The oldest brewery in the world was found in Israel, which destroyed all existing theories about beer - ForumDaily
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In Israel, found the world's oldest brewery, which destroyed all existing theories about beer

In a prehistoric cave near Haifa in Israel, researchers found the world's oldest brewery and traces of 13 beer a thousand years ago, writes BBC Russian Service.

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This discovery was made when they studied the burial site of the semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers.

Brewing, as previously believed, appeared 5 thousands of years ago, but this discovery can turn the history of beer.

The findings of archaeologists also suggest that beer may not be a by-product of bread production, as previously thought.

Moreover, the researchers say that now they can not specify exactly what appeared earlier.

In the October issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, they suggest that beer be brewed for the rituals of honoring the dead.

“This is the oldest record of human-produced alcohol in the world,” Stanford University professor Li Liu, who led the research team, told Stanford News.

According to her, the researchers were trying to find out what plant foods were consumed by the Natufians - people who lived between the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, and during excavations they found traces of alcohol based on wheat and barley.

The analyzed substances were found in stone recesses - up to 60 cm deep, hollowed out in the floor of the cave. They were used to store, grind and cook various types of plants, including oats, legumes and bast fibers such as flax.

It is believed that ancient beer was not at all like modern beer - more like porridge than a foamy drink.

Scientists managed to recreate the ancient beer in order to compare it with traces of the substance found in the cave.

The process involved first germinating the grain to produce malt, then heating the mash and fermenting it with wild yeast, the study says. The ancient beer was not as strong as what they drink now.

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