Beer: the reason we have civilization

[beer good]

Beer may have lubricated the rise of civilization - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience - msnbc.com

Basically, archaeologists are saying that the reason we started settling down, growing grains and forming communities about 11,000 years ago is not just that we needed the bread but also that it was the only way we could get beer and party down.

I could have told them that.

 

[sparkchaser]

Teetotalers are anti-civilization it would seem.

 

[Polly Parrot]

So staggering drunkards in the street are improving our civilization?


Beer is disgusting.

 

[beer good]

So staggering drunkards in the street are improving our civilization?

Only if they grow their own malt and start religions around it.

 

[sparkchaser]

Beer is disgusting.

Maybe you haven't found the right one.

 

[sparkchaser]

Only if they grow their own malt and start religions around it.

The holy trinity: grains, hops, and yeast.

Blessed be the wort makers.

 

[beer good]

The holy trinity: grains, hops, and yeast.

Blessed be the wort makers.

Observe the Reinheitsgebot and keep it holy.

 

[sparkchaser]

Keep sterile thy brew making tools, lest thy drink become impure and thus thy body.

 

[beer good]

Buy a round unto others as you'd have them buy a round unto you.

 

[abecedarian]

Beer and Bread have always gone hand in hand. A steady diet of unleavened bread would get old very fast. Wild yeast is just fermented grain...sourdough anyone?

 

[sparkchaser]

There's a restaurant/brew pub in Columbia, Missouri called Flat Branch and they make their bread and rolls out of the spent wheat from the brewing process.


Thou shalt not combine a top fermenting yeast with a bottom fermenting yeast.

 

[abecedarian]

There's a restaurant/brew pub in Columbia, Missouri called Flat Branch and they make their bread and rolls out of the spent wheat from the brewing process.


Thou shalt not combine a top fermenting yeast with a bottom fermenting yeast.

Makes sense. I bet the bread is wonderful. I make a beer bread that's pretty good. The original recipe didn't call for it, and it was fine, but the beer variation is just better.

 

[beer good]

I need to make a beer stew one of these days. Best autumn food there is.

 

[sparkchaser]

Another great Fall dish is boeuf Bourguignon.

 

[sparkchaser]

This thread needs more whisky love.

 

[NotTheDoctor]

Keep sterile thy brew making tools, lest thy drink become impure and thus thy body.

And thus thy precious bodily fluids?

 

[abecedarian]

I need to make a beer stew one of these days. Best autumn food there is.

Some folks add beer to chili...so I've heard. I add cocoa.:flowers:

 

[Zolipara]

Beer. The cause of and solution to all of life's problems.

 

[NotTheDoctor]

And what helps us get through some of those same problems...

 

[vano]

I thought the reason we had civilization was football. Oh yes, it may have been a combination of football and beer.