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Ancient beer factory uneartherd
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 10:18 am
by Beer-lord
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/anci ... t-n1257911
He said the factory apparently dates back to the region of King Narmer, who is widely known for his unification of ancient Egypt at the beginning of the First Dynastic Period (3150 B.C.- 2613 B.C.).
Well, duh! Beer is the great unifier!
Re: Ancient beer factory uneartherd
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:14 pm
by The_Professor
....the factory apparently dates back to the region of King Narmer, who is widely known for his unification of ancient Egypt at the beginning of the First Dynastic Period (3150 B.C.- 2613 B.C.).
Two sections of Peter Damerow's "Sumerian Beer" write up bookend that time frame.
He writes about beer in the Late Uruk Period (c. 3200-3000 BC) and the Old Sumerian Period (middle of the 3rd millennium BC - 2500ish BC).
I believe at this time written records are talking about using "beer bread" to make beer in both places.
A picture for the article states, "The remains of a row of vats used for beer fermentation......" while the article states, ".....had been used to heat up a mixture of grains and water to produce beer......".
The article also states, "Egypt has announced dozens of ancient discoveries in the past couple of years, in the hope of attracting more tourists."
Everyone that shows up for the beer is in for a disappointment.
Re: Ancient beer factory uneartherd
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 4:57 pm
by mashani
The_Professor wrote:Everyone that shows up for the beer is in for a disappointment.
Unless they have a time machine, and are not hop heads (or hop anything).
Re: Ancient beer factory uneartherd
Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 7:05 pm
by Beer-lord
What fun that must be to do that kind of work. Probably never gets old. See what I did there?
Re: Ancient beer factory uneartherd
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 3:32 pm
by HerbMeowing
Re: Ancient beer factory uneartherd
Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:43 pm
by The_Professor
Re: Ancient beer factory uneartherd
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 9:46 am
by Beer-lord
I'm not sure if I unearthed something I'd have any idea if it were a brewery, cemetary, kitchen, man cave or not.
But I think it's great they even discussed temperature control. Amazing how they know what went on that long ago.
Re: Ancient beer factory uneartherd
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:01 pm
by The_Professor
......but if there is a large production of unmalted emmer heated in vats....are they really bottling (jarring ?) wheat water?
Re: Ancient beer factory uneartherd
Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2021 5:12 pm
by The_Professor
Another thought about bottling (jarring) beer. To what degree could the beer have or have not still been fermenting. If it is in a sealed ceramic vase, when it breaks the seal it is ready (and would have been carbonated)? If the seal is good would the jar blow out if bottled (jarred) too early?