Show origin in of beer making the origin of beer making is lost in antiquity probably the ancient egyptians were the first civilized people to engage in brewing and a d barley wine or beer is believed to have been known in that country as early as B C herodotus ascribes the invention to the goddess isis ale or beer was never used to eny any extent in greece or italy partly owing to the abundance of wine there but xenophon mentions mention s it as being used among the inhabitants of armenia and the bauls were also acquainted with it in early eaily 1 times it was in common asean use in germany in the time of tacitus A 3 iti j |