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Beer: a bit of history and curiosity


Beer is one of the oldest beverages in the world. The first evidence of beer on hearth has to date back to more than 6000 years ago. The Sumerians used to drink this "liquid bread", called "sikaru", which was one of the first beer ever invented. A few centuries later, the beer also appeared in the "Hammourabi code", which condemned to death those who weren't manufacturing beer according to established criteria.

This amber color deink was also used as a medicine to relieve some types of pain. In support of this theory, according to a study published in the American Joirnal of Clinical Nutrition, the beer would do a very good job to strenghten our bones. Some used to say that beer, drink moderately during and after pregnancy, was helpful for milk breast production, but this is completely false.

Beer is essentially composed of four ingredients: water, malt, hops and yeast.

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