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Beer Beer and more Beer – Jocularity

Beer Beer and more Beer – Jocularity

Historical information about beer. True or false? Maybe it’s both.

Old Beer poster

Old beer poster


Is beer the oldest drink in the world? The oldest evidence of beer is believed to be a 6,000-year-old Sumerian tablet depicting people drinking a beverage through reed straws from a communal bowl.  In agent historical literature you can find over 160 words for beer which are more words than inuits and eskimoes have for snow. One theory is that beer is the foundation for civilization, when beer was discovered people wanted more so they stopped being shepherds and started growing barley on the fields and whole communities developed. From this came the plow.
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Iceland beer brands.

Iceland beer brands – Icelandic Beers.

Beer was banned in Icelandfrom 1915 to March 1, 1989. In Icelandwe have several natively brewed beer brands. The major breweries are Ölgerðin Egill Skallagrímsson and Vífilfell. The word Brugghús is Icelandic for brewpub. Following the end of prohibition, some Icelanders have celebrated Beer Day on March 1. Some people may take part in a bar crawl. The legalization of beer remains a significant cultural event in Icelandas beer has become the most popular alcoholic beverage. Last four or five years have new small qualiti brewerys been popping up in Iceland. Icelanders love their beer, maybe because it was denied them for so long.  The quality of Icelandic beer lies in the extremely clean and soft water the breweries use. Water quality is the name of the game in brewing. Unlike the water used by many foreign breweries, the water used for Icelandic beer does not have to be treated chemically. It is filtered, but apart from that not treated at all. Icelandic water is soft. SKÁL, Skál means “cheers” in Icelandic.
Photo to right – Thorsbeer – Light beer from Iceland 1930.
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