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> It's an ale rather than a beer. To be a beer, it would have had to contain hops, which give beer its bitterness and act as a preservative. Unless drunk very q
by dgfgfdagasdfgfa 9y ago
> It's an ale rather than a beer. To be a beer, it would have had to contain hops, which give beer its bitterness and act as a preservative. Unless drunk very quickly, like Lambic it would have also gone sour.
It's highly unlikely the Sumerian concotion would even pass for a beverage, let alone a beer vs ale. More like a soupy, alcoholic bread. It would have been filled with still-substantial grains; you would have drank it with a straw.
- ramblerman 9y agoYou mean like the first picture in the article...
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- bane 9y agoIt probably would have looked a bit like the contemporary Oshikundu drink from Namibia. http://preservenamibia.org/drinks/oshikundu/ http://preservenamibia.org/drinks/oshikundu/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshikundu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oshikundu