A historical pint in Ireland
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Sat, 2007-08-11 21:16.
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.