FARMING FOR BEER ON THE BC ALE TRAIL

Alcoholic beverages have likely been part of human culture for as long as there have been humans. No doubt early humans hunted and gathered naturally fermented wild honey or fruit juices that tasted good and gave them a nice buzz. But the leap from that to making beer required something a little more advanced: farming.

After the last ice age ended about 12,000 years ago, humans began settling down and domesticating plants and animals, particularly cereal grains. Some