1 BREWING MAY HAVE BEEN A FEATURE OF NEOLITHIC SOCIETIES
One of the earliest pieces of evidence regarding the drinking of alcohol dates back approximately 13,000 years, to the Raqefet Caves in Israel's Carmel mountains, where archaeologists uncovered residues of a beer-like substance in 2018. The ancient brew, resembling gruel in texture, was possibly utilised by the semi-nomadic Natufian people for ceremonial feasting. Further north, similar evidence suggests that a type of beer production may have also occurred at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey during the prepottery Neolithic period, spanning roughly 8500 BC–5500 BC.
But for drinkers curious about the genealogy of the beverages they enjoy today, the
