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Philistine pottery beer jug. Beer is one of the oldest human-produced drinks. The written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia records the use of beer, and the drink has spread throughout the world; a 3,900-year-old Sumerian poem honouring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer-recipe, describing the production of beer from barley bread, and in China ...
Zythum (from Latin, based on Ancient Greek: ζῦθος, zŷthos), sometimes also known as zythus or zythos, [1] [2] was a malt beer made in ancient Egypt. [3] The earliest existing records of brewing relate to the production of zythum by ancient Egyptians, c. 2000 BCE .
Pilsner Urquell, the world's first pale lager and ancestor of today's Pilsners. Pilsner (also pilsener or simply pils) is a type of pale lager.It takes its name from the Bohemian city of Plzeň (German: Pilsen), where the world's first pale lager (now known as Pilsner Urquell) was produced in 1842 by Pilsner Urquell Brewery.
~3900 BCE: In Mesopotamia (Ancient Iraq), early evidence of beer is a Sumerian poem honoring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, which contains the oldest surviving beer recipe, describing the production of beer from barley via bread. [36] ~3600 BCE: Date of the oldest definitive known evidence for popcorn, discovered in New Mexico, United ...
Pilsner Urquell was the world's first pale lager, [2] and its popularity meant it was much copied, and named pils, pilsner or pilsener. [3] It is hopped with Saaz hops , a noble hop variety that is a key element in its flavour profile, as is the use of soft water.
Josef Groll. Josef Groll (German: Joseph Groll; 21 August 1813 – 22 November 1887) was a German brewer, best known for being the first brewer of Pilsner beer. [1] He is sometimes called "the Father of the Pilsner". [2]
Beer is recorded in the written history of Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt and is one of the world's oldest prepared beverages. [75]Kykeon was a common beverage of sustenance in ancient Greece, most often consisting mainly of a barley gruel mixture with various additives, sometimes written as having psychoactive properties associated with religious visions.
In Mesopotamia, the oldest evidence of beer is believed to be a 6,000-year-old Sumerian tablet depicting people drinking a beverage through reed straws from a communal bowl. A 3900-year-old Sumerian poem honoring Ninkasi, the patron goddess of brewing, contains the oldest surviving beer recipe, describing the production of beer from barley via ...