Dinner Time!

[Cadwalader]

There is a recipe for beer that was written down by the Sumerians in the form of a hymn to Ninkasi, the goddess of beer. It was made of honey bread, dates and (unmalted?) grain. Apparently they did not filter it after the fermentation and drank it fresh so it must have been very yeasty.

Before hops became popular, people used naturally occuring herbs like Sweet gale to flavour their beer, but I am not sure how old this practice is.