Our Founding Fathers brewed their own beer.
Mobsters brewed beer during prohibition times, and monks have been brewing beer for centuries.
The ancient Egyptians brewed beer for sustenance (the main reason I drink it of course), and as a way to preserve their grains.
During war times Germany would keep brewing beer to make sure the populace was content and did not suspect anything was out of the ordinary (even though food and grain were scarce).
Beer was even brewed at the beginning of time, by the gods themselves... or so say the texts referring to those times!
Even Dogfish Head has been contracted to brew beers like Midas Touch which is made from ingredients found in drinking vessels in what is presumed to be King Midas' tomb (2700 years ago).
You see, the point is... Beer will be around for as long as we breathe. Brewing dates so far back it is almost inconceivable to think of where it began.
Check out this link to find some historical recipes you can brew on your own. http://brewery.org/cm3/recs/13_toc.html
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