Beer History

Wandering nomads made beer from grain and water before learning to make bread.
Noah takes beer on board - more than 2.
2600 BC Ancient Sumerians brew beer, store in pots, drink through straws.
1800 BC Babylonian clay tablets set out beer recipes.
1600 BC Egyptian medical prescriptions contain beer.

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Brewing in Canada

1535 - Jacques Cartier & crew survive from scurvy on spruce beer prepared by First Nation peoples near Stadacona ( present day Quebec City).

1647 - Jesuit Brother Ambroise, " the first brewer in Canada" & Jesuits establish a brewery at Sillery, Quebec.

1668 - Jean Talon built Canada's first commercial brewery at Quebec City.
1786 - John Molson set up in Montreal. John was born in Lincolnshire England. At age 18 he came to Canada (1782). John met an old friend - Thomas Loid who had settled in Montreal & started a small brewery. John Molson became Loid's partner in 1783. In 1786 John used his grandfather's inheitance to buy out Loid.
1829 - Alexander Keith founded his brewery at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1840 - Thomas Carling opened his Brewing & Malting Company in London, Ontario.
1847 - John Labatt also set up in London, Ontario.

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