Beer has been a part of society for thousands of years. It’s certain that the ancient Egyptians brewed something akin to it over 4,000 years ago and they were perhaps the first to grow barley specifically for this purpose.

Early Babylonian texts discuss the suitability of the different types of the area's wild Barley and wheat for brewing. While Mesopotamian illustrations show pre-Christian tipplers drinking beer through straws!!!

It is the Thracians who are thought most likely to have been the first Europeans to brew beer, making a brew called 'Bryton'. They were closely followed by the Greeks who, according to Aristotle poured a pretty fearsome pint