How old is beer?

How old is beer?

Jeff Evans (Freelance beer Writer) gives expert video advice on: How old is beer?; How has the brewing process changed over the years?; How is beer made? and more...

Documents relating to beer production go back many thousands of years before Christ. It really started probably in Iraq, what is today Iraq, Mesopotamia as it was at the time, where evidence of brewing has been discovered from that era. It seems the brewers in those days used to take barley, bake it into bread, soak that bread in water, and allow wild yeasts in the atmosphere to ferment it. And that's basically how beer started.