The Egyptians liked the drink so much that in 1350 BC it was declared Eqypt's national beverage. Back then it was more healthy, and definatly nutricionally better than the water. It was also used as a medicene for alliments such as scorpian bites, and given to people on their deathbeds as a last chance effort to save them.
Later in Medieval times ale was given by a bride to her guests at the wedding reception. The friends that the bride got to distributre the ale became known as the "bride-ale party" which was later coin in to the word "bridal party"
In 1492 Christopher Columbus arrived at the new world to find that the Indians were already partying. They had discovered how to make a beer out of their staple crop maize.
However the people who made the biggest developement in beer history were Bavarian Monks. They got tired of their beers spoiling so they invented the lager. These priests from 600 years ago aged their beer in wooden cases stored in the cold caverns of the Alpine Mountains.
Then came 1920, which marked the begining of a 13 year Prohibition (this means that it is illegal to drink alcohol) This forced many small breweries out of buisness only the large ones were able to stay open until the laws were repealed. Only recently in the 1980's and early 1990's have small breweries started popping up again.
