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What is the culture of beer?
Beer is a very common drink in life. In summer, people like to drink a glass of cold beer, which is very comfortable, and they will also have a glass when eating barbecue. In summer, beer has replaced white wine as the favorite drink for young people. We know that liquor has a history of thousands of years in China. When did beer develop? Let's have a look.

The origin of beer can be traced back to 8000 years ago. At that time, in the south of Tigris River and Euphrates River, one of the cradles of human civilization, there was a gypsy nomadic people named Sumerians. Whenever Sumerians win a battle, they like to drink a drink made of barley, which is the earliest beer.

Ancient stone murals show the ancient beer brewing technology-baking bread (breaking baked bread into pieces and soaking it in water to produce wort), using barley. According to the literature, this drink can make people feel "excited, comfortable and in heaven". Babylonians were the first to export beer to other areas. One of their cellared beers is very popular among Egyptians 1000 km away. Beer occupies such an important position in Egyptian culture that scholars at that time created another hieroglyph for "beer brewer". Later, the ancient Egyptians improved the brewing technology of beer and produced different flavors of beer. With the war and trade, Romans, Greeks and Jews all learned beer brewing technology from Egypt and spread it to Europe.

There is no doubt that Egyptians are real beer lovers, and they call them "Boozah". Even the inscription on the Pharaoh's temple tells the story of Pharaoh's love for this beer. Egyptians believe that beer has magical functions, and the phenomenon of fermentation can only be explained by the word "magic" (they think this is obviously the power of the sun god). Therefore, in order to please the sun god and other gods, King La Massey III offered 30,000 gallons of beer to the celestial sacrifice every year. Although they consumed a lot of beer during the sacrifice to heaven, they still had enough beer and distributed two cans of beer to every freeman who built the pyramids every day. Egyptians are also well aware of the therapeutic effect of beer. A medical literature from BC 1600 shows that 15% of the prescriptions prescribed by doctors at that time contained beer. Beer plays an important role in the lives of many Egyptians. No wonder beer has been integrated into the social customs of this country. For example, if a young man gives a young woman a sip of his beer, others will think they are engaged. At that time, the laws of Egypt were like the Babylonian code, which protected the interests of customers. The innkeeper who lacked money or change would be drowned immediately. However, it is said that the crime of mixing water into beer is lighter, and the consequence is that the owner's ears will be nailed to the door of his hotel.

With the development of history, people like beer more and more. At present, it has become an important drink in people's lives, which makes the beer output more and more large, followed by the gradual popularization of beer equipment manufacturing. At present, many entrepreneurs also focus on the production of beer equipment. Beer production is no longer limited to the development of a certain country, but is very popular all over the world.