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Introduction to Beer

Despite the fact that man already had the technique to produce fermented beverages through the process of malting grain 5000 years ago the Sumerian and Assyrian people developed the art of making beer. Some years later, the drink arrived at Egypt - as it is shown by the hieroglyphs - and in the country they started to make variations such as the Notables Beer and Tebas Beer. The Egyptians made beer known among the oriental people and they were responsible for the beverage introduction into the Mediterranean Basin and, from there, to Europe and the whole world. During the Middle Age several monasteries made beer employing several herbs to give it aroma, such as myrica, rosemarie, bay leaf, salvia, ginger and the hop, still used today and introduced into the process during the years 700 and 800. It was thanks to the San Gallo monastery monks, in Switzerland, that hop started to definitely be a part of beer composition. The beverage basic ingredients are water, malt, hop and yeast. Nevertheless, these ingredients and the brewing process variation, resulted in different types of beer.

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