Cerveza

THE BEER

By ClauManza
  • 11,000 BCE

    LIQUID BREAD

    LIQUID BREAD
    The origins of the beer go back after starting agriculture. Its manufacture was considered exclusive by women while men hunted and made war.
  • 10,000 BCE

    BEER IN THE TEMPLES

    BEER IN THE TEMPLES
    In the Inca Empire, the virgins of the Sun (Inti) were in charge of preparing the Inca corn beer, generating fermentation of grain with their own saliva.
  • 4000 BCE

    THE FIRST LAWS ON BEER

    THE FIRST LAWS ON BEER
    The Hammourabi King established the first laws on beer: "the innkeepers that cheat with the price or the quality of the beer, die drowned". This time the Babylonians made 20 different beer styles.
  • 5 BCE

    BEER AS BEAUTY

    BEER AS BEAUTY
    Elegant women of Egypt used the beer foam for putting ointment on them and to preserve the natural freshness of the skin. The Egyptians attributed to beer a divine origin
  • 2 BCE

    BEER FROM THE MILLET AND RICE

    BEER FROM THE MILLET AND RICE
    The Emperor of China produced beer from millet and rice; in Japan, at that time, was only manufactured obtained from rice beer, called up to our days: Sake.
  • Jan 1, 600

    BEER PRODUCTION

    BEER PRODUCTION
    Beer, like wine, began to be produced by European monasteries, process that some abbeys of Holland and Belgium remain to the present day (Trappist beer)
  • Jan 1, 1200

    BEER AS A BUSINESS

    BEER AS A BUSINESS
    The first craft breweries in European cities, while the home made remains in the hands of women. Beer became a profitable business and prompted all kinds of practices
  • Jan 1, 1550

    THE PURITY LAW

    THE PURITY LAW
    Approves the law of purity or "Reinheitsgebot", which restricted beer manufacturers to use only water, barley and hops, regulation that has preserved the purity of the precious liquid to date.

  • TYPES OF BEER

    TYPES OF BEER
    The traditional beer known as top-fermented it is produced at temperatures between 15 and 20 ° C, the Czechs of the city of Pilsen invented a beer of low fermentation made between 7 and 12 ° C, especially gold and clean. to become the world reference for beer in the 20th and 21st centuries.