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The history of beer brewing reaches into the oldest records of humankind. From documents and inscriptions found in Egyptian tombs, it appears that beer, once known as “barley wine,” was produced by the ancient civilizations as much as five thousand years ago. Malted barley, which had been preserved for thousands of years and was used in brewing processes, has been recovered from such Egyptian tombs. The art of brewing then became familiar to the ancient civilizations of Asia. In ancient China beer was made from rice, whereas the early civilizations of India brewed certain beerlike beverages from malt. All these beers were produced without the use of hops except perhaps in China where hops were used at an early date to flavor the beer.
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Reed, G., Nagodawithana, T.W. (1991). Brewer’s Yeast. In: Yeast Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9771-7_4
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