11,000 B.C.
Cultivation of barley and fermentation of beer in Mesopotamia.
Birth of civilization.
8,000 B.C.
First archeological evidence of brewing in Ancient Egypt.
Spread of techniques throughout Europe.
1,000 B.C.
First archeological evidence of brewing in Europe, in Genó, Lleida, Spain.
Spread of techniques among Iberian settlements.
500 B.C.
Greek and Roman contempt for beer encourages wine culture in Southern Europe.
500-1700
Brewing based in monasteries and in the village tavern, run by the village "ale wife".
1516
Reinheitsgebot - German purity law.
1524
Planting of hops in England.
1750
Industrial Revolution
Migration to the cities.
Large-scale production of beer.
Invention of the thermometer, hydrometer and steam-engine.
1830
Pasteur identifies yeast as a single-cell organism and researches fermentation.
Gabriel Seldmayr, from Munich, after a visit to England takes the thermometer, hydrometer and steam engine back to Germany where he perfects and markets "lager".
c. 1880
Emil Cristian Hamsan isolates saccharomyces carlsbergensis.
Invention of refrigeration.
1960s
Decline of craft brewing and rise of industrial beer.
1968
Fritz Maytag takes over the Anchor Steam Brewery in San Francisco.
1971
Founding of CAMRA to support diversity and quality of craft beer.
c. 1980
Recovery of craft beer in England and USA.
1997
Discovery of pots in Genó, Lléida, Spain, containing the remains of the oldest beer in Europe.
1999
Opening of "LA CERVECERA ARTESANA" en Barcelona, brewing IPA (Iberian Pale Ale) and much more.
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