On this episode, we start a 3-part series on the history of beer. The first part covers some ancient history starting 13,000 years ago up to the Roman in Britain. We welcome back Dylan Schafer of Mandan, ND's Dialectic Brewing Company to help guide us on our adventure through history.

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History Of Beer- Part 1

SPEAKERS

Connor Brekke, Dylan Schafer

Connor Brekke  00:03

Hello, everyone and welcome back to The Ombibulous the show about alcohol. From beer styles to cocktails, and from local businesses to history, there's a fascinating world to discover. On today's show, we returned to Dialectic Brewing and discuss beer history with Dylan Schafer. This will be a three part miniseries beginning with ancient beer history. I'm your host, Connor brekkie. Let's all raise a glass to, The Ombibulous. 

Connor Brekke  00:04

Hello, everybody. And welcome back to another show. We've got a pretty epic topic to cover, we got a three part series coming up on the history of beer. The first part we're going to go back in time, start with the ancient history, pretty much from basically ancient Israel all the way up to the Romans. And then the next part, we'll be doing kind of the Dark Ages, Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution. And then after that, you know, modern history for the third part. So first of all, we need to get kind of like a baseline and what exactly beer is. So we are going to talk briefly about what, what is beer today. And then joining me again is Dylan Schafer of Mandan'sialectic Brewing Company. Welcome back.

Connor Brekke  00:34

It's good to be back recording again. I feel like it's been a little while.

Connor Brekke  00:56

It's been hot minute, you know, there's always time. So we are going to dive into this. Beer, today... it means different things to different people, I think. I think everybody has their own conception of what beer is. But basically, it's water, some type of malt grain, and then hops.

Dylan Schafer  01:41

Yeah, and ferment it out with yeast. I mean, at its at its root beer is really fermented malt sugar is whatever fermented grain sugar is kind of, I guess, the broadest definition you could use of it. 

Connor Brekke  01:55

And now as a, as a brewer, does beer have like any other meanings to you? Like, for me, I don't make it I don't have that intimate connection with it. So I wouldn't say it's just something I drink to me. There's, you know, doing this show, it means... I see the craft and I see what goes into it. So it's not just a drink you enjoy to me, there's more kind of value to it to me.

Dylan Schafer  02:17

Oh, absolutely. Like the cultural and social value attributed to beer. I mean, especially in my case, I make my living off making and selling beer. So I guess there's another definition you can use. It's literally how I make my living. But on top of that, I feel like every society and every group has had their own definition for what beer means culturally, to them. It's been something that's been ingrained in human history since... I mean, as