A guide to beer through history

 

If you're interested, the Washington Post provided an interactive article about beer through the history of mankind's making of it.

Though I'm only an occasional beer drinker, I like a tasty one (leaning toward sweet with less bitter) every now and then. So this was a nice historical taste tour.

Explore the evolution of beer, from Stone Age sludge to craft brews

Regarding brewing:

"Beer is basically fermented grain. First, moisture makes the grain sprout, priming its enzymes to transform starch into sugar. Yeast then converts the sugar into alcohol.

Humans would have discovered this process by happy accident, probably in many places around the world at different times: A pile of grain sat out in the rain and sun, some wild yeast latched onto its sugar, and a few days later — whoa! They learned to replicate the process, creating beer traditions nearly everywhere."

Unfortunately, the beer I liked the most in my experience is not made anymore. Still looking to find a new favorite.

And after all, it is Oktober.