What are some fun facts about beer?

Six Random Facts About Beer

  • Water makes up 90% of beer.
  • The world’s most alcoholic beer has an ABV of 67.5%
  • The Czech Republic consumes the most beer per capita annually.
  • Beer was illegal in Iceland until 1989.
  • There is an Austrian brewery that allows you to swim in a pool of beer.

What was the first beer ever?

The first beer in the world was brewed by the ancient Chinese around the year 7000 BCE (known as kui). In the west, however, the process now recognized as beer brewing began in Mesopotamia at the Godin Tepe settlement now in modern-day Iran between 3500 – 3100 BCE.

How was beer first discovered?

Beer was a result of the Agricultural Revolution (c. 10,000 BC), as fermentation was an accidental by-product of the gathering of wild grain. It’s said that beer was not invented but discovered, yet the manufacturing of beer was an active choice and the ancient Egyptians produced and consumed it in huge volumes.

What is the history of beers?

Beer is one of the oldest drinks humans have produced. The first chemically confirmed barley beer dates back to the 5th millennium BC in modern-day Iran, and was recorded in the written history of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia and spread throughout the world.

Who made the first beer ever?

The first barley beer was most likely born in the Middle East, where hard evidence of beer production dates back about 5,000 years to the Sumerians of ancient Mesopotamia.

Where was the beer invented?

Mesopotamia
A little more than 7,000 years ago, beer brewing began its development in Mesopotamia; it was women who mixed the grains of cereal with water and herbs. They cooked them… and from that intuitive mixture driven by the need for nutrition came a brew that fermented in a spontaneous manner.

Why do they call beer beer?

The word ‘beer’ comes from the Latin word ‘bibere,’ meaning to drink.