuels researchers have discovered a process of fermenting and distilling a "beer" from universally available grasses and yard waste that can be refined into ethanol, without the carbon footprint of corn-based ethanol. BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION ERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: 9000 BC humans evolve from hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the 7000 BC 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing reason? c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. 2,400 BC c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to drink been without the leftover solids from brewing. c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing 2000 Вс 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." 1500 BC "He was a 1000 BC wise man who invented beer." Plato 500 BC 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. - 385 BC: Though it used wine instead of beer, Plato's Symposium records the first drinking game 822: Hops is first used in beer by a Carolingian Abbot under the rule of Charlemagne 500 AD: Reer begins to u be brewed in monastaries, as sustenance for 1000 AD monks during their times of fast c. 1,000-1,250: In the Finnish poetic saga Kalewala, 400 verses are devoted 200 for the creation of Earth. 1100 AD beer, but only c. 1300: Monastaries and pubs begin brewing beer for mass consumption. Coincidentally, the Renaissance begins. 1200 AD "It takes beer to make thirst worthwhile" - German proverb 1300s-1590: "Brew witches" 1300 AD are persecuted throughout the Middle Ages for creating beer, using herbal stimulants such as henbane or nightshade, that sometimes poisons or kills its drinkers. 1546: German poet Burkart Waldis invents the story of St. Gambrinus, king of Flanders, as the "inventor of beer." His birthday is celebrated every April 11th. 1400 AD 1514: Germany passes the first "Beer Purity Law," Reinheitsgebot, mandating that beer can be made only from water, barley and hops. 1500 AD 1600 AD 1602: Dr. Alexander Nowell finds that ale lasts longer in cork-sealed glass bottles "For a quart of ale is a dish for a king." william Shakespeare 1700 AD "The Government will fall that raises the price of beer" -old Czech saying c. 1750 AD: The onset of the Industrial Revolution makes beer widely available The inventions and availability of the thermometer, hydrometer, and the steam engine enable the mass production of beer, as people steadily migrate from rural to urban areas. 1759: Arthur Guinness opens a brewery with 100£ bequeathed him by the Archbishop Price, and brews the first Guinness stout. 1800 AD 1785: Invention of draught beer by Joseph Bramah 1826: The American Temperance Society forms, and gradually gains support from Protestant churches. "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin 1850 AD 1832: Gabriel Seldmayr perfects the lager 1865: Before moving on to milk, Louis Pasteur experimented primarily on killing bacteria in beer "Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them." - Queen Victoria 1870 AD 1870: Breweries such as Anheuser-Busch become the leading users of newfound refrigeration technology, to keep beer cold during shipping in refrigerated boxcars 1880: The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) starts a nationwide education program to convince voters of the evils of beer drinking. 1880 AD 1900-1910: Carrie Nation, WCTU organizer, begins smashing up Midwestern saloons with a hatchet. She is 1890 AD c.1900s: Draught beer begins to be served from CO, pressurized kegs. The world's first keg-stand follows. arrested (and released) more than 30 times for "hatchetations. 1900 AD "Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Herbert Hoover "Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences, from Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club." -Cab Calloway 1910 AD 1919-1933: Beer Goes Underground In mob-run nightclubs and speakeasies such as the Cotton Club in Harlem, thirsty aristocrats drink illicit beer and are exposed to jazz. Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Dorothy Dandridge launch their careers. 1919-1933: Prohibition The US Constitution is amended to outlaw the sale of beer. Prohibition is repealed by FDR. 1933: The first explode-proof beer can is invented by the American Can Co. Jan 24, 1935: Krueger's Finest Ale becomes the first beer sold in a can 1940 AD c. 1950s: Beer Pong is invented at Dartmouth 1947: Taverns own nearly 50% of all US televisions. The World Series produces standing-room-only crowds in bars. TV becomes a real option for beer advertisers. 1950 AD University. A "paddle- less" version evolves over 1960 AD 1948: the next 30 years. Invention of malt liquor 1971: Two new TV ad campaigns are launched: "For all you do, this Bud's for you" and "It's Miller Time." Budweiser and Miller become the dominant US beer brands. 1970 AD c. 1973: Dr. Joseph Owades invents low-calorie, or "light" beer: Miller Lite 1974: "Tastes Great!" "Less Filling!" 1980 AD 2007: History's largest beer bong is built with a funnel and two 1988: Asahi Super Dry becomes the first dry-hopped beer 1989: Bud Bowl I airs during Super Bowl XXII 1990 AD 25-metzer garden hoses 1993: Molson introduces Ice Beer 1999: "Whassup!" 2000 AD "Beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson 20?? AD: Beer solves the Energy Crisis? Biofuels researchers have discovered a process of fermenting and distilling a "beer" from universally available grasses and yard waste that can be refined into ethanol, without the carbon footprint of corn-based ethanol. BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION ERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: 9000 BC humans evolve from hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the 7000 BC 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing reason? c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. 2,400 BC c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to drink been without the leftover solids from brewing. c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing 2000 Вс 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." 1500 BC "He was a 1000 BC wise man who invented beer." Plato 500 BC 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. - 385 BC: Though it used wine instead of beer, Plato's Symposium records the first drinking game 822: Hops is first used in beer by a Carolingian Abbot under the rule of Charlemagne 500 AD: Reer begins to u be brewed in monastaries, as sustenance for 1000 AD monks during their times of fast c. 1,000-1,250: In the Finnish poetic saga Kalewala, 400 verses are devoted 200 for the creation of Earth. 1100 AD beer, but only c. 1300: Monastaries and pubs begin brewing beer for mass consumption. Coincidentally, the Renaissance begins. 1200 AD "It takes beer to make thirst worthwhile" - German proverb 1300s-1590: "Brew witches" 1300 AD are persecuted throughout the Middle Ages for creating beer, using herbal stimulants such as henbane or nightshade, that sometimes poisons or kills its drinkers. 1546: German poet Burkart Waldis invents the story of St. Gambrinus, king of Flanders, as the "inventor of beer." His birthday is celebrated every April 11th. 1400 AD 1514: Germany passes the first "Beer Purity Law," Reinheitsgebot, mandating that beer can be made only from water, barley and hops. 1500 AD 1600 AD 1602: Dr. Alexander Nowell finds that ale lasts longer in cork-sealed glass bottles "For a quart of ale is a dish for a king." william Shakespeare 1700 AD "The Government will fall that raises the price of beer" -old Czech saying c. 1750 AD: The onset of the Industrial Revolution makes beer widely available The inventions and availability of the thermometer, hydrometer, and the steam engine enable the mass production of beer, as people steadily migrate from rural to urban areas. 1759: Arthur Guinness opens a brewery with 100£ bequeathed him by the Archbishop Price, and brews the first Guinness stout. 1800 AD 1785: Invention of draught beer by Joseph Bramah 1826: The American Temperance Society forms, and gradually gains support from Protestant churches. "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin 1850 AD 1832: Gabriel Seldmayr perfects the lager 1865: Before moving on to milk, Louis Pasteur experimented primarily on killing bacteria in beer "Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them." - Queen Victoria 1870 AD 1870: Breweries such as Anheuser-Busch become the leading users of newfound refrigeration technology, to keep beer cold during shipping in refrigerated boxcars 1880: The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) starts a nationwide education program to convince voters of the evils of beer drinking. 1880 AD 1900-1910: Carrie Nation, WCTU organizer, begins smashing up Midwestern saloons with a hatchet. She is 1890 AD c.1900s: Draught beer begins to be served from CO, pressurized kegs. The world's first keg-stand follows. arrested (and released) more than 30 times for "hatchetations. 1900 AD "Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Herbert Hoover "Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences, from Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club." -Cab Calloway 1910 AD 1919-1933: Beer Goes Underground In mob-run nightclubs and speakeasies such as the Cotton Club in Harlem, thirsty aristocrats drink illicit beer and are exposed to jazz. Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Dorothy Dandridge launch their careers. 1919-1933: Prohibition The US Constitution is amended to outlaw the sale of beer. Prohibition is repealed by FDR. 1933: The first explode-proof beer can is invented by the American Can Co. Jan 24, 1935: Krueger's Finest Ale becomes the first beer sold in a can 1940 AD c. 1950s: Beer Pong is invented at Dartmouth 1947: Taverns own nearly 50% of all US televisions. The World Series produces standing-room-only crowds in bars. TV becomes a real option for beer advertisers. 1950 AD University. A "paddle- less" version evolves over 1960 AD 1948: the next 30 years. Invention of malt liquor 1971: Two new TV ad campaigns are launched: "For all you do, this Bud's for you" and "It's Miller Time." Budweiser and Miller become the dominant US beer brands. 1970 AD c. 1973: Dr. Joseph Owades invents low-calorie, or "light" beer: Miller Lite 1974: "Tastes Great!" "Less Filling!" 1980 AD 2007: History's largest beer bong is built with a funnel and two 1988: Asahi Super Dry becomes the first dry-hopped beer 1989: Bud Bowl I airs during Super Bowl XXII 1990 AD 25-metzer garden hoses 1993: Molson introduces Ice Beer 1999: "Whassup!" 2000 AD "Beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson 20?? AD: Beer solves the Energy Crisis? Biofuels researchers have discovered a process of fermenting and distilling a "beer" from universally available grasses and yard waste that can be refined into ethanol, without the carbon footprint of corn-based ethanol. BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION ERATURE BEER FACTS History Lesson: The Story of Beer MANOLITH.com 600series.net/infoshot ????? BC: Man discovers fermentation, and brews the first beer. c. 9,000 BC Neolithic revolution: 9000 BC humans evolve from hunter-gatherers to agricultrual life. Experts debate: was beer or bread the 7000 BC 7,000 BC Neolithic proto-writing reason? c. 7,000 BC: Oldest known archaeological evidence of brewing. c. 3,500 BC: Oldest known chemical evidence of beer. 2,400 BC c. 3,000 BC: Invention of the written word in Sumer. Beer recipe found among earliest Sumerian tablets. Sumerians invent the 3000 BC straw to drink been without the leftover solids from brewing. c. 2,900 BC: Recipe for beer included in Sumerian poem to Ninsaki, the patron goddess of brewing 2000 Вс 1,760 BC: standards for brewing and serving beer included in the Code of Hammurabi c. 1,300-1,000 BC: In The Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the first known works of fiction, the wild man Endiku "drank seven pitchers of beer, his heart grew light, his face glowed and he sang out with joy." 1500 BC "He was a 1000 BC wise man who invented beer." Plato 500 BC 510 BC - 476 AD: The rise of the Greek and Roman empires bring about a "Dark Age of Beer" in the Western world. Classical Greeks and Romans called beer a barbarian's drink, while wine was considered ambrosia of the Gods. Beer was only brewed in outlying areas by peasantry and non-assimilated cultures like the Ostrogoths and Celts. - 385 BC: Though it used wine instead of beer, Plato's Symposium records the first drinking game 822: Hops is first used in beer by a Carolingian Abbot under the rule of Charlemagne 500 AD: Reer begins to u be brewed in monastaries, as sustenance for 1000 AD monks during their times of fast c. 1,000-1,250: In the Finnish poetic saga Kalewala, 400 verses are devoted 200 for the creation of Earth. 1100 AD beer, but only c. 1300: Monastaries and pubs begin brewing beer for mass consumption. Coincidentally, the Renaissance begins. 1200 AD "It takes beer to make thirst worthwhile" - German proverb 1300s-1590: "Brew witches" 1300 AD are persecuted throughout the Middle Ages for creating beer, using herbal stimulants such as henbane or nightshade, that sometimes poisons or kills its drinkers. 1546: German poet Burkart Waldis invents the story of St. Gambrinus, king of Flanders, as the "inventor of beer." His birthday is celebrated every April 11th. 1400 AD 1514: Germany passes the first "Beer Purity Law," Reinheitsgebot, mandating that beer can be made only from water, barley and hops. 1500 AD 1600 AD 1602: Dr. Alexander Nowell finds that ale lasts longer in cork-sealed glass bottles "For a quart of ale is a dish for a king." william Shakespeare 1700 AD "The Government will fall that raises the price of beer" -old Czech saying c. 1750 AD: The onset of the Industrial Revolution makes beer widely available The inventions and availability of the thermometer, hydrometer, and the steam engine enable the mass production of beer, as people steadily migrate from rural to urban areas. 1759: Arthur Guinness opens a brewery with 100£ bequeathed him by the Archbishop Price, and brews the first Guinness stout. 1800 AD 1785: Invention of draught beer by Joseph Bramah 1826: The American Temperance Society forms, and gradually gains support from Protestant churches. "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." - Benjamin Franklin 1850 AD 1832: Gabriel Seldmayr perfects the lager 1865: Before moving on to milk, Louis Pasteur experimented primarily on killing bacteria in beer "Give my people plenty of beer, good beer, and cheap beer, and you will have no revolution among them." - Queen Victoria 1870 AD 1870: Breweries such as Anheuser-Busch become the leading users of newfound refrigeration technology, to keep beer cold during shipping in refrigerated boxcars 1880: The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) starts a nationwide education program to convince voters of the evils of beer drinking. 1880 AD 1900-1910: Carrie Nation, WCTU organizer, begins smashing up Midwestern saloons with a hatchet. She is 1890 AD c.1900s: Draught beer begins to be served from CO, pressurized kegs. The world's first keg-stand follows. arrested (and released) more than 30 times for "hatchetations. 1900 AD "Our country has deliberately undertaken a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and far-reaching in purpose." Herbert Hoover "Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences, from Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club." -Cab Calloway 1910 AD 1919-1933: Beer Goes Underground In mob-run nightclubs and speakeasies such as the Cotton Club in Harlem, thirsty aristocrats drink illicit beer and are exposed to jazz. Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Dorothy Dandridge launch their careers. 1919-1933: Prohibition The US Constitution is amended to outlaw the sale of beer. Prohibition is repealed by FDR. 1933: The first explode-proof beer can is invented by the American Can Co. Jan 24, 1935: Krueger's Finest Ale becomes the first beer sold in a can 1940 AD c. 1950s: Beer Pong is invented at Dartmouth 1947: Taverns own nearly 50% of all US televisions. The World Series produces standing-room-only crowds in bars. TV becomes a real option for beer advertisers. 1950 AD University. A "paddle- less" version evolves over 1960 AD 1948: the next 30 years. Invention of malt liquor 1971: Two new TV ad campaigns are launched: "For all you do, this Bud's for you" and "It's Miller Time." Budweiser and Miller become the dominant US beer brands. 1970 AD c. 1973: Dr. Joseph Owades invents low-calorie, or "light" beer: Miller Lite 1974: "Tastes Great!" "Less Filling!" 1980 AD 2007: History's largest beer bong is built with a funnel and two 1988: Asahi Super Dry becomes the first dry-hopped beer 1989: Bud Bowl I airs during Super Bowl XXII 1990 AD 25-metzer garden hoses 1993: Molson introduces Ice Beer 1999: "Whassup!" 2000 AD "Beer: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems." - Homer Simpson 20?? AD: Beer solves the Energy Crisis? Biofuels researchers have discovered a process of fermenting and distilling a "beer" from universally available grasses and yard waste that can be refined into ethanol, without the carbon footprint of corn-based ethanol. BEER + SCIENCE BEER + RELIGION ERATURE BEER FACTS

History Lesson: The Story of Beer

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This infographic provides a very thorough timeline for the history of beer from 9,000B.C to modern day. It gives information of the humble beginnings of beer brewing to modern developments and the gro...

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