The Irish have been credited with, among other things, saving civilization. It’s nice to see them getting credit for clever brewing techniques.

BBC: “How Bronze Age man enjoyed his pint”

Two archaeologists have put forward a theory that one of the most common ancient monuments seen around Ireland may have been used for brewing ale.

Fulacht fiadh - horseshoe shaped grass covered mounds - are conventionally thought of as ancient cooking spots.

But the archaeologists from Galway believe they could have been the country’s earliest breweries.

Sounds like an idea conceived over a pint, appropriately enough.

Being scientists, they but their heads together and re-created the process.

After just three hours of hard work - and three days of patiently waiting for their brew to ferment - the men enjoyed a pint with a taste of history attached.

Three hundred litres of water were transformed into a “very palatable” 110 litres of frothy ale.