Beer

A History from Mesopotamia to Microbreweries

Commodity

Beer is more than anything a social drink

Alcohol -opened people's minds
allowed the for healthy and safe drink
enabled trust because safe to drink and sell
easy to make

Uses of Beer

Beer for Safety

no organisms other than yeast in beer

Beer in religion-catholicism
Divine process-blessing-demonic interference-taxes-laws

Beer for Currency-Pirates/Egyptians

Egyptian craftsman were paid in beer. Pirates
paid with beer for service after ship.

Beer for trade-money

Brewery made beer for money
Every town had a local tavern that made
beer to socialize

Beer for Revolution

Beer got people to socialize and start thinking

politics and royalty,

got politics nervous and wanted to stop as many people drinking.
Boston tea party (beer party)

Beer for nationalism

separation from england

Beer wasn't taxed
cheaper to make in america
many people relied on beer and it became part of many
countries culture

Microbreweries in North
America
Micro-breweries are small and local breweries that tend to make craft beer.
The beer market was heavily regulated as to who can brew beer. Microbreweries boomed with President Carter when he
deregulated the beer market. in by allowing smaller breweries to become competitors again

During the same period, others turned to homebrewing and eventually a few of these brewers started to produce on a slightly larger
scale. For inspiration, they turned to the centuries-old tradition of artisan beer and cask ale production that was continuing in the
UK, Germany and Belgium. Eventually these breweries began to become more popular as their beer was better tasting.

Microbreweries Spread through Europe

The UK also has a large number of small commercial breweries making cask ale, the smallest of which are known as
microbreweries, and they can be found in small spaces such as domestic garages. In the UK, a lesser divide exists between the
microbreweries and the large companies, as breweries of all sizes exist to fill the gap
In Germany, there were 901 small breweries in 2010. The Federal Statistical Office defines a small brewery as a brewery with a
production of less than 5,000 hectolitres beer p.a. Small breweries pay a reduced beer tax. The total market share of the small
breweries is less than 1%.[17] 638 of them have a production even less than 1,000 hl p.a. and can be considered as microbreweries in
a narrow sense. The figures apply to commercial breweries only and do not include hobby brewing. About one third of the small
breweries have tradition going back up to 500 years, most of them in Franconia. About two thirds were founded in the last 25 years.
The vast majority of small breweries operate in combination with a brewpub.
In Spain in 2011, the newspaper El Pas reported a "revolution is occurring in craft beer" (cervezas artesanales) and more recently
that by 2013 the trend had extended to the regions of Catalua, Valencia, Pas Vasco and Madrid.
In Sweden, microbreweries have existed since around 1995. Today, the market is flourishing with many of the nation's regions and
cities having their own breweries, such as Gotlands Bryggeri, Jmtlands Bryggeri and Helsingborgs Bryggeri. Stefan Persson, the
CEO of Swedish clothing chain H&M, has his own microbrewery on his estate in England.

Microbreweries in Asia
In Japan, microbrews in the early 1990s, used to be known as Ji Bru (), or "local beer." An early boom in small regional
microbreweries followed Japan's 1994 revision of tax laws allowing the establishment of smaller breweries producing 60,000 litres
(13,000 imp gal; 16,000 US gal) per year. In the late 2000s more well-regarded microbreweries in Japan have chosen to emphasize
the term Craft Beer () to mark a break with the short-lived Ji Bru boom, and emphasize the traditional brewing skills
and reverence for ingredients that characterize their products.
Microbreweries have also increased in number in Asia. China, the world's largest beer consumer as of July 2013, is home to a
growing craft beer market, with brands such as Slowboat brewery, Shanghai brewery, and Boxing Cat. Cambodia's first
microbrewery, Kingdom Breweries, opened in 2009 and brews dark, pilsner, and lager beers. In Sri Lanka, over strict laws made it
almost impossible for any craft beer to be brewed. On the remote East Coast, however, "Arugam Bay Surfer's Beer" managed to
maintain a small, but popular brew pub. Established back in 1977 the Siam View Hotel escaped regulations due to the long civil
war and it's remoteness. For two years running, the Daily Telegraph[23] "Best of British" awarded the SVH the "Best Pub in Sri
Lanka" medal.