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The Sumer people provided the first detailed records of brewing and instructions for brewing beer.
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The Babylonians devised the first laws pertaining to beer and had the first bars.
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The Egyptians invented and perfected the malting process.
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Iron Age civilizations considered beer an uncivilized drink only fit for barbarians. There was a significant decrease in the production and consumption of beer, as people only drank wine.
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Christian monks brewed beer and used hops in production to bitter beer and offset the sweetness of malt.
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Reinheitsgebot was passed, a law declaring beer as made of barley hops and water. This prevented competition of brewers with bakers for wheat and rye.
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Harvard University opens and declares that there must be a brewery on campus. It burned down and reopened in 1992.
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The Revolutionaries often met in taverns to plan their responses to the English outrages. Some are still considered the "Cradles of Liberty".
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The number of breweries declined to nearly zero due to the nationwide prohibition.