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'World's oldest brewery' found in cave in Israel, say researchers
Researchers say they have found the world's oldest brewery, with residue of 13,000-year-old beer, in a prehistoric cave near Haifa in Israel. The discovery was made while they were studying a burial site for semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers.
Brewing beer was thought to go back 5,000 years, but the latest discovery may turn beer history on its head. The findings also suggest beer was not necessarily a surplus of making bread as previously thought. The researchers say they cannot tell which came first, and in October's issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, they suggest the beer was brewed for ritual feasts to honour the dead [DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.008] [DX].
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(Score: 2) by suburbanitemediocrity on Sunday September 16 2018, @08:35PM (1 child)
I believe hops were added to beet later on for flavour. The only two ingredients you need are flour and water. Just mix a few spoons of flour in glass of water and let it sit on the counter for a few days. It's start to smell like beer and be alcoholic. I wouldn't recommend drinking it. Add some sugar to speed up the process and boil it to kill off competing molds.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Sunday September 16 2018, @11:51PM
I thought hops were added as a preservative.