- 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.
- 55 BC Roman legions introduce beer to Northern Europe.
- Before the Middle Ages women were the brewers.
- 23 BC Chinese brewed kiu.
- 500 - 1000 AD monasteries in Europe begin to brew beer commercially.
- 1000 AD Hops used in brewing process.
- 1200 AD Germans preferred cold lagers ( bottom fermentation ) stored in caves ; English preferred mild temperature ales ( top fermentation ) stored in cellars.
- 1295 King Wenceslas grants Pilsen Bohemia brewing rights.
- 1420 German brewers develop the lager method of brewing.
- 1492 Columbus found Indians making beer from corn.
- 1516 Bavarian brewing guilds establish Purity Law - use of water, barley, and hops only( use of yeast not yet known ).
- 1553 Beck's Brewery founded.
- 1587 First beer brewed in USA at Virginia - Sir Walter had his beer and cigarettes.
- 1602 Dr. Alexander Nowell stores beer in glass bottles.
- 1612 First Brewery opened in New York City ( formerly New Amsterdam )
- 1674 Harvard College starts brewing.
- 1680 William Penn opens brewey in Pennsylvania.
- 1757 Washington wrote his personal recipe - " To Make Small Beer "
- 1760 - 1830 See British Brewing History Resources at http://www.jbsumner.com/pages/brewinghistory/
- 1786 Molson brewery founded in Canada.
- 1810 Oktoberfest started.
- 1842 First golden lager - Pilsen , Bohemia
- 1850's Cold maturation lagers introduced in USA - Anheuser-Busch, Miller, Coors, Stroh, Schlitz, and Pabst )
- 1870's Adolphus Busch establishes Budweiser as the first national brand.
- 1876 Pasteur discovers the secrets of yeast in fermentation and developed pasteurization to stabilize beers ( 22 years before milk pasteurization ).
- 1880's 2300 breweries in USA
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