The History of Beer: A Brief and Incomplete Timeline

It all started around 8000 BC, when some caveman dude named Og discovered that fermenting grains made them taste better.

Fast forward to ancient Mesopotamia, where they were making beer like it was nobody's business. They even wrote recipes for it on clay tablets.

But it wasn't until the medieval Europeans got their hands on it that things really took off. Monasteries became breweries, and beer was being brewed like crazy.

And then, of course, there's the modern era, where craft beer is a thing, and people will pay money for a beer that tastes like a combination of soap and sadness.

Read about the ancient breweries that started it all. Or learn about the monasteries that became breweries.